contract-law
New York Convention contract
<p>A person A from country M meets a person B from country N. The meeting takes place in a country O. All the three countries M, N, O are a member of the New York Convention.</p>
<p>Can people A and B sign a contract that is normally not allowed to sign according to the local laws of the country O, however such a contract is possible to sign according to the New York Convention?</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Can people A and B sign a contract</p>
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<p>It occurs to me that you are actually asking whether the signed contract will be <strong>enforceable</strong>. As for <em>signing</em>, people can sign whatever — a wall, a piece of toilet paper, an ass etc.</p>
<p>It will surely be enforceable in countries M and N. Where it was signed — in O, in outer space or on Mars — does not matter.</p>
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<p>not allowed to sign according to the local laws of the country O</p>
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<p>It will then not be enforceable in O. Moreover, depending on those local laws and what the contract is, A and B might go to jail by revealing they have signed such a contract. The New York Convention won't help then.</p>
