Practice question
Can two parties waive away an independent legally recognized right of a nonconsenting third person merely by signing their own release?
- Not on that basis; Article 6 limits waivers prejudicing such third-person rights.
- Yes, all releases bind the world without qualification.
- Yes, whenever both signatories are wealthy.
- Yes, if the third person has not yet read the document.
- Yes, because signatures repeal every protective law.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 6 and1171.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7394_1992.html — RA 7394, article106: prohibited exoneration clauses for the specified consumer damages.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/mar2017/gr_164749_2017.html — Abrogar v Cosmos Bottling, GR 164749, March 15 2017, main opinion: waiver and assumption-of-risk issues in the negligence setting.
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