Comments by "Bob" (@bobs_toys) on "Real Lawyer Reacts to The Little Mermaid" video.

@brettmajeske3525 I didn't know Ohio was Alabama's dodgier cousin state. But majority normally means you can agree to contracts. Which basically wasn't a thing an unmarried woman with a living father could do on her own back then.
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From ChatGPT: In the 19th century, when Hans Christian Andersen was penning "The Little Mermaid," Danish law was heavily influenced by the Code Napoleon. This legal code placed unmarried women, regardless of age, under the guardianship of their father or a male relative. As such, a 16-year-old unmarried Danish woman would not have been legally permitted to independently enter into binding contracts without the consent of her guardian. This is based on historical legal texts and societal norms of the time.
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Which then leads to the question of Napoleonic law extending to the sea. I'm pretty sure Nelson answered that question.
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 @brettmajeske3525 if you were male.
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Considering Britannia ruled the waves at that point, I asked it what about British law. TL;DR It's the same response, but without Napoleon. Full response: In the 19th century, when Hans Christian Andersen was writing "The Little Mermaid," British law was governed by the principle of coverture. This principle held that a woman's legal rights and obligations were subsumed by those of her husband upon marriage. For unmarried women, including those as young as 16, they were generally under the guardianship of their father or a male relative. As such, a 16-year-old unmarried British woman would not have been legally permitted to independently enter into binding contracts without the consent of her guardian. This is based on historical legal texts and societal norms of the time.
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@SparklRebel this is what will be called an ad machinam attack, btw. It's going to be a logical fallacy.
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@brettmajeske3525 so that's a marriage age of close to half what was normal. It's like today having a state allow marriage at 12.
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@johnpotts8308 she's still an unmarried woman.
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@agirlinsearchof9057 it seems unlikely that an absolute monarchy is big on women's rights. Especially those of royal princesses who could make agreements (such as this) that matter
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@psimonkane1 if you were a woman, you weren't considered a full legal adult in the way we'd think of one today whatever age you were. If you were widowed might be an exception. What you said only applied if you were male.
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As the father of a soonish to be teenage girl, I see nothing wrong with the parenting here.
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 @feralguyver I'm working towards choosing her future husband for her and forbidding relationships until then. I'll let her know my decision in my will. It's the best way.
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 @poluticon or if the standard amongst so many in Hollywood that before then, they need practice becomes accepted.
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@agirlinsearchof9057 if it is one, it's going to have an emphasis on doing things because you can, rather than looking at fairness and equality. Which in turn means that physical ability is a big issue. She's definitely smaller than her father. That's probably not unusual.
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@SparklRebel I knew to ask the question because I knew that women being able to enter a contract on their own was a fairly recent thing in western countries.
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@ronaldking1054 I can understand why. When each of them arrived home. "honey, there's been a few changes made today..... You're allowed to make decisions now" Plus when they went outside and dealt with every other husband that heard the news.
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@YellowSpaceMarine It's better. We've got no troubles.
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As what appears to be an absolute monarch, couldn't he get his courts to invalidate the contract?
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