Talk:Duress

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Has anyone heard of a mortgage company using duress to get mortgages signed?

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I've added some things on contract law to do with duress - however it's Australian-centric - other users might like to add things based on their own country. Enochlau 09:30, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs revision

To begin with, the article should be renamed to Duress in American law. It is quite problematic to have the article entitled Duress covering American law only, while having a separate article for Duress in English law.

Aside from that, the entire article reads like somebody's opinion rather than actual fact. Statements like "It is extremely unlikely that a state would exclude a class of persons from liability for acting under duress" do not belong in an encyclopedia article on a legal topic -- rather the article should say which states exclude liability for acting under duress and which do not. --Mathew5000 01:34, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Also it is weird that the introduction says necessity might be considered a form of duress. Usually it is the other way around: duress is considered a special form of necessity. --Mathew5000 01:38, 23 April 2007 (UTC)