Talk:Gentlemen's agreement

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There is another page called "Gentlemen's *A*greement" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_Agreement Why the two pages?

because that page is a specific agreement, this page is for the general sense. Mathmo ^Talk 08:13, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Examples

Was Chamberlain's Munich Agreement with Hitler ever really described as a Gentleman's Agreement? I am not aware that it was and even the appeasers did not tend to regard Hitler as a gentleman. Also, does the glass ceiling really belong here? Is it not the product of either deliberate or unconscious prejudice - not any sort of agreement in the sense of a Gentleman's Agreement? Chelseaboy 20:09, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Difference between this and verbal contract?

I know that the article states that a Gentleman's Agreement is different from a contract because of enforceability. However, I am sometimes confused by the difference between a Gentleman's Agreement and a verbal contract. Would the article benefit by drawing this distinction more clearly?216.201.119.71 21:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gentlemen's Agreement Is, by Definition, an Oral Agreement

The introduction to the article states that a gentlemen's agreement can be oral or written. The concept of a written gentlemen's agreement seems contradictory. If an agreement is written (and presumably signed and dated in some fashion), it ceases to be a gentlemen's agreement and becomes a binding contract. PlaysInPeoria 01:15, 1 May 2007 (UTC)