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Thorin Oakenshield, et. al.: is the Hobbit&#8217;s Contract Enforceable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bilbos-contract1.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-62504 no-lazyload\" title=\"Bilbo's contract\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Bilbos-contract1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Just when we think we&#8217;ve seen the geekiest of Tolkien\/Hobbit geekiness, it gets even geekier! Ringer and international attorney, Scott Maucere, couldn&#8217;t resist applying his legal expertise to the analysis of Bilbo&#8217;s contract with Thorin and his party of dwarves in his legal blog. Per Scott: &#8220;here is likely the only legal analysis of Bilbo\u2019s contract you will ever have the pleasure (or pain) to read.&#8221; Scott makes it clear that he&#8217;s analyzing the contract in the book, not the one in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey but, of course, there are many parallels. One disclaimer Scott makes: &#8220;Keep in mind that while I practice international law, Middle-earth most certainly falls outside of my area of experience.&#8221; Fair enough, Scott, fair enough. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maucerelawgroup.com\/bilbo-baggins-v-thorin-oakenshield-et-al-is-the-hobbit%E2%80%99s-contract-enforceable\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when we think we&#8217;ve seen the geekiest of Tolkien\/Hobbit geekiness, it gets even geekier! 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