Essential to a healthy contract is the process of making the implicit explicit, thereby bringing about a full understanding of reciprocal rights and ...
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Of course even if there is a financial arrangement both parties in a healthy contract will be clear what the others’ roles and responsibilities are. ...
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'good contract'

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However it can be argued that a good contract. encourages good project processes and ... good contract can be an important factor in achieving and ...
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A contract can of course be very useful if things go wrong but a good contract should be a support for the partners in a project, reducing the likelihood of ...
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I don't think it is a legal term, contracts are either valid or invalid (a 'valid' contract might not be a 'healthy' one):

Essential elements of a valid contract. Understand the essential elements of a valid and legally binding contract and its role in a business context ...
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D. 236 Farnsworth, op. cit, at 225 ff; See, earlier, Jhering, op. cit., at 21, with regard to liability for concluding an invalid contract. ...
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