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So what you're saying then, is that if someone enters into a contract whereby they committ their labor for a pre-specified period of time, and they later decide they just don't feel like honoring that committment, then the other party to the contract is just plain screwed.

Strange notion of contracts you have there Roscoe.

So what you're saying then, is that if someone enters into a contract whereby they committ their labor for a pre-specified period of time, and they later decide they just don't feel like honoring that committment, then the other party to the contract is just plain screwed.

If being limited to civil remedies, and not being able to hunt down, beat and chain a runaway employee up makes you feel "screwed."

So what you're saying then, is that if someone enters into a contract whereby they committ their labor for a pre-specified period of time, and they later decide they just don't feel like honoring that committment, then the other party to the contract is just plain screwed.

Strange notion of contracts you have there Roscoe.

That is strange, considering that's precisely what I and hundreds of thousands of others did back when we joined the military. And trust me on this, if you don't abide by your contract with them they will drag you back in chains. Of course I realize that military law is a bit different than civil and tort law. But in any case it is one place where someone can legally voluntarily enter into a binding contract that will ultimately make them an involuntary servant for a pre-specified period.