TO THE BASICS OF MODERN POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: FREEDOM AND JUSTICE IN THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY OF T. HOBBES by L. A. Sytnichenko, D. V. Usov

“…The purpose of the study lies in critical reconstruction of Thomas Hobbes’s social contract theory as an important principle not only of modern political anthropology, but also of modern and postmodern social projects. …”
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Cooperative Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks under Asymmetric Information: A Contract-Theory Based Approach by Nan Zhao, Minghu Wu, Wei Xiong, Cong Liu

“…The optimal contract design under both symmetric information and asymmetric information is presented based on contract theory. The contract-theoretic model for ability discrimination relay selection is formulated as an optimization problem to maximize the source's utility. …”
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Social contracts and occupational health and safety disclosure: evidence from companies in Indonesia by Abidah Dwi Rahmi Satiti, Djoko Suhardjanto, Wahyu Widarjo, Setianingtyas Honggowati

“…The novelty of this study lies in examining the influence of social contracts on OHS disclosure using the perspective of Social Contract Theory, which has not been found in previous studies. …”
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Cugoano on Redressing Slavery: The Demands of Liberty by Iziah C Topete

“…Clarkson developed a social contract theory, claiming that mentality endows all humans with liberty as a natural right. …”
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John Locke, Abolitionism, and the Reactionary Enlightenment by Brian Smith

“…Abolitionists centralized the anti-slavery elements inherent to his social contract theory – natural liberty, self-ownership, and the necessity of express consent – while pro-slavery apologists foregrounded his entanglements in colonial politics, specifically his role in composing the Carolina constitution. …”
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How Can Clients Improve the Quality of Transport Infrastructure Projects? The Role of Knowledge Management and Incentives by Abukar Warsame, Lena Borg, Hans Lind

“…The theoretical framework used is contract theory and transaction cost theory, where assumptions about rationality and self-interest are made and where incentive problems, asymmetric information, and moral hazard are central concepts. …”
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An “initial-engineering-end use” quasi-market pricing mechanism under cascading risk for cross-regional water rights trading by Xuxia Li, Huimin Wang, Gang Liu, Liu Yang, Zhou Fang, Yi Xiao, Xiaoying Lai, Li Gao, Ying Teng

“…To support these stages, data from field studies is used to calibrate three unique pricing models: the stochastic differential game, incomplete contract theory, and the Nash-bargaining model. We analyze the interactions among equilibrium water prices across these stages to explore the cascade effects. …”
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The covenant in Ulrich Huber's enlightened theology, jurisprudence and political theory by A. W. G. Raath, S. A. de Freitas

“…This takes place against the background of the more prominent insights  regarding the covenant in 16th and 17th century Western political thought, namely the idea of the Biblical covenant (with the emphasis on the conditional nature of God’s law), and the secular social contract theories stemming from the early Enlightenment. …”
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Field Results of a Navigation Architecture with Timing Constraints by Jorge Silva, Joao Sequeira, Cristina Santos

“…The stability is analyzed using Contraction theory. A localization system based on artificial landmarks is used to obtain location estimates that enable the robot to autonomously cover large distances. …”
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