I shd have said what I meant more clearly.  What I am against is the  

kind of phishing that the student that prompted the present discussion  

attempted.  That said, I guess you have better students than me,  

Hector.  Mine don't seem to have time have time to reflect at length  

(or at least don't perceive themselves as having such time).  For  

them, under a semesterized system, contract law is a blur: it's all  

"wham, bam here's the exam".  And all tehy ever ask, or seem to ask,  

is (in various degrees of disguise) "what's the answer to this  

question?" or "what's on the exam this year?".

JM