Arm's length principle
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The arm's length principle is the condition or the fact that the parties to a transaction are independent and on an equal footing.
The principle is often invoked to avoid undue government influence over other bodies, such as the legal system, the press, or the arts. For example, in the United Kingdom Arts Councils operate "at arms length" in allocating the funds they receive from the government [link].
The use of "arm's length principle" is extended as a new concept in tort law. A person should keep an "arm's length" distance from another to avoide offensive or harmful contact, otherwise a battery or assault may result if one person goes too close to another without consent. To keep an "arm's length" from another person is respect to his/her bounds of dignity.
Further reading
- http://www.culturaleconomics.atfreeweb.com/arm's.htm
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