The circumstances change system is a very important contract system and it has been legislated in many countries, but it is excluded in our contract law.
Sociological research has confirmed that improvements in material circumstances change the behaviour and the thinking of whole groups.
A recurring theme is that as circumstances change, different sorts of leaders are required; a leader who thrives in one environment may struggle in another, and vice versa.
The answer, aswith banks in the past, must lie somewhere in the middle; and the right pointfor the dial is likely to change, as circumstances change.
