Section MonoidalLaws.
Context {obj : Type} (C : Hom obj).
Context {Eq2_C : Eq2 C} {Id_C : Id_ C} {Cat_C : Cat C}.
Context (bif : binop obj).
Context {Bimap_bif : Bimap C bif}.
Context {AssocR_bif : AssocR C bif}.
Context {AssocL_bif : AssocL C bif}.
(** *** Associators and unitors are isomorphisms *)
(** [assoc_r] and [assoc_l] are mutual inverses. *)
Notation AssocIso :=
(forall a b c, Iso C (assoc_r_ a b c) assoc_l) (only parsing).
(* TODO: should that be a notation? *)

(** [assoc_r] is a split epimorphism, i.e., a right-inverse, [assoc_l] is its section. *)
Corollary assoc_l_mono {AssocIso_C : AssocIso} : forall a b c,
assoc_l >>> assoc_r ⩯ id_ (bif a (bif b c)).