The law of contracts, however, imposes less lofty expectations.

不过不应该给合同法强加过多的崇高的期望。

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The law of contracts deals with only certain aspects of the market, and with certain kinds of agreement.

合同法其实只是解决市场的某些方面、某些种类的契约。

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Promissory Estoppel is a doctrine in Anglo-American law of contracts as the supplement of the theory of consideration.

“允诺禁反言”原则是作为传统的对价理论的对立面而产生的英美合同法概念。

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"We are a country of law," "There are contracts.

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Mainstream Islamists, such as the economy minister, Abdullah Shamia, speak not of imposing Islamic law but of respecting contracts with foreign oil companies, diversifying the economy away from oil dependence, wooing investment, and regulating the labour market to block a new influx of migrant workers seeking passage to Europe.

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Obtaining justice might be time consuming, expensive, and uncertain, but confidence in the rule-of-law is what keeps the vast majority of contracts from being broken in the first place.

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Instead of written contracts enforceable in a recognized court of law, Sino-Forest operates on the basis of personal relationships, cultivated by its senior management.

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