The sovereign is described by Hobbes as an artificial person by which he means the sovereign is the creation of the contract or the covenant that brought this office into being.

霍布斯把君主描述为一个,现今意义上的法人,也就是说君主的权力,是由某种意义上的合同,或说是契约而形成的。

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So, for example, in around 1900 in America or a little bit earlier, let's say 1880 in America, it really isn't clear that it was illegal to write agreements to say we'll restrict quantities.

比如1900年甚至更早的美国,假如是1880年的美国吧,在当时这种限制产量的合同是否违法,在司法上没有明确的界定

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The options are a very useful technology for managing risks and I think that we'll see a rapid--Over the next few decades, we'll see rapid expansion in the scope of options contracts traded on the exchanges.

期权是管理风险的,一个非常有用的技术,我认为在往后的几十年,交易市场上,我们将会看到期权合同的迅速发展

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