2. The contract Law of China The effective contract law of China is Adopted at the Second Session of the Ninth National People's Congress on March 15, 1999 and promulgated by Order No. 15 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on March 15, 1999
[T]A contract in this Law refers to an agreementby which civil rights and obligations are established, altered or terminated between natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as equal parties. Agreements involving identity such as marriage, adoption, guardianship, etc. shall be governed by the provisions in other laws.
PS: --Between vs Among Many people believe between should be used for choices involving two items and among for choices that involve more than two items. That can get you to the right answer some of the time, but it's not that simple. Here's the deal: You can use the word between when you are talking about distinct, individual items even if there are more than two of them. For example, you could say, the negotiations between the cheerleaders, the dance squad, and the flag team were going well despite the confetti incident.
Article 1101 of "French Civil Code" states: "Contract is a mutual assent with which one person or more is obligated to give a thing, to do or not to do a thing to one person or more persons." 'it shows that the nature of contract, under civil law, is a "meeting of minds" or "mutual assent."
[T]This law is enacted in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to contracts, to maintain the social and economic order and advancing the socialist modernization.
it included three parts: General provisions, specific provisions, and supplementary provisions.
General Provisions Chapter I Common Provisions
* General Provisions [T] General Provisions
【法律英语】*合同法*一般规定 General Provisions
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1. Definitions of Contract and Contract Law
Formulate 1. to put into a systematized statement or expression • formulate long-term goals 2. devise • formulate a policy • formulate a plan
第二条【合同定义】本法所称合同是平等主体的自然人、法人、其他组织 之间设立、变更、终止民事权利义务关系的协议。婚姻、收养、监护等有 关身份关系的协议，适用其他法律的规定
--Alter vs Modification
Alter is a synonym of modify. As verbs the difference between a来自百度文库ter and modify is that alter is to change the form or structure of while modify is to make partial changes to.
*Article 2 For the purpose of this Law, a contract shall refer to an agreement by which relationships of civil rights and obligations are established, altered or terminated between and among natural persons, legal persons or other organizations as equal parties. Agreements concerning marriage, adoption, guardianship and other relationships that involve identityshall be governed by other laws.
1) Definition of Contract
What is a contract? In common sense, it is a binding agreement between two or more persons or parties; especially: one legally enforceable.
[B]Article 2 A contract in this Law refers to an agreement amongnatural persons, legal persons or other organizations as equal parties for the establishment, modification, termination of a relationship involving the civil rights and obligations of such entities. Agreements concerning personal relationships such as marriage, adoption, guardianship, etc. shall be governed by the provisions in other laws.
[B] is for version 1, * is for Version2 and [T] is for trying to translate by myself
第一条【立法目的】为了保护合同当事人的合法权益，维护社会经济秩 序，促进社会主义现代化建设，制定本法。
[B]Article 1 This Law is enacted in order to protectthe lawful rights and interests of the contracting parties, to maintain social and economic order, and to promote the process of socialist modernization.
* Article 1 This Law is formulated with a view to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the parties to contracts, maintaining the social and economic order and advancingthe socialist modernization drive.
PS: --Enact vs. Formulate Enact 1.to establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically: to make into law 2. to make (a bill or other legislation) officially become part of the law • Congress will enact legislation related to that issue. • The law was finally enacted today.
For example, The Restatement Second of Contracts § 1 in the United States defines a contract as "a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty."
Actually, in different society, people have different definitions, in The common law system, people regard the contract as a kind of "promise"; but in the civil law countries, people pay more attention on the "agreement between the parties."
2) Definition of Contract Law contract law regulates the obligations established by agreement (express or implied) between private parties. The law varies from country to country; there is no world wide contract law, although the law governing transactions involving the sale of goods has become highly standardized worldwide through widespread international commercial practice.