Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina, starts famously with the observation that\All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own fashion. The opposite is more nearly true in respect to the rule of law. Though many societi with differing governance structures and legal systems adhere in their own ways to the ule of law, societies that derogate from it do so in more similar fashion. Put differently it is easier to identify departures from the rule of law than to explain why particular ac-

如果两个概念真正构成了逻辑上的对立,也就是说其中 的一个概念是另一个的补充,那么,实际上从一个概念就可 以得出另一个概念来。即使我们有限的智力不能一眼就看清 这两个概念,不能仅仅根据它们的对立,就从一个完整的概 念中得出另一个完整的概念来,但是这一个概念对另一个概 念来说,无论如何也是一个重要的说明,而对它的很多部分 来说,是充分的说明。因此,我们认为《防御》一篇前儿章 中与进攻有关的各点就是相应地对进攻的充分的说明

全书共分三篇十八章。第一篇，经济合同总论，内容包括合同与经济合同，经济合同的订立、履行、变更、解除，经济合同的担保，违反经济合同的责任，经济合同纠纷的解决等。第二篇，经济合同分论，着重阐述九大经济合同，即：购销合同、建设工程承包合同、加工承揽合同、供用电合同、借款合同、财产租赁合同、仓储保管合同、货物运输合同、财产保险合同等。第三篇，经济合同附论，作为经济合同的辐射面，阐述与经济合同有密切联系的涉外经济合同和技术合同。 第一篇 经济合同总论 第一章 合同法概述 第二章 经济合同的订立 第三章 经济合同的担保 第四章 经济合同的履行 第五章 经济合同的变更、解除、终止、转让 第六章 违反经济合同的责任 第七章 经济合同纠纷的解决 第二篇 经济合同分论 第八章 购销合同 第九章 建设工程承包合同 第十章 加工承揽合同 第十一章 货物运输合同 第十二章 供用电合同 第十三章 仓储保管合同 第十四章 财产租赁合同 第十五章 借款合同 第十六章 财产保险合同 第三篇 经济合同附论 第十七章 涉外经济合同 第十八章 技术合同

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