Among the barbarous nations who overran the western provinces of the Roman empire, the performance of contracts was left for many ages to the faith of the contracting parties.

在侵占罗马帝国西部省份的野蛮民族中， 许多世纪以来， 合同的履行都取决于合同当事人的信仰。

When the law does not enforce the performance of contracts, it puts all borrowers nearly upon the same footing with bankrupts, or people of doubtful credit, in better regulated countries.

当法律不强制履行合同时， 它会使所有借款人与监管更完善的国家的破产人或信用可疑者几乎处于同等地位。