19世纪英国法律史家梅因在其《古代法》中,曾这样概括人类历史的发展走势:“所有进步社会的运动,到此处为止,是一个‘从身份到契约’的运动。”但习惯了依附于“身份”的国人,对于无处不在的契约总还有些不太习惯。这就不难解释,为何《最高人民法院关于适用〈中华 In the “ancient law,” the 19th century English legal historian Maine summarized the development of human history as follows: “All progressive social movements up to this point are a movement from identity to contract.” “ However, accustomed to dependents ”identity “ people, for the ubiquitous contract, there are still some less accustomed to. This is not difficult to explain why ”the Supreme People's Court on the application of" China