Rhet gre 1376b8-9καὶ αἱ μὲν συνθῆκαι οὐ ποιοῦσι τὸν νόμον κύριον, οἱ δὲ (9) νόμοι τὰς κατὰ νόμους συνθήκας,
Rhys Roberts 1924 engand that, while contracts do not of course make the law binding, the law does make any lawful contract binding,
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