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本文原文链接为https://forums.eosgo.io/discussion/877/article-xvii-v0-4-0-draft-eos-io-constitution-choice-of-law，Thomas Cox在EOS GO社区中更新了宪法草案第十七条的内容，由本号“EOS技术爱好者”翻译。
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第一条：不说谎 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/6svnvr-eos-gov-eos-io
第二条：财产权 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/7f72dq-eos-gov-eos-io
第三条：仲裁 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/eos-gov-thomas-0-3-0-eos-io
第四条：不买卖选票 https://steemit.com/gov/@eoshenzhen/eos-gov-thomas-eos-io
第五条：不存在所有者或受托人 https://steemit.com/gov/@eoshenzhen/eos-gov-eos-io
第六条：不超过10%的所有权 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/eos-gov-eos-io-10
第七条：处罚协议 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/638kth-eos-gov-eos-io
第八条：《区块生产者协议》https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/2fhezd-eos-gov-eos-io
第九条：建立仲裁法庭 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/2ctbh5-eos-gov-eos-io
第十条：仲裁员标准 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/2natpt-eos-gov-eos-io
第十一条：开发人员和智能合约许可证 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/3harkq-eos-gov-eos-io
第十二条：多语种合同 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/5sevfm-eos-gov-eos-io
第十三条：开发人员对非成员的访问负责 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/42llv3-eos-gov-eos-io
第十四条：无积极权利 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/5ys6pn-eos-gov-eos-io
第十五条：指定默认仲裁法庭 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/ujlvn-eos-gov-eos-io
第十六条；修订案 https://steemit.com/eos/@eoshenzhen/5dpeis-eos-gov-eos-io
Article XVII - v0.4.0 Draft EOS.IO Constitution - Choice of Law
第17条：0.4.0版本EOS.IO宪法草案——法律的选择
Thomas Cox
Purpose
Establishes the "choice of law" for aspects of legal interpretation, including arbitration, in which the Constitution is silent or ambiguous.
目的
建立法律解释方面的“法律选择”，包括仲裁，其中宪法保持沉默或含糊不清。
Text of Article
Choice of law for disputes shall be, in order of precedence, this Constitution, the Maxims of Equity, and the laws of Malta.
本文内容
根据本宪法，衡平法准则和马耳他法律，法律纠纷的选择应按优先顺序排列。
Discussion
I've been considering leaving this out of the Constitution entirely and letting the Arbitration system manage choice-of-law. On reflection I want to offer this Article, because I want the community to know about this topic in advance, rather than finding out (like opening a surprise present) later when a dispute is in the process of arbitration.
Obviously this Constitution is the supreme law of whatever blockchain community adopts it.
But the Constitution is very brief and cannot anticipate all cases. It's augmented by the commentary on each article, which will help arbitrators. But is that enough? No.
讨论
我一直在考虑彻底抛弃宪法，让仲裁系统管理法律选择。经过反思，我想提供这篇文章，因为我希望社区提前知道这个话题，而不是在纠纷正在进行仲裁后才找出（比如打开一个意外的礼物)。
显然，这部宪法是区块链社区采纳的最高法律。
但是宪法是非常简短的，不能预见所有的情况。每一篇文章的评论都增加了它，这将有助于仲裁员。但这是否就足够了呢？不。
Why the Maxims of Equity
The Maxims of Equity are a well regarded collection of maxims or sayings, that encapsulate the idea of fairness and justice, particularly regarding property. Dan has previously referenced the Maxims of Equity as a candidate for Choice of Law for the EOS Constitution.
The Maxims are not location-dependent or culture-dependent, making them a good option for providing backup to the text of the Constitution.
为什么是选择衡平法准则?
衡平法准则是一套广为接受的格言或格言，它包含了公平与正义的观念，特别是关于财产的观点。Dan此前曾引用公平马克思主义作为EOS宪法选择法的候选人。
这些准则不是依赖于地点或依赖于文化，因此它们是为宪法文本提供备份的好选择。
Why Malta
The choice for choice-of-law was guided by these values
Small and obscure is better than big and familar
Connected to common legal traditions is better than disconnected
Crypto-friendly is better than hostile or neutral
Experience with (inter alia) CA Cert indicates that picking a choice-of-law that's familiar to a large part of the international membership will cause those familiar with it to feel advantaged, and all others to feel disadvantaged. Since every choice must disadvantage some, equity suggests that having everyone more-or-less equally disadvantaged is preferable. This was demonstrated when CA Cert chose the laws of New South Wales, which wrong-footed nearly everyone, and that choice of law was proven quite satisfactory in practice. Thus "small and obscure" is preferred, in order to cause most people to deal with 'foreign' law.
There are a vast number of small and obscure places with legal systems. What else should we want?
Given the presumed commercial bent of the Governed Blockchain, it is probably good to have a small-and-obscure place that is connected via geography and legal tradition to large and well established commercial sectors such as NAFTA, AGOA, ASEAN, or the European Union. This narrows the list slightly.
And finally, a history of being crypto-friendly merely makes sense. This quickly brought to the fore such places as the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, and so on, as opposed to (for example) merely small Andorra.
为什么选择马耳他
选择法律是由这些价值观所引导的。
小而晦涩比大和熟悉要好
连接到普通法律传统比断开连接要好
加密友好比敌对或中立
（除其他外）CACert的经验表明，选择大部分国际会员所熟悉的法律选择会使熟悉它的人感到有利，而所有其他人则感到处于不利地位。由于每一项选择都会使一些人处于劣势，因此平等意味着让每个人都或多或少同样处于劣势是更可取的。当CACert选择新南威尔士州的法律时，这证明了这一点，几乎所有人都错了，而且法律的选择在实践中被证明是相当令人满意的。因此，“小而模糊”是优选的，以便引起大多数人处理“外国”法律。
有大量的小而偏僻的地方有法律制度。我们还需要什么?
考虑到被管制的区块链的商业倾向，可能有一个小而模糊的地方，通过地理和法律传统与NAFTA，AGOA，东盟或欧盟等大型和成熟的商业部门相连。这略微缩小了名单。
最后，一段秘密友好的历史仅仅是有意义的。这迅速地使诸如开曼群岛、直布罗陀、马耳他等地出现，而不是(例如)仅仅是小安道尔。
References
法律的选择（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice_of_law）
衡平法准则（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity）
马耳他法律英文版（http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt）
(all opinions are my own)
（所有的观点都代表我自己）
根据Thomas的内容，EOShenzhen的Yvonne为了让读者对衡平法有进一步的了解，做了拓展图，如下：
中文版：
英文版：
本文内容不代表本号任何立场
本文图片由Yvonne制作
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