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  "legislation_title": "Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990",
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  "text": "A contract concluded between persons who are in the same country is formally valid if it satisfies the formal requirements of the law which governs it under this Convention or of the law of the country where it is concluded.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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