Legal institutions are in place because absolute freedom can be dangerous to other people.

法律制度之所以存在，是因为绝对自由可能对其他人构成危险。

Marriage is a legal institution, in most countries.

在大多数国家，婚姻是一种法律制度。

The " courts" refer to the legal institutions in a country.

“法院”是指一个国家的法律机构。

The countries that have amassed all the looted and stolen treasures have laws and legal institutions, such as limitations and extinctive prescriptions, which would thwart most lawsuits seeking the return of the artifacts.

那些大量收藏了所有被掠夺和被盗宝藏的国家都有相应的法规和法律制度，例如限制和灭绝规定，这将挫败大多数寻求归还文物的诉讼。

Now covering 185 countries, it looks at the complexity of rules (such as the cost and time involved in starting a firm) and the strength of legal institutions (how well contracts are enforced, say).

现在它的内容包括185个国家， 它专注于规则的复杂性（比如开一家公司所要花费的成本和时间）和法律制度的严格性（比如说，合同被执行的怎么样）。

A new portent had appeared in our economic life, a phenomenon that was destined to affect not only the social and business existence of the every-day American but even his political and legal institutions.

我们的经济生活中出现了一个新的征兆，这种现象注定不仅会影响普通美国人的社会和商业存在，而且还会影响他的政治和法律制度。