法学英语课堂练习

1、法学英语课堂练习Lesson 1-31.Words Closing 1. US has the oldest written _（宪法）, the oldest continuous _（联邦体系） ，and the oldest _（自治实践）of any nation. 2.Special characteristic of equity law includes: _（实际履行救济）in contrast to the common law award of compensatory damages, the development of so-called _ （衡平法格言）which

2、 permeated the entire legal system and in many cases explain_（现代法律概念的起源）.3. The American Lawyers domain includes _(辩护)，_(咨询)，_(文书起草)。4. The work of a lawyer involves continuous contacts with _（委托人），_(助理律师)，other lawyers ,judges, _(证人)，others affected by the law, and involves the lawyers own goals, a

3、ttitudes, _(行为) and _（满足感）。 5. Duncan Kennedy has described the law schools as “_”(具有浓烈政治色彩的地方), characterized by a “trade-school mentality, _(只见树木不见森林)”。 6.The peripheral subjects ,include _(法哲学)，_(法制史)，_(程序法)，_(诊所式教育)，a kind of playground and _(精修学校)for learning _（自我表现的社会艺术）as a lawyer.2. Multiple

4、 Chocie A. defendant B. allegation C. case law D. law E. statutory law F. adjudicate G. review H. plaintiff I. common law J. Jurist( )1. Judicial re examination of the proceeding of a court or other body; a reconsideration by the same court or body of its former decision.( )2.Rules of conduct applic

5、able to all people and enforceable in court.( )3. To decide a matter by legal means; for example, court , mediation, arbitration.( )4. The party being sued or tried in either civil or criminal action.( )5.The major source of law in the U.S.A. or UK; based on old English law.( )6. Law established by

6、Congress, stare legislatures or any other law making bodies.( )7. A person who has a substantial knowledge of law and who has written extensively on legal matters; for example, judges, professors ,and so on.( )8. The party who initiates an action at law(law suit).( )9. Law based on court decisions.(

7、 )10. A statement or charge made in a pleading which on intends to prove by legal evidence.3.Truth or False Questions1. Every case will involve substantive law as well as procedural law.2. Substantive law can further be divided according to subject matter.3. It is substantive law and not procedural

8、law that decides who will win a lawsuit.4. The law of torts is public law.5. Administrative law and constitutional law differ in their sources.6.In the civil law countries, judges do not make laws.7. In America, every decided case becomes a precedent binding on all judges.8.Adherence to judicial pre

9、cedents is still kept as a tradition in America.9.Statutes are laws enacted by the legislature. They are often referred to as “codified law”.10.The fifty states of the US are self-governing states.3. Translation 1. Law has been defined as a set of rules that govern the actions of people in a communi

10、ty. These rules must be followed by citizens, and violation of these rules may give rise to a cause of action of in the courts. This view sees law as a set of fixed principles known to lawyers and judges, ignorance of which excuses no one, not even the less knowledgeable or less affluent members of

11、society.2. Another view of law is that it is a method of establishing order by maintaining authority of a ruler over those governed. 3. Laws may be classified in many ways. They are sometimes classified as substantive law and procedure law. The rules of law that are used to resolve disputes are refe

12、rred to as substantive law. The legal procedures that determine how a lawsuit is begun, how the trial is conducted, how appeals are taken, and how a judgment is enforced are called procedure law. Substantive law defines rights, and procedure law establishes the procedure by which these rights are en

13、forced an protected. 4. Law is also frequently classified into public law and private law. Public law includes those bodies of law that affect the public generally. Private law includes the areas of law that concern the relationship between individuals in an organized society. 5.The law of torts is

14、the primary source of litigation in America. It deals with wrongful acts against a person or his property and is based on the theory that in a civilized society, people who injure other persons or their property must compensate them for their loss. 6. The phrase “sources of law” is often used to describe methods and procedures by which law is created and developed, or the origin from which particular law derive their authority or coercive (using force or the threat of force) force. 7. Law in Western societies has developed along two lines. In the countries of continental Europe an