法律英语基础听说900句 Part6-7

六、法理（Jurisprudence）
1.A subsequent ratification¹ has a retrospective affect,and be equivalent to a prior command.
2.Absolute power corrupts² absolutely.
3.Fairness and justice in a jurisdiction³ are realized case by case being settled properly.
4.Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
5.Good order in the foundation of all things.
6.Ignorance of law excuses no one.
7.In a healthy legal system the values of order and justice are not normally at cross-purposes.
8.In doubt,the milder course is to be followed.
9.Infancy⁴ is shield,not a sword.
10.It is an important step to replace the rule of men with the urle of law in China's justice reforms.
11.It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.
12.Justice must not only be done,but must be seen to be done.
13.Let right be done,though the heavens fall.
14.Like reason makes like law.
15.No man should benefit from his own injustice⁵.
16.Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

17.She who comes to equity⁶ must come with clean hands.
18.State ways cannot change folkways.
19.Suppression of the truth is the expression of what is false.
20.The history of liberty
has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
21.The place governs the act.
22.The rules must not be constantly changing.
23.The same transaction may give rise to both a civil and a criminal action.
24.The spoken word flies;the written word remains⁷.
25.Though few are punished,the fear of punishment affects all.
26.Truth is afraid of nothing but concealment⁸.
27.We must follow a strict interpretation⁹ of the rules.
28.Who pardons the bad,injures the good.
29.Without judicial¹⁰ review,statutory limits would be naught¹¹ but empty words.
30.Wrong laws make short government.
6、法理
事后假追认有溯及力，等同先前命令。
绝对权力绝对腐败。
司法的公平和正义是通过案件逐一得到妥善解决予以实现的。
多行不义必自毙。
良好的秩序是一切之基础。
不知法不能成为任何人逃避法律的借口。
在健全的法律制度下，秩序与正义这两个价值一般不会冲突。
遇到疑义时应遵循从宽原则。
未成年可作为抗辩之理由，但不能作为攻击之借口。
以法治代替人治是中国司法改革的重要一步。
与其责骂罪恶,不如伸张正义。
正义不仅应得到实现，而且还应以人们看得见的方式得到实现。
秉公办事，何惧天塌下来。
看似的理由导致相似的规则。
没有人应当从自已的过错中获益。
法律制定者比谁都更具有守法之神圣义务。
自身清白方能获得衡平救济。
国家手段不能改变社会习俗。
抑压真相，犹如作伪。
自由的历史在很大程度上是遵守程序保障条款的历史。
场所支配行为。
规则不得朝令夕改。
同一活动可能导致民事和刑事诉讼。
口说无凭,立些为证.惩一儆白。
真相无所惧，惟怕被隐瞒。
我们必须对规则严格解释。
宽恕坏人必伤及好人。
没有司法审查,法定权限将只是一句空话。
法制不健全,统治也短命。

Part 7 Law
1.A later statute¹² takes away the effect of a prior one.
2.Arms and laws do not flourish together.
3.Consent makes law.
4.Custom has the force of law.
5.Customs,religions and philosophies tend to form the basis for a nation's laws
6.Equity is a correction of common legal rules in their defective¹³ parts.
7.Except as otherwise provided by law.
8.Every law has a loop hole.
9.Every law has no atom of strength,as far as no public opinion supports in.
10.In civilized¹⁴ life,law floats in a sea of ethics¹⁵.
11.It can hardly be taken to be a guarantee
that every law shall treet every person the same.
12.Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it.
13.Law does not compel a man to do what he is impossible to perform.
14.Law governs man,reason the law.

15.Law is a pervasive¹⁶ feature of social life that profoundly affects us.
16.Law is an exercise in communication between authority and the public.
17.Law is an ordinance¹⁷ of reason for the common good.
18.Law is an utterance¹⁸ determined¹⁹ by the common consent of the commonwealth²⁰.
19.Law is both an instrument of change and a result of changes.
20.Law is established for the benefit of man.
21.Law is law,just or not.
22.Law is mind without reason.
23.Law is order,and good law is good order.
24.Law is the crystallization of the habit and thought of society.
25.Law is the science of what is good and just.
26.Law must be stable and it cannot stand still.
27.Law that is deficient²¹ is better than law that is uncertain.
28.Laws are made to prevent the stronger from having the power to do everything.
29.Laws are gentle are seldom obeyed;too severe,seldom executed.
30.No,crime without law making it so;no penalty without law making it so.
31.No one is above the law.
32.One with the law is a majority.
33.Scarcely any law can be made which is beneficial to all;but if it benefits the majority it is useful.
34.Substantial law defined rights,and procedural law establishes the procedures by which rights are protected and enforced.
35.The definition of law depends on how we look at its purposes or funcitons.
36.The end of law is not abolish or restrain,but to preserve and enlarge freedom.
37.The first of all laws is to respect the laws.
38.The law cannot make all men equal,but they are all equal before the law.
39.The law does not concern itself about family trifles.
40.The law holds no man responsible for the act of god.
41.The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life.

42.The law never suffers anything contrary to trun.
43.The law often allows what honor forbids.
44.The law on libel is considered too lenient²².
45.The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another.
46.The law was made for man and not man for the law.
47.The law will catch up with him in the end.
48.The legal source of the privilege varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
49.The more laws,the more offences.
50.The new regulations will come into force on January 1st.
51.The powers and duties are confered on the tribunal by the statutory code.
52.The reason of the law ceasing,the law itself ceases.
53.The safety of the people is the supreme²³ law.
54.The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
55.This document is legally binding²⁴.
56.This law is in abeyance²⁵.
57.This law has become a dead letter.
58.This law will go into effect on the day if its promulgation²⁶.
59.Where law ends,tyranny begins.
60.Where there are uncertainties,there are no laws.
7、法律
后法优于前法。
武力与法律不有同时兴盛。
合意产生法律。
民俗具有法律效力。
风俗、宗教和哲学常是一个国家法律构成之基础。
衡平法是对普通法律规则中瑕疵部分的矫正。
法律另有规定的除外。
凡是法律皆有漏洞。
若无公众舆论支持，法律是没有丝毫力量的。
在文明社会,法律依靠道德所支撑。
不能保证每一部法律都能平等地对待每一个人。
没有威慑力的法律绝对不会具有效力。
法律不能强迫人去做不可为之事。
法律管人,理性管法律。
法在社会生活中无处不在,深该地影响眷我们。
律是当权者与大众之间进行交流的一种运作方式。
法律是维护公众利益的理性条令。
法律是全体公民一致同意所决定的意见之表达。
法律是变革的工具又是诸多变革的结果。
法是人类利益而制定的。
无论正义与否，法律就是法律。
法律是无由的理念。
法律即秩序,好的法律形成良好的秩序。
法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。
法乃善良公平之道。
法律必须保持稳定但却不能一成不变。
有瑕疵的法律胜于不确定的法律。
法律旨在防止强者滥用权力为所欲为。
法律过于温和难于遵守;过于严酷则难于执行。
法无明文规定者不为罪,法无明文规定者不处罚。
任何人不能凌驾于法律之上。
谁拥有法律，谁就是大多数。
法律难顾及全民，于大众有利已足。
实体法界定权利，程序法则制定保护和实施权利的程序。
法律的定义取决于我们如何看它的目的或功能。
法律的目的不是废除或约束而是维护并扩大自由。
尊重法律是最首要的法律。
法律不能使人人平等，但在法律面前人人是平等的。
法律难断家务事。
法律规定人毋为天灾人负责。
法乃吾人道德生活之见证人和外壳。
法律习决不容忍违反真理的事情。
法律允许的而道德上常常禁止。
反诽谤法被认为太宽大了。
法律护市民不被他人非法剥夺自由。
法是为人而制定的,人不是不法而生就的。
最后法律饶不了他。
特权的法律渊源因管辖区的不同而异常。
法律越多，违法者越多。
新规定将于1月1日生效。
成文法典赋于法庭权力与责任。
法律理由消失,法律本身也不存在。
人民的安全是最高的法律。
最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公。
该文件具有法律的约束力。
此法暂缓执行。
此法已成为一纸空文。
本法自公布之日起施行。
法律的终点便是暴政的起点。
法律必须具有确定性。

 

1 ratification   

n.批准，认可

参考例句：

• The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。
• The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。

2 corrupts   

（使）败坏( corrupt的第三人称单数 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound. 不正当得来的便士使正当得来的英镑也受到玷污。
• Blue cinema corrupts the souls of people. 黄色电影腐蚀人们的灵魂。

3 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

4 infancy   

n.婴儿期；幼年期；初期

参考例句：

• He came to England in his infancy.他幼年时期来到英国。
• Their research is only in its infancy.他们的研究处于初级阶段。

5 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

6 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 concealment   

n.隐藏, 掩盖，隐瞒

参考例句：

• the concealment of crime 对罪行的隐瞒
• Stay in concealment until the danger has passed. 把自己藏起来，待危险过去后再出来。

9 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

10 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

11 naught   

n.无，零 [=nought]

参考例句：

• He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。
• I hope that all your efforts won't go for naught.我希望你的努力不会毫无结果。

12 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。

13 defective   

adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的

参考例句：

• The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
• If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。

14 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

15 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

16 pervasive   

adj.普遍的；遍布的，(到处)弥漫的；渗透性的

参考例句：

• It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
• The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。

17 ordinance   

n.法令；条令；条例

参考例句：

• The Ordinance of 1785 provided the first land grants for educational purposes.1785年法案为教育目的提供了第一批土地。
• The city passed an ordinance compelling all outdoor lighting to be switched off at 9.00 PM.该市通过一条法令强令晚上九点关闭一切室外照明。

18 utterance   

n.用言语表达，话语，言语

参考例句：

• This utterance of his was greeted with bursts of uproarious laughter.他的讲话引起阵阵哄然大笑。
• My voice cleaves to my throat,and sob chokes my utterance.我的噪子哽咽，泣不成声。

19 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

20 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

21 deficient   

adj.不足的，不充份的，有缺陷的

参考例句：

• The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。
• I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。

22 lenient   

adj.宽大的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
• It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。

23 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

24 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

25 abeyance   

n.搁置，缓办，中止，产权未定

参考例句：

• The question is in abeyance until we know more about it.问题暂时搁置，直到我们了解更多有关情况再行研究。
• The law was held in abeyance for well over twenty years.这项法律被搁置了二十多年。

26 promulgation   

n.颁布

参考例句：

• The new law comes into force from the day of its promulgation. 新法律自公布之日起生效。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Article 118 These Regulations shall come into effect from the day of their promulgation. 第一百一十八条本条例自公布之日起实施。 来自经济法规部分