Lesson 1 Law
Lesson 2 Legal System
Lesson 3 Legal Education
Lesson 4 Court System
Lesson 5 Constitution
Lesson 6 Administrative Law
Lesson 7 Criminal Law
Lesson 8 Criminal Procedure
Lesson 9 Civil Procedure
Lesson 10 Torts
Lesson 11 Contract
Lesson 12 Property Law
Lesson 13 Law of Corporation
Lesson 14 Intellectual Property
Lesson 15 Evidence
Lesson 16 International Law
Key to Exercise
Appendix
Case 1 宪法案例
Case 2 刑法案例
Case 3 侵权法案例
Case 4 合同法案例
Case 5 刑事诉讼法案例
Key to Cases
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《法律英语(第三版)》:
Law
Every government is the exact symbol of its people. So it is with law. The laws and legal system of a society reflect the values of its people. The fairness of a nation''s laws and the extent to which the legal system justly administers the laws is a measure of the enlightenment, humanity, and degree of civilization of its people.
Law consists of the whole body of rules applied and enforced under the authority of established govemment in determining what conduct is proper and should be permitted and that which should be denied or penalized.
Without law, there would be anarchy. Law is the means through which society is able to exist by providing protection for the individual; by establishing and maintaining order, health, and safety; by providing a peaceful means of dispute resolution, by providing stability and flexibility in economic relations between people; and by prohibiting conduct destructive to society. Rules reflect the society and time in which they operate. Growth of law has been pragmatic, developing from society''s need for reasonableness and flexibility in its day-to-day working.
Law is a dynamic process. It is a flow, constantly changing and continually expanding. In a sense, law is similar to language. It consists of rules and has a pattern, but the rules and pattem change as they are used over a period of time.Law is best understood by viewing the legal system as a process-a means of pulling together society''s needs and goals and translating them into guides for fairness and reasonableness in conduct. Courts, through judicial decisions, reflect the controlling and important social, economic, and political goals and needs of the society in which they function.