法律英语_教材汉翻英答案(完整版)

《法律英语》课后“汉翻英”答案 (完整版)

Lesson One

1）Common law is the law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

2) Equity is a type of law that developed in parallel with common law since the end of the 14th century, which applies to civil cases and is one of the sources of the common-law system.

3) In the U.S., one of the functions of the federal courts is to interpret federal statutes and the constitution.

4) The civil-law system mainly prevails in continental Europe as well as other countries and regions heavily influenced by continental European countries.

5) Before the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was promulgated in 1938, the federal courts of the United States procedurally separated law and equity. Lesson Two

1) Private law regulates the relationship between individuals whiles public law concerns the relationship between person (including natural persons and artificial persons) and the state.

2) Codification is not the essential difference between the civil-law system and the common-law system.

3) In many civil-law jurisdictions, precedents are not considered as binding.

4) Domestic law is different from international law in that domestic law refers to the laws within a given state which regulates the acts of individuals and other legal entities within its jurisdiction.

5) Substantial law refers to laws that define and recognize rights and obligations as well as duties and responsibilities while procedural law refers to laws that provides for the mechanism for the realization or performance of rights and duties as well as duties and responsibilities.

Lesson Three

1) In some countries alcoholic beverages are prohibited from being sold to children.

2) Since the 1980s, China has set up and improved the employment service system, which includes employment introduction, employment training, unemployment insurance and employment services.

3) Various forms of resistance to desegregation were prevailing in those years.

4) It is unjust and unlawful to discriminate against people of other races.

5) Just as individuals in a democratic country have equal voting rights regardless of whether they are rich or poor, powerful or weak, all countries in the General Assembly have the same voting rights.

Lesson Four

1) A crime is an act which may lead to the imposition of punishment.

2) Some reports accused BP of criminal negligence in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

3) Modern U.S. criminal law provides that there must be clear definition for all the constituting elements of each and every crime.

4) Generally those who provide assistance to people in their criminal act are punishable as accessories or accomplices.

5) Failure to act may be punished where the person is under a duty to act. Lesson Five

1) Parties to a contract shall fully perform their obligations in accordance with the stipulations of the contract.

2) A contract is an agreement between parties which creates, modifies or terminates a civil relationship. A contract established in accordance with law is protected by law.

3) A citizen or a legal person shall bear civil liabilities for his failure to fulfill his contractual or other obligations.

4) No modification or revocation of a contract may prejudice the parties’claims for damages.

5) For a party’s non-performance or his performance unfaithful to the contractual stipulations, the other party to a contract is entitled to demand specific performance or other remedies, and also, compensation for the resulted losses.

Lesson Seven

1) One who is at fault for infringing upon the civil right or interest of another person shall be subject to the tort liability.

2) Where a defective product causes any harm to another person, the manufacturer shall assume the tort liability.

3) One who shall assume the tort liability for infringing upon the civil right or interest of another person, whether at fault or not, as provided for by law, shall be subject to the legal provisions in the tort law.

4) Where a tort endangers the personal or property safety of another person, the victim of the tort may require the tortfeasor to assume the tort liability such as cessation of infringement, removal of obstruction and elimination of

danger.

5) A network user or network service provider who infringes upon the civil right or interest of another person through network shall assume the tort liability.

Lesson Seventeen

1) Before the judgment what is to be done is to dispose of the case, while after the judgment is rendered, all that remains to be done is to enforce it.

2) If the matter involved in the appeal is of great importance, it ought to be submitted for review.

3) There are exemptions from jury service for members of the legal profession, the police force, etc.

4) Judges often require that the parties agree upon a schedule of issues so as to accelerate the trial process.

5) In the High Court an official shorthand note is, unless the judge otherwise directs, taken of any evidence given orally in Court and of the summing up by the judge. Upon payment of the prescribed fee, a transcript can be made available.

Lesson Eighteen

1) The arbitration award shall be final and binding on both parties.

2) The dispute shall be submitted for arbitration by a mutually nominated arbitrator.

3) Where no settlement can be reached, the dispute shall be submitted for arbitration.

4) Each party may also directly apply for arbitration to the Personnel Dispute Arbitration Commission.

5) Traditionally, our contracts did not contain provisions for arbitration in a third country.