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法律英语课后习题大全

重点的课文：

（1AB2A3B4A5B6B）

Unit1A

1.Howwascommonlawestablished?

Answer:

thecommonlawtraditionoriginatedinEngland.anewlegalorderwasestablishedasearlyas1066bytheNormanconquest,butthecommonlawdidnotexistin1066.Williamtheconquerordidnotabolishthelocalcustomsandthelocalcourts.Localcourtscontinuedtoapplylocalcustoms.Therewasnolawcommontothewholekingdom.ThekingdidhoweverestablishsomeroyalcourtsatWestminster.Theirjurisdictionwasatfirstverylimitedbuteventuallyexpandedtothepointwherethelocalcourtsfellintodisuse.Thedecisionsoftheroyalcourtsbecamethelawcommontothewholekingdom,thecommonlaw.

1.Whatdoesthecommonlawtraditionincludeaccordingtothetext?

Answer:

accordingtothetext,thecommonlawtraditionincludeslawandequity.

2.HowdifferentisthelegalsystemofLouisianafromtherestoftheUnitedStates?

Answer:

thecommonlawwas"received"inmanycountriessuchasUnitedStates,buttheLouisianaexcepted,becausewherethecivillawwasinplacebeforetheUnitedStatesgainedjurisdiction.

4．Whatdoes“civillaw”mean?

Answer:

Theexpression“civillaw”,inLatinjuscivilis,literallymeansthelawofthecitizensofRome.ItisthelawofthecityofRome,thelawappliedtoacitizen（inLatin,civis）ofRomeasopposedtothelawappliedtoanon-citizen.

5.Whatisthemaindifferencebetweenthecivillawsystemandcommonlawsystem?

Answer:

Firstandforemost,casesareusuallyconsideredtobetheprimarysourceoflawincommonlawcountries,butincivillawcountries,casesaresimplynotasourceoflaw---atleastintheory.Civillawjuristwillconsiderthecivilcodeasanallencompassingdocument,butincommonlawjurisdictionslegislationtendstobeconsideredasanexceptiontothecaselaw.

6.Whatdifferentattitudesdothecivillawsystemandthecommonlawsystemholdtowardscaselaw?

Answer:

Casesareusuallyconsideredtobetheprimarysourceoflawincommonlawcountries,butincivillawcountries,casesaresimplynotasourceoflaw---atleastintheory,butcasesarebecomingmoreandmorerelevantincivillawcountries,buttheattitudesofciviliansandcommonlawyerstowardlegislationandcasesdiffergreatly.

7.WhatissignificantabouttheAmericanlegaleducation?

Howislawschoolteachingdifferentfromours?

Answer:

Americanlegaleducationisveryoriginalandinmanyrespectsunique.Legaleducationtendstobelongerthanothercommonlawcountries;lawisapostgraduatedegreeintheU.S.

Theteachingstyleismagisterial----theprofessorexposesthelawtohisorherstudents,whotakenotesanddonotinterveneinclass.

8.IslawdegreeanundergraduatedegreeintheU.S.?

HowdopeoplegetalawdegreeintheU.S.?

Answer:

no,thelawdegreeisamasterdegreeintheU.S.,thestudentsmusthaveatleastabachelor'sdegreeinsomeareaofstudy,andthentostudythelawandgetthelawdegree.

9.CanyoucomparethelegalmethodemployedintheAmericanlegaleducationandthelegalmethodusedinothercountries?

Answer:

Americanlegaleducationisaveryoriginalandinmanyrespectsunique.ThecasemethodorSocraticmethodispeculiartothiscountry.itmustbecleartoyoubynowthatthe"case"methodcouldnothavebeenthoughtofinacivillawcountry.Inthosecountries（asinthecaseinEngland）lawisanundergraduatedegree.LegaleducationtendstobelongerthanintheUnitedStates.Theteachingstyleismagisterial-theprofessorexposesthelawtohisorherstudents,whotakenotesanddonotinterveneinclass.

10.Whoplayanimportantroleindefiningthelawincivillawsystem,lawprofessorsorjudges?

Whataboutthecommonlawsystem?

Answer:

lawprofessors,becauseCivillawstudentswillread"lawdoctrine"morethancases.The"doctrine"isthecumulatedwritingsoflawprofessorsonwhatthelawisorshouldbe.Incivillawthe"doctrine"isconsideredtobeasourceoflawandahighlyrespectedone.Youhavetorememberthattheuniversity,notthecourts,reintroducedthecivillawinContinentalEurope.Itisthereforenotsurprisingthatlawprofessorsstillhaveanimportroleindefiningthelaw.Commonlawprofessorsgenerallydonotenjoyasimilarprestigewithintheirownjurisdiction.Herethejudgesgetmostoftheprestige.

Unit1B

1.Howiscaselawcreated?

Thedecisionsofjudges,orofotherofficialsempoweredbytheconstitutionorlawsofapoliticalentitytohearanddecidecontroversies,createcaselaw.

2.Whatdoseaparticulardecisionmeantothepartiestoalawsuit?

Tothelawyers,judges,andlawstudents?

1）Fromthepointofviewofpartiestoalawsuitorothercontestedcontroversy,whatmattersistheimmediateoutcome,theresultthetribunalreachesintheircase.Itmeanswethertheaggrievedpartyordamagedpartywillobtai