法律英语阅读.ppt

Unit 1 Text II Law as a Normative Order and The Prolem of Legal Certainty Contextual Introduction Frank and Classical Legal Formalism Frank Vs. Formalists Decision or Rule??? Comprehension of the text Origination of the problem Fact skeptics Psychological factors Discretionary power Justification: adjective; substantive Exercises Unit 2 Historical Development of Constitutional Law Clarification of some terms Brief Introduction Constitution Constitutionalism constitutionality The system of fundamental laws and principles that prescribes the nature, functions, and limits of a government or another institution. Government (or system) in which power is distributed and limited by a system of laws that must be obeyed by the rulers. Accordance with the provisions or principles of a constitution Basic Theory Nature Elements functions Constitutionlism and rule of law etc Text 1 The Historical Development of the British Constitution 1st reading for comprehension Exercises British Constitutional documents Magna Carta The Petition of Right The English Bill of Rights The Act of Settlement The Reform Act More Exercises Text II United Stated v. Nixon First reading exercises Reading comprehension exercises Amendment XX, Section 3. IF, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice-President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice-President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice-President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice-President shall have qualified. Unit 3 Doctrines of the constitutio