第一课 Legal system 法律英语课件培训资料.ppt

法律英语 Its?rules?and?maxims?became?fixed?and,?to?a?degree,??inflexible?as?in ?any?legal?system.? 衡平法的规则和原则逐渐确定，与任何法律制度一样，具有一定程度的固定性。 equity?law relief?in?the?form?of?specific?performance? 特殊履行的救济方式 the?injunction 禁令（临时或最终的采取或不采取某种行为的命令） the?development?of?so?called maxims?of?equity?law 形成所谓的衡平法座右铭 ?Special?characteristics?of?equity?law： However,??equitable?relief?regularly?will? lie?only?when?the?common?law?relief?is inadequate.? 不过，只有当普通法救济不充分时，才适用衡平救济。 For?instance,?specific?performance?for?the?purchase?of?real?property will??be?grantedbecause?common??law?damages?are?deemed??to?be?inadequate?since ?they??cannot??compensate?the?buyer in?view?of?the?uniqueness?attributed?to real?property.? 例如，对购买不动产提供特殊履行的救济，因为普通法的赔偿被认为不充分，由于不动产具有特殊性，普通法的赔偿无法补偿买方。 As?the?common?law,??equity?law?became?part?of?American?law? either?through? judicial?acceptance 司法接受 ?or?through?express?statutory? provision 明确的成文法条款 * * Lesson?one??? ?Legal?system Every law has no atom of strength, as far as no public opinion supports it.Wendell phillips, American leader against slavery 若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律是丝毫没有力量的。美国废奴运动领袖 菲力普斯 W　 Background Two periods of legal history: The Period of the English Colonies The Period of the United States On May 14, 1607, the Virginia Company explorers landed on Jamestown Island to establish the Virginia English colony The Revolutionary War in America (1775-1783) Characteristics Common law legal system 普通法系 Decentralization Case law Stare decisis遵从前例 ?It?is the?oldest?of?the?new?nations?— the?first?one?to?be?made?out?of an?Old?World?colony.? 第一个从旧大陆殖民地脱胎而出的国家 the?oldest?written?constitutionthe?oldest?continuous?federal?system the?oldest?practice?of?self-government It?is?old The ?whole?of?its?history?belongs?in?the?period?since?the?invention?of?the?printing? press. 美国历史是印刷发明以后的历史。 for?events?such?as? those?that?are?lost?in?the?legendary?past?of?Italy?or?France?or?England? are?part?of?theprinted?record?of?the?United?States? 那些在意大利、法国或英国过去的传说中湮没的那些事件，是美国