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法律英语案例赏析 李想 Solita confineme Syllabus 1. Brief introduction of law 2 Cases for Constitution/Criminal Law/Civi Law/ Contract Law/Company Law/ Copyright Law/Environment Protection Law/Property Law/Law of marriage/ 3. Four debate or discussion over moives Notice e No homework but do review the lecture Attendence is very important. (Absence: 3 times Contacts .E-mailaddressfiona-pisces@ King Hammurabi is revealed the code of laws by the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash, also revered as the god of justice Lady Justice is the symbol of the judiciary Justice is depicted as a goddess equipped with three symbols of the rule of law: a sword symbolizing the court s coercive power; scales representing the weighing of competing claims; and a blindfold indicating impartiality Introduction to law Law is a system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a rimary social mediator in relations between people Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus ticket to trading on derivatives markets Property w defines rights and obligations related to the transfer and title of person compensation if a persons rights or property are harmed (often considered civil case if filed under an issue of tort law vs criminal). If the harm is criminalised in penal code, criminal law offers means by which the state can prosecute the etrator. Constitutional law provides a framework for the creation of law, the while international law governs affairs between sovereign nation states in Writing in 350 BC trade to environment lation or milita Legal systems elaborate rights and responsibilities in a variety of ways. A general distinction can be made between civil law jurisdictions, which codify their laws, and common law systems, where judge made law is not consolidated. In some countries, religion still informs the law. Law provides a rich source of scholar tant and c economIc analysis or sociology Law also rais