法律英语 PPT 教案课件Week 6 - Criminal Law I

transmute (v) – 使变形
The Lions and the Lambs

“It was a great advance when the strong consented to eat the weak by due process of law.”

consent (v) – 同意 due process of law (n) – 正当法律程序
法律英语 Wednesday, 4:15 – 5:50 p.m. Room 2-406
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Civilization andmitive mind no argument is settled until one of the disputants is dead.”
What are the two basic types of crimes?
(p. 68) “犯罪可以分为重罪(felony)和轻罪 (misdemeanor)两大类。”
In American criminal law, who decides what punishment will be imposed?
(p. 68) “刑罚一般都有法官确定。”
What are the two elements of a crime as defined in the California Penal Code? (p. 77, middle)
“an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it”; and “punishment”
What kind of violation is required for a certain act to be a crime? (p. 77, lower middle)
“a crime … requires an act that violates the law as opposed to violating customs, religious standards, or some other means of social control”

primitive (adj) – 原始的 disputant (n) – 争论者
Times Change

“… To transmute … violence into argument, murder into litigation … has been part of the task of civilization.”
Today’s quotations are the words of:
Will Durant – ‘The Story of Civilization,’ Volume 1
This week:

For this week, Lesson 7, Criminal Law; text pages 77-79: “Supplementary Reading,”
Who represents the plaintiff in a criminal case? (p. 77, bottom)
“judicial enforcement of the criminal law is pursued by a public official – the prosecuting attorney”
Give an example of an act that is illegal but not ordinarily a crime (p. 77, lower middle)
breach of contract; negligence – e.g., a traffic accident, a slippery floor in a shop; a defective product
Who’s Here Today?
Lesson 7 – Criminal Law
Let’s Listen!
p. 77
Questions on the text
Look for the answers as directed!
Is criminal law in the United States mainly state or federal law?

up to ‘The Development of Punishment’ (p. 79) Chinese translation

Audio Analysis of some sentences from the text Please hand in the vocabulary worksheet from last week: Elections
(p. 68) “美国的刑法主要属于各州的司法管辖权范围。换 言之，绝大多数犯罪都受各州刑事法律的管辖。”
What was originally the legal basis of American criminal law? What is its basis now?
(p. 68) “虽然美国的刑法是在判例法的基 础上发展起来的，但是目前美国各 州都有自己的刑法典。”
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Welcome to ‘Legal English!’
Who is the plaintiff in a criminal case? (p. 77, bottom)
“judicial enforcement of the criminal law is pursued by a public official – the prosecuting attorney – on behalf of the state”