2-12法律英语三习题题库

武昌理工学院

三习题题库

系别英语系

课程名称法律英语

授课教师谭宗燕

总学时54

教学班级法学12级

教学时间 20 13 - 20 14 学年第二学期填写日期 2014年2月20日

文法与外语学院制

法律英语三习题汇总

Lesson One Legal System

预习题

1. What are the major legal systems in the world?

2. What is the characteristic of the American Legal System?

3. How could people obtain justice, if not in the common law courts?

复习题

mon law vs. equity law

2.Characteristics of American legal system

mon legal terms

练习题

I. Answer the following questions according to the text:

1.W h a t l a w i s t h e b a s i s o f l a w i n E n g l i s h-s p e a k i n g c o u n t r i e s?

2.W h y d i d t h e E n g l i s h c a l l t h e i r s y s t e m t h e c o m m o n l a w?

3.H o w a r e c a s e s d e c i d e d i n c o m m o n l a w c o u n t r i e s?

4.W h a t i s t h e i m p o r t a n t f a c t o r i n u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h e l e g a l e n v i r o n m e n t i n

c i v i l o r c o m m o n l a w c o u n t r i e s?

5.I n w h a t w a y i s c o m m o n l a w s y s t e m d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e c i v i l l a w s y s t e m?

I I.T r a n s l a t e t h e f o l l o w i n g s e n t e n c e s:

1.美国和英国是普通法国家的代表。这两个国家的法律有许多相同的地方。

2.世界上主要有两大法系，一个是以美，英为代表的普通法系，另一个是以法，德为代表的大陆法系。

3.现在大陆法系与普通法系的差别正在缩小。

4.在英国和美国等普通法国家，案件的裁决是以传统，惯常做法和对成文法的解释为依据。

5.C i v i l o r c o d e l a w c o u n t r i e s h a v e a s t h e i r p r e m i s e t h e w r i t i n g o f c o d e s o f c o n d u c t t h a t a r e i n c l u s i v e o f a l l f o r e s e e a b l e a p p l i c a t i o n o f l a w.

6. Common law countries do not attempt to anticipate all areas in the application of a law by writing it to cover every foreseeable situation.

7.M o s t c o u n t r i e s u s e e i t h e r c o m m o n o r c o d e l a w a s t h e b a s i s f o r t h e i r l e g a l s y s t e m,b u t t h e y r e l y o n a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e t w o i n a p p l y i n g t h e l e g a l s y s t e m t o a c t u a l d i s p u t e s.

8.P e r h a p s t h e b e s t e x a m p l e o f h o w c o m m o n a n d c o d e l a w d i f f e r i s i n t h e r e c o g n i t i o n o f i n d u s t r i a l p r o p e r t y r i g h t s.

Lesson Two Legal Profession

预习题

1. How many types of lawyers are there in America? What are they?

2. What kind of lawyer do you want to be? (If you are a lawyer)What kind of work do you do?

3.What roles do lawyers play in society? Which of them is the most impo rtant in your view?