法律英语课文(董世忠1-2)

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definition,classification&sources

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Whatislaw?Thoughweusetheword"law“ineverydayconversation,weuseit

insomanywaysthatthereisnosimpleanswertothequestion.

Thedefinitionoflawinoursocietyistomaintainorderandtoresolvedisputed.

Inthisconnectionswemustbearinmindthatlawisnotsimplyasetofrulesof

sothemeanstoimposeresponsibilityandtoenforcesocialjustice.

lawfitsinwellwiththisconceptoflaw.

bringsaboutchangesinour

senselawisbothan

instrumentofchangeandaresultofchanges.

esometimesreferredtoas

cedurallaw

establishestheproceduresbywhichrightsareprotectedandenforced.

law

efurtherdividedinto

constitutionallaw,elawdealswiththe

rscontracts,torts

andproperty,eachofwhichcanbesubdividedintoseveralsubjects.

Thephrasesourcesoflawisusedheretodescribemethodsandproceduresby

anlawcomesfrombasicsources:

constitutions,legislation,judicialdecisions,andadministrativerulesandregulations.

J

conceptofdecidedcasesasasourceoflawisoftenreferredtoasthecommonlaw

system,whichmustbecontrastedwiththecivillawsystemdevelopedincontinental

illawcountrieshavecodifiedtheirlawsothatthemainsourceoflaw

he

commonlawsystem,statutesascasesaresourcesoflaw.

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Lawyers

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-practicelawyeris

practiceisconcernedwithmatterssuchaspreparingdocuments,advising

business,orsettlingestates,manyoffice-practicelawyersneverparticipateinalawsuit,but

lpractitioners,especiallyinsmallcommunities,may

ounselsareanotherlargegroupof

eemployedbybusinesstoassistintheinternaloperationsofthebusiness

bypreventingandsolvinglegalproblems.

fall,r’sproductis

theadviceisnotonlegalmatters,but

,lawyersareadvocatesfortheirclients.

Officelawyersnegotiatingacontractareadvocatesjustastriallawyersare;theiradvocacyis

directedatotherattorneysandtheirclients,,lawyersare

ektoavoidthedifficultiesandexpensesoflitigationby

findingamutuallysatisfactoryalternative.

Tobeagoodadvisor,advocateandnegotiator,stbeable

toappreciatethehistoricalrelevanceofourfundamentalfreedomsandtheroleoflawinour

stbekeenlyawareoftheworldinwhichtheylive,whatisrightaboutitand

whatiswrong,stbe

compassionateandsensitivetohumanproblemsandweaknesses,becausethepracticeoflawis

averypersonalmatter.

Lawyersmustbecourageousandwillingtorepresentunpopularcauses,becausetherightto

stbewillingnotonlytodefendsuchcauses,buttodefend

thesystemthatrequiressuchrepresentation.