【编者按】在职法硕联考英语之法理
Part 1
1.A subsequent ratification has a retrospective affect， and be equivalent to a prior command.事后假追认有溯及力，等同先前命令。
2.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.绝对权力绝对腐败。
3.Fairness and justice in a jurisdiction are realized case by case being settled properly.司法的公平和正义是通过案件逐一得到妥善解决予以实现的。
4.Give a thief enough rope and he’ll hang himself.多行不义必自毙。
5.Good order in the foundation of all things.良好的秩序是一切之基础。
6.Ignorance of law excuses no one.不知法不能成为任何人逃避法律的借口。
7.In a healthy legal system the values of order and justice are not normally at cross-purposes.在健全的法律制度下，秩序与正义这两个价值一般不会冲突。
8.In doubt，the milder course is to be followed.遇到疑义时应遵循从宽原则。
9.Infancy is shield，not a sword.未成年可作为抗辩之理由，但不能作为攻击之借口。
10.It is an important step to replace the rule of men with the urle of law in China’s justicereforms.以法治代替人治是中国司法改革的重要一步。
11.It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。
12.Justice must not only be done，but must be seen to be done.正义不仅应得到实现，而且还应以人们看得见的方式得到实现。
13.Let right be done，though the heavens fall.秉公办事，何惧天塌下来。
14.Like reason makes like law.看似的理由导致相似的规则。
15.No man should benefit from his own injustice.没有人应当从自已的过错中获益。
16.Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.法律制定者比谁都更具有守法之神圣义务。
17.She who comes to equity must come with clean hands.自身清白方能获得衡平救济。
18.State ways cannot change folkways.国家手段不能改变社会习俗。
19.Suppression of the truth is the expression of what is false.抑压真相，犹如作伪。
20.The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.自由的历史在很大程度上是遵守程序保障条款的历史。
21.The place governs the act.场所支配行为。
22.The rules must not be constantly changing.规则不得朝令夕改。
23.The same transaction may give rise to both a civil and a criminal action.同一活动可能导致民事和刑事诉讼。
24.The spoken word flies;the written word remains.口说无凭，立些为证。
25.Though few are punished，the fear of punishment affects all.惩一儆白。
26.Truth is afraid of nothing but concealment.真相无所惧，惟怕被隐瞒。
27.We must follow a strict interpretation of the rules.我们必须对规则严格解释。
28.Who pardons the bad，injures the good.宽恕坏人必伤及好人。
29.Without judicial review，statutory limits would be naught but empty words.没有司法审查，法定权限将只是一句空话。
30.Wrong laws make short government.法制不健全，统治也短命。
Part 2 Law法律
1.A later statute takes away the effect of a prior one.后法优于前法。
2.Arms and laws do not flourish together.武力与法律不有同时兴盛。
3.Consent makes law.合意产生法律。
4.Custom has the force of law.民俗具有法律效力。
5.Customs，religions and philosophies tend to form the basis for a nation’s laws风俗、宗教和哲学常是一个国家法律构成之基础。
6.Equity is a correction of common legal rules in their defective parts.衡平法是对普通法律规则中瑕疵部分的矫正。
7.Except as otherwise provided by law.法律另有规定的除外。
8.Every law has a loop hole.凡是法律皆有漏洞。
9.Every law has no atom of strength，as far as no public opinion supports in.若无公众舆论支持，法律是没有丝毫力量的。
10.In civilized life，law floats in a sea of ethics.在文明社会，法律依靠道德所支撑。
11.It can hardly be taken to be a guarantee that every law shall treet every person the same.不能保证每一部法律都能平等地对待每一个人。
12.Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it.没有威慑力的法律绝对不会具有效力。
13.Law does not compel a man to do what he is impossible to perform.法律不能强迫人去做不可为之事。
14.Law governs man，reason the law.法律管人，理性管法律。
15.Law is a pervasive feature of social life that profoundly affects us.法在社会生活中无处不在，深该地影响眷我们。
16.Law is an exercise in communication between authority and the public.律是当权者与大众之间进行交流的一种运作方式。
17.Law is an ordinance of reason for the common good.法律是维护公众利益的理性条令。
18.Law is an utterance determined by the common consent of the commonwealth.法律是全体公民一致同意所决定的意见之表达。
19.Law is both an instrument of change and a result of changes.法律是变革的工具又是诸多变革的结果。
20.Law is established for the benefit of man.法是人类利益而制定的。
21.Law is law，just or not.无论正义与否，法律就是法律。
22.Law is mind without reason.法律是无由的理念。
23.Law is order，and good law is good order.法律即秩序，好的法律形成良好的秩序。
24.Law is the crystallization of the habit and thought of society.法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。
25.Law is the science of what is good and just.法乃善良公平之道。
26.Law must be stable and it cannot stand still.法律必须保持稳定但却不能一成不变。
27.Law that is deficient is better than law that is uncertain.有瑕疵的法律胜于不确定的法律。
28.Laws are made to prevent the stronger from having the power to do everything.法律旨在防止强者滥用权力为所欲为。
29.Laws are gentle are seldom obeyed;too severe，seldom executed.法律过于温和难于遵守;过于严酷则难于执行。
30.No，crime without law making it so;no penalty without law making it so.法无明文规定者不为罪，法无明文规定者不处罚。
31.No one is above the law.任何人不能凌驾于法律之上。
32.One with the law is a majority.谁拥有法律，谁就是大多数。
33.Scarcely any law can be made which is beneficial to all; but if it benefits the majority it is useful.法律难顾及全民，于大众有利已足。
34.Substantial law defined rights，and procedural law establishes the procedures by which rights are protected and enforced.实体法界定权利，程序法则制定保护和实施权利的程序。
35.The definition of law depends on how we look at its purposes or funcitons.法律的定义取决于我们如何看它的目的或功能。
36.The end of law is not abolish or restrain，but to preserve and enlarge freedom.法律的目的不是废除或约束而是维护并扩大自由。
37.The first of all laws is to respect the laws.尊重法律是最首要的法律。
38.The law cannot make all men equal，but they are all equal before the law.法律不能使人人平等，但在法律面前人人是平等的。
39.The law does not concern itself about family trifles.法律难断家务事。
40.The law holds no man responsible for the act of god.法律规定人毋为天灾人负责。
41.The law is the witness and external deposit of our moral life.法乃吾人道德生活之见证人和外壳。
42.The law never suffers anything contrary to trun.法律习决不容忍违反真理的事情。
43.The law often allows what honor forbids.法律允许的而道德上常常禁止。
44.The law on libel is considered too lenient.反诽谤法被认为太宽大了。
45.The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another.法律护市民不被他人非法剥夺自由。
46.The law was made for man and not man for the law.法是为人而制定的，人不是不法而生就的。
47.The law will catch up with him in the end.最后法律饶不了他。
48.The legal source of the privilege varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.特权的法律渊源因管辖区的不同而异常。
49.The more laws，the more of***ces.法律越多，违法者越多。
50.The new regulations will come into force on January 1st.新规定将于1月1日生效。
51.The powers and duties are confered on the tribunal by the statutory code.成文法典赋于法庭权力与责任。
52.The reason of the law ceasing，the law itself ceases.法律理由消失，法律本身也不存在。
53.The safety of the people is the supreme law.人民的安全是最高的法律。
54.The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.最严厉的法律有时会变成最大的不公。
55.This document is legally binding.该文件具有法律的约束力。
56.This law is in abeyance.此法暂缓执行。
57.This law has become a dead letter.此法已成为一纸空文。
58.This law will go into effect on the day if its promulgation.本法自公布之日起施行。
59.Where law ends，tyranny begins.法律的终点便是暴政的起点。
60.Where there are uncertainties，there are no laws.法律必须具有确定性。