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36
教学班级法学1201,1202班
教学时间 20 13 - 20 14 学年第二学期填写日期 2014年2月21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
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/d95955544.html,mon law vs. equity law
2.Characteristics of American legal system
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/d95955544.html,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?
4.If a lawyer knows much about law but very little about anything else, will he be a good lawyer?
复习题
1.the process of engaging a lawyer
2.the classification of Lawyers in America
练习题
?Translate the following legal terms:Legal Profession
?Multistate Bar Exam
?federal courts
?boards of directors
?Judge
?Attorney General
?Chief Justice
?Barristers
?Solicitors
?Attorney
?practice of law
?Lawyers in private practice
?single practitioner
?house Counsel
?corporate counsel
?public prosecutor
?Federal prosecutor
?district attorney
?Congress of the United States
?The United States Department of Justice
Lesson Three Legal Education
预习题
1. What is the only way to prepare for membership in the legal profession in the US?
2. What are the main functions of law schools in the US?
3. What are the merits and demerits of case method in teaching law?
4. What does legal hierarchy mean?
复习题
1. To be clear about the curriculum of American legal education
2. To distinguish the case method from lecture method
3. What are the merits and demerits of case method in teaching law?
练习题
翻译P4 PARA 8& P12-13 PARA5-7
Lesson Four Judicial System
预习题
1. How many court systems are there in the United States? And what are
they?
2. How many judges generally are there in a federal district court?
3. How are state court judges usually selected?
复习题
1. About the American court system and English court system
2. Distinguish between trial courts and appellate courts
3. about the position of the Judges in court
练习题
1. Translation. ?The Supreme Court, ? Courts of Appeals, ?District Courts, ?Special courts, ?Three-tiered model: Trail Court, Circuit Court, Appellate Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court
2. Dictation P4
3.
Lesson 5 Constitution
预习题
1. What was the first American Constitution?
2. How to understand constitutional supremacy?
3. What are the three branches of US? Government and how to understand separation of powers?
4. What is the impeachment policy and how many presidents are impeached?
5. How to change the Constitution?
6) What is the checks and balances policy?
复习题
1.the feature of the US Constitution
2.the fundamental principles of government
3.the provisions for amendment
练习题
1. What do you think about the separation of powers in the United States?
2. How much do you know about the process of impeachment?
3. What’s your view on the U.S. citizens’ right to bear arms?
Lesson Six Administrative Law
预习题
1.What is administrative law?
2.What is the scope of administrative law?
3.What is agency action?
4.What are the models of administrative law?
复习题
1. The definition of “agency” in the Federal Administrative Procedure
2. The functions of regulatory agencies and non-regulatory agencies
练习题
1. Questions about the text P69.
2. Dictation
Lesson 7 Criminal Law
预习题
1.What kinds of crimes do you know?
2.How much do you know about killing?
3.What is capital punishment?
4.Who gives a sentence to the criminals?
复习题
1. What’s your viewpoint of the insanity defense? Should an insane person be liable for his killing of a victim?
2. Do you think abortion is justifiable or not? Should we label the killing of a fetus murder?
3. Should death penalty be abolished in China?
练习题
Translation of the legal terms.
Lesson 9 Contract Law
预习题
1.What is a contract?
2.What can people do with contracts?
复习题
1 .What is a contract?
2. What acts are criminal but not tortious?
3.What acts are tortious but not criminal?
练习题
Translation of the legal terms.
Lesson 10 Tort Law
预习题
?What is tort law?
?What is an intentional tort?
?How to decide the liability for negligence?
?What is the No-Fault Principle?
复习题
Intentional torts
Liability for negligence
练习题
1.What is the common characteristic of the behaviors defined as civil wrongs?
2. Which category of civil wrongs has not grown rapidly in the 20th century?
3. As for the product liability, to whom the court judgments are favorable in the 20th century?
4. According to the text, what is the fundamental concept of tort law?