七 Law

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.

武力与法律不能同时兴盛.

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,religious 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.
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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 it.

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 treat 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.

法律管制人，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，深刻地影响着我们。

16，Law is a exercise in communication between authority and the public.

法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意见之表达。

19，Law is both an instrument of change and a result of changes.

法律既是变革的工具又是诸多变革的结果。

20，Law is established for the benefit of man.

法是为人类利益而制定的。
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 crystalization 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 too 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,与大众有利已足.

34,Substantial law defines 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秩序.

35,The definition of law depends on how we look at its purposes or functions.

法律的定义取决于我们如何看它的目的或功能.

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 truth.

法律绝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.

法律保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,人不是为法而生就的.

47,The law wil catch up with him in the end.

最终法律饶不了他.

48,The legal source of the privilege waries from jurisdiction ro jurisdiction.

特权的法律渊源因管辖区的不同而异.

49,The more laws, the more offences.

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 conferred on the tribunal by the statutory code.

成文法典赋予法庭权力与责任.

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造成最大的不公.

55,This document is legally binding.

该法律文件具有法律约束力.

56,The 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 of 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.