七 Law

1,A later statute takes away the effect of a prior one.

后法優于前法.

2,Arms and laws do not flourish together.

武力與法律不能同時興盛.

3,Consent makes law.

合意產生法律.

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.

風俗宗教和哲學常是一個國家法律構成之基礎.

6,Equity is a correction of common legal rules in their defective parts.

衡平法是對普通法律規則中瑕疵部分的矯正.

7,Except as otherwise provided by law.
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法律另有規定的除外.

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.

若無公眾輿論支持,法律是沒有絲毫力量的.

10,In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

在文明社會,法律依靠道德所支撐.

11,It can hardly be taken to be a guarantee that every law shall treat every person the same.

不能保證每一部法律都能平等地對待每一個人。

12,Law can never be enforced unless fear supports it.

沒有威懾力的法律絕對不會具有效力。

13,Law does not compel a man to do what he is impossible to perform.

法律不能強迫人去做不可為之事。

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.

法在社會生活中無處不在，深刻地影響著我們。

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

法律是當權者與大眾之間進行交流的一種運作方式。

17，Law is an ordinance of reason for the common good.

法律是維護公眾利益的理性條令。

18，Law is an utterance determined by the common consent of the commonwealth.

法律是全體公民一致同意所決定意見之表達。

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

法律既是變革的工具又是諸多變革的結果。

20，Law is established for the benefit of man.

法是為人類利益而制定的。
21,Law is law, just or not.

無論正義與否,法律就是法律.

22,Law is mind without reason.

法律是無由的理念.

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.

法律是社會習俗和思想的結晶.

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.

法律必須保持穩定但卻不能一成不變.

27,Law that is deficient is better than law that is uncertain.

有瑕疵的法律勝于不確定的法律.

28,Laws are made to prevent the stronger from having the power to do everything.

法律旨在防止強者濫用權力為所欲為.

29,Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

法律過于溫和難于遵守;過于嚴酷則難于執行.

30,No crime without law making it so; no penalty without law making it so.

法無明文規定者不為罪,法無明文規定者不處罰.

31,No one is above the law.

任何人不能凌駕于法律之上.

32,One with the law is a majority.

誰擁有法律,誰就是大多數.

33,Scarcely any law can be made which is beneficial to all; but if it benefits the majority it is useful.

法律難顧及全民,與大眾有利已足.

34,Substantial law defines rights, and procedural law establishes the procedures by which rights are protected and enforced.

實體法界定權利,程序法則制定保護和實施權利的秩序.

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

法律的定義取決于我們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見證人和外殼.

42,The law never suffers anything contrary to truth.

法律絕不容忍違反真理的事情.

43,The law often allows what honor forbids.

法律允許的而道德上常常禁止.

44,The law on libel is considered too lenient.

反誹謗法被認為太寬大了.

45,The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another.

法律保護市民不被他人非法剝奪自由.

46,The law was made for man and not man for the law.

法是為人而制定的,人不是為法而生就的.

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

最終法律饒不了他.

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

特權的法律淵源因管轄區的不同而異.

49,The more laws, the more offences.

法律越多,違法者越多.

50,The new regulations will come into force on January 1st.

新規定將于1月1日生效.

51,The powers and duties are conferred on the tribunal by the statutory code.

成文法典賦予法庭權力與責任.

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.

最嚴厲的法律有時會造成最大的不公.

55,This document is legally binding.

該法律文件具有法律約束力.

56,The law is in abeyance.

此法暫緩執行.

57,This law has become a dead letter.

此法已成為一紙空文.

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.

法律的終點便是暴政的起點.

60,Where there are uncertainties, there are no laws.

法律必須具有確定性.