文档介绍：一、法的品性
(一)法的特点
The law does not define exactly, but trusts in the judgement of a good (过于)详尽规定,而委诸善良之人进行判断。
The legislators do not care for those things which rarely 。
In law, the proximate, not the remote cause is ,不问远因。
There is no rule without a 。
Every exception itself is also a 。
The smallest circumstance may change the 。
Common error sometimes passes current as 。
Principles prove, and they are not 。
(二)法与正义
The law delights in equity; it covets perfection; it is a rule of ,渴求完美,规定正义。
The greatest charity is to do justice to every one and at any time whenever it may be ,并且在任何需要时候都是如此。
(三)法律、紧急需要与理性
Reason and authority are the two brightest lights of the 。
What can be excused or extenuated in criminal cases by necessity is not so in civil 、减轻罪责,但在民事案件却不免除、减轻责任。
(四)法律、惯例与衡平法
Equity is a specie of equality or ,但不帮助粗心大意的人。
(五)法律冲突的处理规则
The express agreement of parties es the 。
Private law is subject to the protection of public 。
A public law or right cannot be altered by the agreement of private 。
When mon law and statute law concur, mon law is to be ,普通法优先。
General things do not derogate from special ;一般法不会损害特别法。
二、权利、权力与责任
法律的权威
Precedents that pass sub silentio are of little or no 。
法律与权利
No man can forfeit the right of 。
Where there is a right, there is a 。
T here is no wrong without a 。
Remedies for rights are ever favorably extended. 权利救济的途径越宽越好。
Time runs against the slothful and those who neglect their 。
法律与自由
Everything is permitted, which is not forbidden by 。
When doubts arise, the most genero