法律类的文章相对比较专业些，我们中口阅读只要了解一些常用的法律术语就可以了，以下是我们上课笔记的补充。
I. 法庭上的人
1. judge 法官，被称为"Your Honor"， 注意这两个单词要连读。
法官的座位：bench
法官的责任：sentence （判决） summon / call （传唤） pass sentence on sb / pronounce（宣判）
法官在法庭上常说的两个词：overruled （反对无效），sustained （反对有效）
法官会经常说一句话：You should govern your temper. / keep a calm sough. / keep mum. / keep quiet.
2. jury 陪审团由12个 juror陪审员构成
陪审席：jury box
陪审团的责任：verdict （裁决）
陪审团在作出裁决前要一起协商：deliberation
3. 原告：plaintiff （civil case 民事案中）
检控方：the prosecution （criminal case 刑事案中）
控方律师：the prosecution attorney
美国地方检察官：District Attorney 简称DA
4. 被告：defendant
辩方律师：defense attorney ( 毕业论文答辩也叫defence)
英国的出庭大律师：barrister; 不出庭的小律师：solicitor
5. 嫌疑犯：the suspect
罪犯：the criminal / the convict / the culprit
受害人：the victim
证人：witness 给出的证词：testimony
II. 法庭上的动词
1. book 做笔录，备案
2. transcribe 记录证词
3. deliberate 陪审团协商
4. verdict 陪审团裁决
render 做出（裁决）e.g. The jury has rendered its verdict. 陪审团已经做出了裁决
5. sentence 法官判决
pass sentence = pronounce 宣判
suspended sentence = probation 缓刑
serve a sentence 服.....刑
6. sue sb for sth 起诉某人 (in civil case)
accuse sb of sth 指控某人 (多用于criminal case )
charge sb of sth 指控某人 （刑事、民事都可用）
7. testify 证人作证
8. breach 破坏，违反
III. 法律名词
1. lawsuit：官司
2. oath：法庭誓言 take an oath to tell the truth
"I swear to tell the truth, all the truth, nothing but the truth."
3. bail：保释金（支付保释金put up bail ）
4. hearing：听证会
5. alibi：不在场证据 e.g. He established an alibi to the charge of murder. 他证实在谋杀案发生时他不在场。
6. 法庭：court / courtroom / a court of law / forum / tribunal
" You have the right to remain silent, and refuse to answer question. Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law." 你有权保持沉默，但你所说的将成为呈堂证供。
IV. 法律罪名
1. fraud 诈骗罪（securities fraud 股票诈骗/ insurance fraud 保险诈骗/ tax fraud 税收诈骗）
2. felony 重罪
3. holocaust 种族大屠杀
4. arson 纵火罪
5. money laundry 洗钱
6. pyramid scheme 金字塔骗局（传销）
7. domestic violence 家庭暴力
8. perjury 伪证罪
伪证罪最早出自于圣经，下面是上课讲的十戒的原文：
Moses called together all the people of Israel and said to them, "People of Israel, listen to all the laws that I am giving you today. Learn them and be sure that you obey them. At Mount Sinai the Lord our God made a covenant, not only with our fathers, but with all of us who are living today. There on the mountain the Lord spoke to you face-to-face from the fire. I stood between you and the Lord at that time to tell you what he said, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.
"The Lord said, 'I'm the Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
"Worship no god but me."
"Do not make for yourselves images of anything in heaven or on earth or in the water under the earth. Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, for I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation. But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws."
"Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name."
"Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy, as I, the Lord your God, have commanded you. You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me. On that day no one is to work—neither you, your children, your slaves, your animals, nor the foreigners who live in your country. Your slaves must rest just as you do. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, the Lord your God, rescued you by my great power and strength. That is why I command you to observe the Sabbath."
"Respect your father and your mother, as I, the Lord your God, command you, so that all may go well with you and so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you."
"Do not commit murder."
"Do not commit adultery."
"Do not steal."
"Do not accuse anyone falsely."
"Do not desire another man's wife; do not desire his house, his land, his slaves, his cattle, his donkeys, or anything else that he owns."
V. 法律名言
1. Every law has no atom of stregth, as far as no public opinion supports it.——Wendell phillips, American leader against slavery
若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律是丝毫没有力量的。——美国废奴运动领袖 菲力普斯 W
2. Good order is the foundation of all things. ——E.Burke, Btritish statesman
良好的秩序是一切的基础。——英国政治家 伯克 E
3. Guilt always hurries towards its complement , punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
——Lawence Durrell, British writer
犯罪总是以惩罚相补偿；只有处罚才能使犯罪得到偿还。——英国作家 达雷尔 L
4. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ——Voltaire, Frech writer
我不同意你说的话，但是我愿意誓死捍卫你说话的权利。——法国作家 伏尔泰
5. If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.——Charles Dickens, British novelist
倘若世上没有坏人，也就不会有好的律师。——英国小说家 狄更斯 C
6. If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of beng in such a sweat to get him into the Constitution, it would be better all around.——Mark Twain, American writer
如果我们国家的法律中只有某种神灵，而不是殚精竭虑将神灵揉进宪法，总体上来说，法律就会更好。
——美国作家 马克·吐温
7. In nature there are no rewards or punishments; there are consequences.——HoraclAnnexley Vachell,British writer
自然界中没有奖赏和惩罚，只有因果报应。——英国作家 瓦谢尔 H A
8. It is better to fight for justice than to rail at the ill.——Alfreds Tennyson, Bitish writer
与其责骂罪恶，不如伸张正义。——英国作家 丁尼生 A
9. Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in . ——William Shensto, British poet
人们通常会发现，法律就是这样一种的网，触犯法律的人，小的可以穿网而过，大的可以破网而出，只有中等的才会坠入网中。——英国诗人 申斯通 W
10. Law can nerver be enforced unless fear supports it.——Sophocles, Ancient Greek dramatist
如果法律没有恐惧支撑，它绝不能生效。——古希腊剧作家 索福克勒斯
11. Law is the crystallizaton of the habit and thought of society.——Woodrow Wilson, American president
法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。——美国总统 威尔逊 W
12. Law is order , and good law is good order.——Aristole, Ancient Greek philosopher
法律就是秩序，有好的法律才有 好的秩序。——古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德
13. Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.——Oliver Goldsmith, British writer
法律吸吮穷人的膏血，而富人却掌握着权柄。——英国作家 哥尔德斯密斯 O
14. Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it.
——Plato, Ancint Grek philosopher
人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。
——古希腊哲学家 柏拉图
15. No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law.——Thomas Jefferson, America president
没有哪个社会可以制订一部永远适用的宪法，甚至一条永远适用的法律。——美国总统 杰斐逊 T
16. One of the most striking and salutary thing in Ameican life is the widespread study of law.
——Alexis de Tocqueville ,French judge
美国人生活中最显著而又有益的事情莫过于对法律的广泛研究了。——法国法官托克维尔 A
17. Punishment is justice for the unjust.——Augustine British writer
惩罚是对正义的伸张。——英国 奥古斯丁
18. Really, what we want now, is not laws, against crime, but a law a -gainst insaity.——Mark Twain, American writer
实际上，我们想要的不是针对犯罪的法律，而是针对疯狂的法律。——美国作家 马克·吐温
19. Singularity is almost invariably a clue. The more featureless and commonplace a crime is , the more difficult is it to bring it home.——Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer
奇特几乎总能提供一种线索。一种犯罪越是普通，越是不具特点，就越难以查明。——英国作家 柯南·道尔爵士
20. The administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.——Mark Twain, Arerican writer
在个人自己的案件中或是他所看到的案件中不能有疏忽，因此执法从来不能疏忽。——美国作家 马克·吐温
21. The law cannot make all men equal, but they are all equal before the law.——Frederick Pollck ,British jurist
法律不能使人人平等，但是在法律面前人人是平等的。——英国法学家 波洛克 F
22. The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them , since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.——Mark Twain, American writer
自然法即神灵法，只是用来约束每一个个体的法律，我们必须坚定地拒绝遵守。我们应该坚定地遵守忽视神灵法的规章制度，因为规章制度赋予我们和平、比较好的政府和稳定，因而对我们来说，规章制度比神灵法更好，因为如果我们采用神灵法的话，他会将我们陷入迷惑、无序和无政府状态。——美国作家 马克·吐温
