Unit 4 Law and order Reading The rules of law课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选修第二册

Unit 4 Law and order Reading The rules of law The law is the scales of a nation, and the yardstick of a society. — Wu Jing 法,国之权衡也,时之准绳也。 — 吴兢(唐) (1) Define the law and summarize those functions? (2) What is the most important function of the law? Why? the encyclopaedia entry of LAW 1. What is the legislature of China? It is the China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) and its the Standing Committee. 2. How are new laws proposed and adopted by it? Let’s watch the video below to find out the answer. 1. What is a constitution? A constitution is the system of laws and basic principles of the state, the structures and processes of government and the fundamental rights of citizens in a higher law that cannot be unilaterally / ju n l tr li/ 单方的 or easily changed by an ordinary legislative act. 2. Why is the US Constitution so hard to amend? Let’s watch the video below and find it out. Read the lecture transcript and finish Exx on page 46. What the old law codes are How the law evolves What the main legal systems are What limitations the law has How the law helps us A1 It presented laws in the cause-and-effect format. (L9) To prove outdated laws would be abolished. (L18-19) The civil law system and the common law system. (L31) The law is not applicable .... Moreover, .... (L38 / L41) Detailed Reading:Fill in the following table. chaos format implement Evolution legislature previous Limitations civilized Detailed Reading:Fill in the following table. Read for details Illustrate the origin of the law The law, which refers to _, was created to _ in the Middle East. rules of conduct and consequences prevent chaos and resolve conflicts Read for details Which statement is NOT true about the Code of Hammurabi? A. It is the oldest code in the Middle East. B. It was composed around 3,700 years ago. C. It carried out the concept “innocent until proven guilty”. D. It ignored some important rules. Read for details Evolution _ laws can be abolished. Current laws can be _. New laws can