bk1 u12.ppt

广东省高校精品课程申报
法律英语
第12单元:抗辩制与纠问制
(The Adversary System and the Inquisitorial System)
课程负责人:杜金榜教授
主讲人:袁传有副教授
广东外语外贸大学
国际商务英语学院
Unit 12 The Adversary System and the Inquisitorial System
TextⅠ The Adversary System
-To learn about the characteristics of the adversary system
Text Ⅱ The Adversary System and the Inquisitorial System
-To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the adversary pared with the inquisitorial system
Text III Case Reading
-To read a case proceeded under the adversary system
TextⅠ The Adversary System
Legal Terms:
adversary system cf. inquisitorial system
perjury, counsel
examination-in-chief / direct examination cf. cross-examination
Terms
adversary / adversarial system 抗辩制
inquisitorial system 纠问制
perjury 假誓; 伪证(罪)
*commit perjury 犯伪证罪, 发假誓
perjure vt. 使发伪誓
perjurer n. 伪誓者, 伪证者
counsel 律师, 辩护人
examination-in-chief / direct examination
直接讯问/ 质询
cross-examination 交叉讯问/ 质询
*re-examination 再次讯问/质询
Outline of Text I
Ⅰ. (para. 1) The meaning of the adversary system: distribution and significance
Ⅱ. (para. 2-7) The advantages of the adversary system
A. (para. 2-3) Advantages to the courts
B. (para. 4-5) Advantages to the litigants
C. (para. 6-7) Comparative advantages over the inquisitorial system
Ⅲ. (para. 8-13) The disadvantages of the adversary system
A. (para. 8) Partial disclosing of evidence
B. (para. 9) lengthier litigation
C. (para. 10-11) Injustice resulting from proficiency of counsel
D. (para. 12-13) Misleading of the jury by counsel
Questions based on Part II
What does ‘the duty to the court’ require a lawyer to do and not to do?
What are the main advantages of having legal representation for an ordinary litigant?
According to the text, what are the roles of the judge under the two different systems? Do you agree?
What does the ‘element of unfairness to the accused’ refer to in Para 7?
Questions based on Part III
Under the adversary system, who decide to bring forward the evidence? And in what sense is it considere