In order to verify a case-law principle there are over a thousand law reports in which to search.

为了验证一条判例法的原则，就要在一千个以上的案例报告中大海捞针。

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The law principle is the basis to construct the law rules or the theory and rule with the nature of fontal root.

法律原则是构成法律规则之基础或本源的具有根基性质的原理和准则。

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Respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.

尊重生命是英国法律最重要的原则。

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(Recording) He says parliament could come up with an electoral law within a few months, but out of principle, the people should decide the fate of the law and express their views about the upcoming election.

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The law of talion, which is essentially the principle that a person should be punished according to the injury they inflicted, it's been decried as a primitive, archaic reflex of the vengeance or vendetta principle.

复仇法，本质上讲述了人应该根据其所造成的伤害,接受处罚的原则，却遭到了谴责，人们认为它是,复仇或仇杀原则原始古老的反映。

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It's like the ideal gas law, and one could know that in principle.

有点像理想气体定律，我们可以从原理上理解这点。

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But, is this contract law principle enough to cancel the terms of a divorce settlement?

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Prison guard (later Inspector) Javert is the voice of the rule-of-law principle run amuck.

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But many critics and peers believe the change would compromise the common law principle of open justice.

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