为了避免各种近海事故和防止小的原油泄露事故演变成大的灾难，大量新制定的法律也同时被颁布实施。

A plethora of newly enacted legislation is designed to avert offshore accidents and to prevent a small spill becoming a big catastrophe should something go wrong.

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雅典的梭伦就是从埃及学到了这条法律，并把它收到为雅典人制定的法律中。由于这条法律无可挑剔，所以至今他们仍在实行着它。

Now Solon the Athenian received from Egypt this law and had it enacted for the Athenians, and they have continued to observe it, since it is a law with which none can find fault.

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但是，在我们积极地保护儿童避免这种伤害的过程中，我们必须确保，这部原先是为他们的利益而制定的法律，没有充当进一步伤害他们的工具。

But in our zeal to protect children from such dangers, we must ensure that we don't use the law, which was enacted for their benefit, to victimize them further.

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He was also a major figure in the Legal Realism school that recognized human failings and human behavior and the establishment of laws.

他同时也是法律现实主义学派的代表人物,该学派承认人性弱点和人们的行为,以及制定法律的重要性

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That's passing laws that protect people from themselves, seatbelt laws, for example, or motorcycle helmet laws.

即制定保护人们免受自身行为伤害的法律，诸如系安全带，骑摩托车带头盔的法规。

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And the rules of justice are simply the laws set up by the winners of the game to protect and to promote their own interests.

而正义的规则,当然是由赢家所制定的法律,用以保护与促进其本身利益。

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