He's full of the Old Scratch, but laws-a-me!

他满是鬼主意，但是天啊！

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But laws and cultural traditions currently stand in the way of such adaptations.

然而，目前的法律和文化传统妨碍了这种适应性变化。

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Britain had laws against cruelty to animals but none to protect children.

英国曾有反对虐待动物的法律，却没有一部保护儿童的法律。

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The new governor promised to enforce the laws of the pro-slavery legislature -- but only those laws which were constitutional.

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All laws are by definition just, he tells us, but it doesn't follow that all laws are by definition good.

所有的法律均是以公平和正义为界定的，但人们并不以此为据,而是以这部法律是“好“还是“不好“为界定。

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They make laws but the laws are not binding on anyone, they're just suggested laws or regulations.

他们编制法规,但是却没有强制意义,他们只是对法规或者监管进行建议

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But laws defending private property are only as secure as the judges that defend those laws.

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But laws will probably focus less on bashing businesses Democrats don't like than boosting ones they do.

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But laws aligned with international treaties, as (according to the Spanish judge) in this case, are another matter.

ECONOMIST: It was right