The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it's been passed.

法官很有理地说他必须按照法律被通过时的意义进行解释。

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The job of the judiciary is to interpret the law, not to improve it.

法官的任务是解释法律而非改善法律。

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They may be used to interpret or supplement international uniform law instruments.

通则可用以解释或补充国际统一法律文件。

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We must have a massive knowledge of not only what the law says but how to practically use that law and interpret it.

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What the five Law Lords in the current majority have done is to interpret international law, and the British statutes implementing it, as narrowly as possible, but to interpret the Extradition Act so adventurously that even British lawyers who specialise in fighting extradition cases are amazed.

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Under English law, an attempt to exclude the courts from their effort to interpret the law is considered to be against public policy.

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