By law,African-Americans could not attend the same schools or the same churches as white people.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

But in England, the tradition of freedom and government bound by law was already strong enough to produce effective resistance.

但是在英国,自由传统和法制政府,使得自由得以很好的保护

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Now, most likely people wouldn't be able to get hired by law firms

现在，多数情况下，他们难以被律师事务所招进去，

想成为律师的话 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The copyright holder owns the rights to the song for a period governed by law.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The Hobbesian state will always exist in a world of hostile other states, unregulated by some kind of higher law.

即国家总是存在于,一个充满敌意的世界里，而且总是被更高的法则约束着。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It established,by law, the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

You obeyed Israelite law and custom, you revered Israelite lore, you entered into the historical community of Israel by accepting that their fate and yours should be the same.

遵守他们的法规和习俗，崇敬他们的经验知识，你通过接受他们与你,命运相同而进入了有历史意义的以色列人群体。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Usually,the White House puts out an annual list of suspected drug kingpins on or about June 1,as required by law.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Actually he gained power in Rome mainly by military might, by kind of making the Senate nervous and winning a few battles, and that was against the law.

事实上他在罗马提升势力，是由于强大军事实力，而且赢了几场硬仗战争，让元老院感到不安，这是违反法律的。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

They say their church has embraced them and now their commitment to each other is finally recognized by law.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Because any velocity I ascribe to a particle or an object, you will add a certain constant to it by the law of composition of velocity.

因为我描述的任何一个质点或者物体的速度,你都要根据速度叠加法则,给它加上某个常数

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

"The government is obligated to give protection to its people and that protection should be supported by law."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

And so it's a mistake, according to strong theories of rights, it's a mistake to think about justice or law by just adding up preferences and values.

这些强有力的权利理论认为，下列看法是错误的,不该只以偏好和价值的加总,来考虑公正或法律。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But members of the Digital Due Process Coalition say sending an e-mail should be no different from mailing a letter that is protected by law from being opened.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

On the other hand, the psychological theory of behaviorism has had a huge impact and I think a lot of people's ways of thinking about criminal justice and criminal law has been shaped by behaviorist principles.

另一方面，行为主义理论拥有巨大的影响力,许多人对于刑事司法,和刑事法规的看法,都是在行为主义原则下形成的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Attorney General Holder said U.S.officials are closely cooperating with Mexico in the battle against La Familia and other drug cartels, a battle he compared with the one waged by law enforcement agencies against organized crime.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But by the time I got to law school, everybody was just really motivated,

但是等到我上法学院了，人人都很有动力，

怎么协调意见冲突 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The Senate must also act. The president wants to sign a bill into law by the end of the year.

VOA: special.2009.05.15

This is a form of discrimination that is protected explicitly by American law.

这是一种歧视行为，法律明文禁止。

退休很神奇 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Some also worry that officers could be sued under the law by people who accuse them of not doing enough enforcement.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

Absolute or apodictic law, by contrast, is an unconditional statement of a prohibition or a command. It tends to be general and somewhat undifferentiated. You shall not murder. You shall love the lord your God.

具体了，相反的，绝对法是对一种禁令或命令的,无条件陈述，它往往都很笼统甚至是,无差别的，你不应该杀人，你应该爱你的主你的上帝。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The current version of the law, signed by George W.Bush eight years ago,is known as the No Child Left Behind Act.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

When we look at the death of Socrates, do we think of it as a tragedy, as a moral tragedy, ? a just man sentenced to death by an unjust law?

当我们读到苏格拉底之死，我们是否会认为那是一场悲剧，道德悲剧，一名正义之士被不公的法律判处死刑？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The law said a man who was drafted could stay out of the army by doing one of two things.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The only constraint given by the law of nature is that the rights we have, the natural rights we have we can't give up nor can we take them from somebody else.

自然法唯一制约的,是我们拥有的这些自然权利,我们不能放弃，也不能剥夺他人的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Still,law enforcement officials have long warned about the dangers of young people being identified by adults wishing to harm them.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

He did no injustice to Uriah because, as the lawful sovereign, he could do any, not just anything he liked but whatever he did was set by the rules of the law.

大卫的做法对乌利亚之所以仍是公正的，是因为他作为君主，他的任意举止作为,都是合理合法的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Supporters say the law will help reduce crime by illegal immigrants who cross the border from Mexico into Arizona.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

But what about the part of 138, if you keep reading, "Men, therefore, in society having property, they have such a right to the goods, " which by the law of the community are theirs."

但继续读下去，138节后面部分又如何呢，“因此，在社会中享有财产权的人们，对于那些根据社会的法律，是属于他们的财产，就享有这样一种权利“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

It can't be ruled out but such a world I would note--let's just say a world administered by international courts of law by judges and judicial tribunals--would no longer be a political world.

这个可能不能被排除在外，但这样的世界,我注意到，这样一个受到,国际法法庭，法官及司法法庭管辖的世界,将不再是,一个政治的世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选