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1.A subsequent ratification has a retrospective affect,and be equivalent to a prior command.
事后假追认有溯及力，等同先前命令。

2.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
绝对权力绝对腐败。

3.Fairness and justice in a jurisdiction are realized case by case being settled properly.
司法的公平和正义是通过案件逐一得到妥善解决予以实现的。

4.Give a thief enough rope and he’ll hang himself.
多行不义必自毙。

5.Good order in the foundation of all things.
良好的秩序是一切之基础。

6.Ignorance of law excuses no one.
不知法不能成为任何人逃避法律的借口。

7.Iin a healthy legal system the values of order and justice are not normally at cross-purposes.
在健全的法律制度下，秩序与正义这两个价值一般不会冲突。

8.In doubt,the milder course is to be followed.
遇到疑义时应遵循从宽原则。

9.Infancy is shield,not a sword.
未成年可作为抗辩之理由，但不能作为攻击之借口。

10.It is an important step to replace the rule of men with the urle of law in china’s justice reforms.
以法治代替人治是中国司法改革的重要一步。