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1、1.Todiscussthedifferencesbetweenthecivillawsystemandthecommonlawsystem.ⅠTheoriginalplacesaredifferent.ThecivillawsystemoriginatedinancientRome,andthecommonlawsystemoriginatedinEngland.ⅡThemaintraditionalsourceofthecommonlawiscases,whilethemaintraditionalsourceofthecivillawislegislation.ⅢT
2、hecivillawsystempaysmoreattentiontosubstantivelaw;thecommonlawsystempaysmoreattentiontoproceduralrules.ⅣTheclassificationoflawisdifferent.Thecivillawisseparatedintopubliclawandprivatelaw,thecommonlawisseparatedintocommonlawandequity.ⅤSincetheoryanddoctrinesisimportantinlegaleducationofciv
3、illawsystem,professorplaysanimportantroleinlegaleducation.onthecontrary,casesisthemainsourceofcommonlaw,thusthejudge’sdecisionismoreimportant.ⅥThecivilprocedureisAdversarysystem(对抗式诉讼),incommonlawsystem,judgestakearelativelypassiverole.Inquisitorialsystem(纠问式诉讼),incivillawcountries,judges
4、havethepowertoinvestigatethecaseandinquirethepartiesandthewitnesses.2.TodiscussthemaindifferencesbetweenAmericanandChineselawschoolteaching.ⅠLawisanundergraduatedegreeinthechina,whileintheusispostgraduatedegree.ⅡTheteachingmethodInUSA,theteachingmethodiscasemethodorSocraticmethod,students
5、insteadoftheprofessorsplayanactiveroleintheclass.InChina,theprofessorexposesthelawtohisstudents,whotakenotesanddonotinterveneinclass.ⅢCasesvs.DoctrinesIntheUSA,students’textbookcontainslotsofcasesanddecisionsmadebythejudges.InChina,Thetextbookinvolvesmanydoctrines,conceptsandtheories.3.To
6、discussthemainfeaturesoftheAmericancourtsystemTherearefifty-twocourtsystemsintheU.S.eachstatehasitsownsystemofcourts,onefortheDistrictofColumbiaandafederalsystem.Inthestatecourtsystems,courtstructuresvaryfromstatetostate.Buttheyallexhibitahierarchicalstructure;decisionsoflowercourtsmayber
7、eviewedbyhighercourts.Astatesystemincludes:1)Trialcourtsofinferiorjurisdiction2)trialcourtsofgeneraljurisdiction3)appellatecourtsThetrialcourtsofinferiorjurisdictionhearcivillitigationsinvolvingsmallamountsofmoneyandminorviolationsofthecriminallaw.Whilethetrialcourt