Introduction to Anglo- Introduction to Anglo-
American Law American Law
(2007/09/17)
Dr Meng-Chang Yao
姚孟昌博士
School of Law,
Lesson One:
New Era, New Challenges and New Lawyers
I: New Challenges and New Lawyers
“The Law, like the traveler, must be ready for the tomorrow. It must have a principl e of growth.” –
• Grand Justice Cardozo
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
(May 24, 1870–July 9, 1938)
• Therefore, if you want to overcome
any challenges in the new century, you must know what challenges are first.
• What Challenges We are Facing !
Challenge I- Globalization;
• Challenge II:
Mulitpalization and Highly Professionali sm
• Challenge III:
Inter-disciplinarisation
• How to respond such serious Challenges stated above?-
Perspective From Taiwanese Lawyers
• Challenge IV:
Legal Education
II: New Lawyers and New Skills
• What Goals a Lawyer Aims for!
• To Know Law;
• To Practice Law;
• To Fulfill Law
Justice Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
(1841 –1935)
• What a Lawyer should learn form the University?
Ability to reason;
Ability to think;
Ability top evaluate and appraise material;
Ability to Argument and Present;
• Now, Please let us rethink-What
capacities we need to reinforce and what basic skill we need to develop more?
III: Why we can develop the basic Skills from the studies of Anglo-
American Legal Subjects?
• What are the Difference between Civil Law System and Common Law system?
• What is the different legal thinking or legal reasoning between Civil Law System and Common Law system?
1. Language
2. Comparative Legal Thinking
3. To Think like a English Lawyer
4. Multiple Capacities of Arguments and Legal Thinking
5. Prepare for International law and Interdisciplinary Legal Courses
IV: How to set the Teaching Goals and Recognize the limitations in
Anglo-American Legal Courses
1. Know the Limitations First!
Marginal Courses?
Difficulty of Comprehension
Psychological Problems
Thinking Method vs Knowledge
• 2 . How to set your Goals?
• Know my Students First,
• Encourage them to Overcome language difficulty Second.
V: How to teach & how to Learn?
Is Socratic Method Necessary?
VI: Is it Possible to Study Anglo- American Law in the Non-English
Specking World ?
VII: The Teaching of Anglo- American Law in
Fu Jen Catholic University
• Teaching Subjects:
• Part I: Basic Issues
• Part II: Case Studies
• Why Case Study is so Critical?
• Challenges and Solutions
VIII: How to get a Sketch of Anglo-American Law in one
week?
That Could Be a Big Challenge!
• What are we going to do in the next five days?
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Know-how before Know-what
• 3. History and Institutions of Anglo American Law
• 4. Legal Methodology
• 5. The Judicial System and the Adversary System
• 6. Constitutional Law and Judicial Review
• 7. Civil Rights and Liberties
• 8. Contract Law
• 9. Torts Law
• 10. Criminal Law
• 11. Procedural Law
• 12. Legal Education
IX: References
• 1. 英美法導論﹐ William Burnham 著﹐
林利芝譯 , 2005 。
• Burnham's Introduction to the Law and Legal S ystem of the United States, 3d (American Caseb ook Series and Other Coursebooks) (Paperback)
• 2. 望月禮二郎 英美法，五南， 2004 。
• 3. 潘維大﹐劉文琦﹐ 英美法導讀﹐ 1998
• 4. 傅利曼﹐美國法導論。
• Friedman, L.M. American Law: An Introductio n, 2nd edition (March 1998)
• 5. 《元照英美法词典》 法律出版社 200 3 年 5 月第一版
附記﹕
• 在英美法的教學中﹐教學最主要的目的 是希望學生能夠像個真正的法律人﹐而 什麼才是英語世界中法律人應有的形 像﹖
• 在美國社會裡，一位理想的、受尊重且 值得肯定的法律人經常被稱為 --
• A Lawyer/Statesman ﹐ Why?
• Statesmanship : the ability, qualifications , or practice of a statesman; wisdom, cha racter and skill in the management of pu blic affairs.
• 顧維鈞（ Wellington Ko o ， 1888-1985) 1912 年 任袁世凱英文秘書，
之後代表中國出席 19 19 年巴黎和會。歷任 中華民國北洋政府國 務總理，國民政府駐 法國、英國大使，駐 聯合國首席代表、駐 美大使，海牙國際法 院法官及副院長。被 譽為中國現代史上最 卓越的外交家之一。
• 。
• 他在哥倫比亞大學就讀時 (1905-1912) 曾 受業於法學家 John Bassett Moore.
John Bassett Moore (1860 – 1947) was an American authority on
international law who was a memb er of the Hague Tribunal (1912-193 8) and the first US judge to serve on the Permanent Court of Internationa l Justice from 1921 to 1928.
From 1885 to 1886 he was a law cle rk at the Department of State, then a n Assistant Secretary of State. In 18 91 he took the first full professorshi
• Professor Moore 強調法律系學生應該作 好兩件事﹕
• 1 、無論是研究或是求知，不需要讓自己 花腦筋去記誦事實、日期、人名或數字。
而是應該學會到那裡可以得到自己想要 的資料與數據。
• 2 、必須學會推理，隨時保持頭腦清醒。
並養成理性地、獨立地思考習慣。
• 如果你已經具備這樣的能力。老師除了 恭喜你外也要進一步與你相勉。是不是 我們不應該自滿於只作一個 Jurist or Law yer 。而是應該作一個 Honorable Sta tesman 。
所以啊﹗是否我們預備好面對 the test of leadership, dependability and states manship?
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