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I concede that laws and the legal system cannot solve many problems of modern society, and that coming to realize this fact by studying social situations can be beneficial in how to administrate our community. However, it is literally arbitrary to assert the reason of this issue is that laws cannot change what is in people’s hearts and minds(这句话感觉语法有点问题,it is ....后面还有一个 is that .....). I disagree with this given reason in mainly four respects. First, laws are basically prevention mechanism which always lags behind the matters. Second, besides laws and the legal system, we also need other methods to regulate the society, such as morality and religions. Third, the social problems can rarely be solved without enacting the effective laws. Fourth, a legal system that stipulates(这个词用得好,学下) all matters in daily life, whether important or trivial, would certainly weaken the creativity of the fellow citizens. I would try to demonstrate my viewpoints below.
I do agree with the claim insofar as modern society’s problem should not solely be solved by laws, yet the reason evidently is not the ineffectiveness of the laws but the social problems, such as inequality and crime, emerge and prevail in some wholly new forms which previously cannot be predicted when the laws was enacted(我觉得这里定语好多,直接说new forms of inequality and crime emerge and prevail after the prior laws). I believe almost every clause of an act lags behind the actual matters in reality, and that is why, in the case law system, the judges have the right to modify the details of the law through his judgments(立法不是要走很多程序么?不是只有一个法官就可以决定的吧). We can not account(depend) on the laws and regulations to prevent the happening of the problems, therefore, the society needs some other mechanisms to ensure the basic ethics(用principles或者codes?) can not be violated(这个过渡不错).
In consequence, morality and religion, which constitutes the social system with the laws, take the parts of the function. Besides the laws, morality and religion provide the masses with another principle of living to conform, thus, effectively avert from scads of problems that should not resort to the laws(后半句和前半句是相同的意思吧,后半句我又看不懂啦). As the matter of fact, in some uncivilized regions abounding with illiterates, the strength of morality and religions totally play the key roles of regulating people’s behavior instead of the laws. The reason why the laws are not fully performed is not that it cannot change people’s minds, but fail to cultivate those uneducated people into the enlightened ones.
Even if consider(considering) the situation in the civilized community, the law is always esteemed as the symbol of social ethos and the real performer to carry the thoughts into act.(这里为什么要让步呢?是接着上面的uncivilized的来说吗?但是上面说在未开化的社会,宗教之类是主要的,而这句说,即使考虑到文明社会,法律也总是呗认为是社会道德的象征。这两句联系不大吧,求解释) For instance, Abraham Lincoln responds to the demands of abolition of the slavery through his famous Emancipation Proclamation in 1860s. The trend of thoughts should always be executed through the laws that reflect the consensus, or say compromise, of various sections of society. Perhaps we can take the Civil Right Movement in the US as other example as well. Dr. Martin Luther Jr., with all colored- races in the US, strived to demand the equal rights with the white man, and, as a result, the Senate finally passed The Civil Rights Act and The Voting Rights Act as the official ratification. As these two Acts were taken into effect, the rule of political correct and anti-discrimination has already become a common sense among the American people. In short, laws not only serve to practice the solution of social problem, but instill the righteous concepts into the masses gradually. (这段是说law的作用么?)
Admittedly, there definitely should be a boundary to circumscribe the laws(限制法律?法律是不能被限制的吧,我觉得应该防止rigorous laws), in case the over-expended legal system can impair the normal ethics of society. First, it is not difficult to imagine that a legal system which regulates almost every detail in our daily lives may dramatically increase the social costs, no matter in the enacting stage or in executing stage(老实说这半句我觉得多余). Second, were such legal system token(taken) into effect, it would obviously muffle the creativity of the masses, like the strict censorship for the press. To sum up, the laws should stay within its effective zone and keep flexible(法律要很灵活吗?一般法律都是比较objective的吧,如果法律随便变动的话哪来的说服力呢?) enough not to confine the developing of individuals.
In conclusion, the laws truly can not solve every respect of problems in the modern society, despite humans made tremendous endeavor to perfect our legal system. Yet, it is not because the laws fail to change what is in people’s hearts or minds, but, for the laws always have some places to which it cannot stretch. Therefore, morality, religions, even the human nature, serves as the rudimentary system to ensure our society’s safety and well-being.
1. 法律有滞后性。
2. 法律需要道德宗教来补充。
3. 社会思潮能付诸实行依靠法律。(我觉得这一段似乎是在说法律优点)
4. 法律有边界,事无巨细的法律会增加社会成本,扼杀公民创造力。
那么既然1.2.4都是说缺点,为什么3说优点夹在中间呢?
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