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　　本专题为大家提供最新考研政策和信息：考研专业课改革、研究生收费改革、考研历年分数线、考研报考指南、考研大纲解读，以及考研英语历年真题免费下载、《经济学人》杂志免费下载、相关英语资料免费下载。>>(点击进入下载区)Thestudy of law has been recognized for centuries as abasicintellectual discipline in European universities. However,only inrecent years has it become a feature of undergraduateprograms inCanadian universities. (1)Traditionally, legal learninghas beenviewed in such institutions as the special preserve oflawyers,rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipmentof aneducated person.Happily, the older and more continental viewoflegal education is establishing itself in a number ofCanadianuniversities and some have even begun to offerundergraduatedegrees in law.

　　几个世纪以来，欧洲的各所大学一直认为法学是一门基本知识学科。

然而，只是在最近几年，法学才成为加拿大大学本科专业的一个特色。(1)传统上，这些院校一直把学习法律看作是律师专有的特权，而不是每一个受过教育的人必备的知识才能。可喜的是，加拿大的许多大学正在树立更传统、更具欧洲大陆特色的法律教育观点，有些大学甚至已经开始授予法学学士学位。

　　If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as partandparcel of a general education, its aims and methods shouldappealdirectly to journalism educators. Law is a disciplinewhichencourages responsible judgment. On the one hand, itprovidesopportunities to analyze such ideas as justice, democracyandfreedom. (2) On the other, it links these concepts toeverydayrealities in a manner which is llel to the linksjournalists forgeon a daily basis as they cover and comment on thenews. Forexample, notions of evidence and fact, of basic centersand publicinterest are at work in the process of journalisticjudgment andproduction just as in courts of law. Sharpeningjudgment byabsorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable componentof ajournalists intellectual pretion for his or her career.

　　如果法学正在开始成为普通教育的重要组成部分的话，那么它的目标和方法应该会立刻吸引新闻学教育者。法律是一门鼓励进行责任判断的学科。一方面，它为分析像正义、民主和自由这样的概念提供机会。(2)另一方面，法律以一种方式把这些观念同日常实际联系起来——这种联系类似于新闻记者在报道以及评论新闻时根据日常规则所形成的联系方式。比如，有关证据和事实、基本权利和公共利益这样的概念在新闻判断和新闻编写过程中就如同在法庭上一样发挥作用。通过研读并思考法律来提高判断能力是一名新闻记者为其事业应该做的一项知识准备。

　　(3) But the idea that the journalist must understand the lawmoreprofoundly than an ordinary citizen rests on an understandingofthe established conventions and special responsibilities of thenewmedia. Politics or, more broadly, the ning of the state, is amajorsubject for journalists. The better informed they are aboutthe waythe state works, the better their reporting will be. (4) Infact,it is difficult to see how journalists who do not have acleargrasp of the basic features of the Canadian Constitution cando acompetent job on political stories.

　　(3)但是“新闻记者必须比普通公民更深刻地理解法律这种观点取决于对新闻媒体的既定习俗和特殊责任的了解。政治，或者广义上说，国家的职能，是新闻记者报道的一个主要方面。他们对国家的机制了解得越多，他们的报道就越优秀。(4)事实上，要想明白那些没有清晰领会加拿大宪法的基本特征的新闻记者如何能够胜任政治新闻报道工作非常困难。

　　Furthermore, the legal system and the events which occur withinitare primary subjects for journalists. While the quality oflegaljournalism varies greatly, there is an undue reliance amongstmanyjournalists on interpretations supplied to them by lawyers.(5)While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, itispreferable for journalists to rely on their own notionsofsignificance and make their own judgments. These can only comefroma well-grounded understanding of the legal system.

　　此外，法律体系及其中发生的事件是新闻记者报道的主题。虽然法律报道的质量各不相同，但是许多新闻记者都过分依赖律师提供给他们的诠释。(5)虽然律师提供的评论和反馈可能丰富报道的内容，但是新闻记者依赖自己的价值观自己做出判断则更加难能可贵。这些判断只能来自于对法律体系的充分理解。更多信息请尽在