[01:56.19]part 47  Criminal law principles 刑法原则
[02:02.23]1.An act is not a crime unless the law says it is one.
[02:06.35]法无明文规定者不为罪。
[02:10.48]2.An essential function of the criminal law
[02:16.65]is to define the boundary between what conduct is criminal
[02:22.81]and what is merely immoral.
[02:25.08]刑法的本质功能在于明确了犯罪行为与公非道德行为的界限。
[02:27.36]3.Criminal Law is not only the Magra Carta of the innocent,
[02:35.30]but also the Magra Carta which makes the sinner.
[02:38.12]刑法既是善良人的《大宪章》，也是犯罪人的《大宪章》。
[02:40.94]4.Divine punishments though slow,are alwasy sure.
[02:44.96]天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
[02:48.99]5.Duress provides no defense to a charge of murder.
[02:52.76]受到胁迫不能成为谋杀指控之抗辩。
[02:56.54]6.Justifiable defense is the act being exempted from crimes.
[03:00.62]正当防卫不属于犯罪行为。
[03:04.71]7.Prevention and punishment are essential reasons
[03:11.48]why we have criminal law and a criminal justice system.
[03:14.76]预防和处罚犯罪是制订和建立司法体系的主要原因。
[03:18.03]8.No crime without a law.
[03:20.71]法无明文规定者不为罪。
[03:23.39]9.No one can be forced to incriminate himself.
[03:26.81]任何人不得被强制自证其罪。
[03:30.23]10.Penal statutes must not be given retroactive effect.
[03:34.20]刑法不得溯及既往。