In South Africa there are two sorts of constitutional and administrative lawyers: those who like to have their terminology, principles and rules nicely classified and meticulously defined, and those who don't really care. The former ... expend a good deal of effort trying to define some fairly basic terms such as 'the State' before proceeding to the substance of the subjects. For that they deserve praise for having the courage to pursue this daunting task. The latter (rather small) group don't seem much concerned with such precision, yet seem to get along relatively well without it, even in court. ... The fact that 'the State' continues to function ... despite this welter of confused terminology would seem to indicate that there is no need -apart from the virtue of consistencyfor precise, all-embracing definitions of the State.'

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国家器官：解剖学

在南非，有两种宪法和行政律师：一种是喜欢将他们的术语、原则和规则分类并精心定义的，另一种是不关心的。前者……在进入主题的实质之前，花费了大量精力试图定义一些相当基本的术语，例如“国家”。为此，他们有勇气从事这项艰巨的任务，值得称赞。后者（相当小的）群体似乎不太关心这种精确性，但即使在法庭上，没有它似乎也能相处得很好。......“国家”继续发挥作用的事实......尽管术语混乱不堪，但似乎表明没有必要——除了精确的一致性美德之外，