今天的句子：

　　Civil rights activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why

　　Blacks , Hispanics, and other minority groups have difficulty establishing

　　themselves in business is that they lack access to the sizable orders and

　　subcontracts that are generated by large companies.

　　昨天句子的解析：

　　Islamic law is a phenomenon so different from all other forms of law—notwithstanding，of course，a　considerable and inevitable number of coincidences with one or the other of them as far as subject matter and positive enactments are concerned—that its study is indispensable in order to　appreciate adequately the full range of　possible legal phenomena.

　　词汇突破： notwithstanding prep.尽管；虽然

　　Indispensable 不可缺少的

　　As far as就…而言

　　Enactments 实施

　　Coincidences 巧合

　　确定主干： Islamic law is a phenomenon so different from all other forms of law

　　切分成分：1.that its study is indispensable in order to appreciate adequately the full range of　possible legal phenomena. 结果状语

　　(so...that...结构大家不会忘记了吧！结果状语从句！)

　　2.notwithstanding，of course，a considerable and inevitable number of coincidences with one or the other of them as far as subject matter and positive enactments are concerned同位语充当插入语

　　独立成句： 1. that its study is indispensable in order to appreciate adequately the full range of possible legal phenomena.

　　以至于对它的研究确实是不可缺少的，这样才能充分理解所有可能的全部范围的法律现象。

　　2.1　a considerable and inevitable number of coincidences with one or the other of them

　　(这是一个名词结构，可以翻译为一个句子)

　　（伊斯兰法律同这种或那种法律(one or the other of them)存在着大量和不可避免的一致之处。）

　　2.2 as far as subject matter and positive enactments are concerned

　　就其涉及的内容和实际的实施情况而言，(as far as...are concerned)

　　特别注意：介词not with standing 在普通英文中的使用极为罕见，也可列入古旧废词的行列，但其在法律英文中的使用已经达到“司空见惯”的程度。 翻译带有该介词的句子并不难，因为它的译法跟although/though although/though /even if 引导的状语从句没有太大区别， 基本上都可以译成“尽管……”、“即 使……”，表示一种让步。但该词所引导的并非是一个让步状语从句，因为在习惯用法上，该词之后不跟句子，而跟一个名词性短语。而这个名词短语可以处理为一个句子.

　　调整语序：2.2-2.1-主句-1

　　参考译文：当然，尽管，伊斯兰法律就其涉及的内容和实际的实施情况而言，同这种和那种法律之间都存在着大量的和不可避免的一致之处，但是和其他的形式的法律相比，这种法律是如此不同的一种现象，以至于对它的研究确实是不可缺少的，这样才能充分理解所有可能的全部范围的法律现象。