本教程选材以美国法为主，包括美国法律制度、宪法、刑法、刑事诉讼法、民事诉讼法、侵权法、合同法、财产法、公司法、证据法、知识产权法、家庭法、反垄断法以及相关的经典案例等13个单元。每个单元自成体系，既包含系统的理论介绍，又包含美国法院的判决意见书。单元后还特别设计了听力部分、案例讨论和翻译练习。书后附录部分的内容也很丰富，包括听力部分的书面材料、部分合同样本和词汇表等。

本教程可供大学本科生、研究生、博士生使用，同时也可作为广大法律英语爱好者的学习用书。

前辅文
Unit One Legal Systems
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Common Law v. Civil law Systems
  Text B State and Federal Court Structure and Characteristics
  Case Brief
Unit Two Constitutional Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A The Constitutional law
  Text B Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  Case Study Brown et al.v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
Unit Three Criminal Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Introduction to American Criminal Law
  Text B Mens Rea
  Case Study Harold E. Staples, III, Petitioner v. United States
Unit Four Criminal Procedure Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A An Outline of the Criminal Justice Process
  Text B Key Aspects of Modern Criminal Procedure: Defendants Rights
  Case Study Pointer v. Texas
Unit Five Civil Procedure Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Introduction to American Civil Procedure
  Text B Long arm Statute
  Case Study Gibbons v. Brown
Unit Six Tort Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A An Overview of Tort Law
  Text B Nuisance Law
  Case Study Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co.
Unit Seven Contract Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A The Common Law of Contracts
  Text B Consideration
  Case Study Hamer v. Sidway
Unit Eight Property Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A An Overview of Property Law
  Text B Adverse Possession
  Case Study Gilinsky v. Sether
Unit Nine The Law of Corporations
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Corporations
  Text B Piercing the Corporate Veil: Does Incorporation Provid
  eShareholder Protection from Corporate Liability?249Case Study Minton v. Cavaney
Unit Ten Evidence Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Rules of Evidence
  Text B General Concepts of Relevancy
  Case Study State v. Cowan
Unit Eleven Intellectual Property Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Trade Secret and Patent Law
  Text B Copyright and Trademark Law
  Case Study In Re Nantucket, Inc.
Unit Twelve Family Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Introduction to Family Law
  Text B Marriage and Property Rights
  Case Study Michelle Marvin v. Lee Marvin
Unit Thirteen The Antitrust Law
  Warm up Exercises: Listening Practice
  Text A Guide to the U.S. Antitrust Laws
  Text B Tying Arrangement
  Case Study Eastman Kodak Company, Petitioner v. Image Technical Services, Inc.,et al.
Appendix Ⅰ: Tapescripts
Appendix Ⅱ: Overview of the State and Federal Court System
Appendix Ⅲ: Model Contract
Appendix Ⅳ: Deed
Appendix Ⅴ: Corporate Forms—Simple Form of Certificate ofI ncorporation
Appendix Ⅵ： About Case Citations
Appendix Ⅶ: Vocabulary
Acknowledgements

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