法律英语阅读教程

Unit 1 Legal Environment of Business

Text Ⅰ Law in Business and Society

Text Ⅱ The Role of Business in Shaping the Legal Environment:

Lobbying

Unit 2 Contract Law (Ⅰ)

Text Ⅰ Acceptance

Text Ⅱ Statute of Frauds

Unit 3 Contract Law (Ⅱ)

Text Ⅰ Performance

Text Ⅱ Remedies

Unit 4 Warranties and Product Liability

Text Ⅰ Warranties

Text Ⅱ Product Liability

Unit 5 Negotiable Instruments (Ⅰ)

Text Ⅰ Requirements for Negotiability

Unit 1 Legal Environment of Business

Text Ⅰ Law in Business and Society

Text Ⅱ The Role of Business in Shaping the Legal Environment:

Lobbying

Unit 2 Contract Law (Ⅰ)

Text Ⅰ Acceptance

Text Ⅱ Statute of Frauds

Unit 3 Contract Law (Ⅱ)

Text Ⅰ Performance

Text Ⅱ Remedies

Unit 4 Warranties and Product Liability

Text Ⅰ Warranties

Text Ⅱ Product Liability

Unit 5 Negotiable Instruments (Ⅰ)

Text Ⅰ Requirements for Negotiability

Text ]I Types of Indorsement

Unit 6 Negotiable Instruments (Ⅱ)

Text Ⅰ Requirements for a Holder in Due Course

Text Ⅱ Rights of Holder in Due Course

Unit 7 Creditors' Rights and Liabilities

Text Ⅰ Laws Assisting Creditors

Text Ⅱ Lender Liability

Unit 8 Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Text Ⅰ Bankruptcy and Reorganization

Text Ⅱ Development of the Current Bankruptcy Statute

Unit 9 Personal Property and Bailments

Text Ⅰ Ownership of Personal Property

Text Ⅱ Nature and Creation of Bailments

Unit 10 Intellectual Property and Real Property

Text Ⅰ Computers and Intellectual Property

Text Ⅱ Owenership lf Real Prperty

Unit 11 Intetional Torts

Text Ⅰ Wrongs Against Persons

Text Ⅱ Wrongs Against Property

Unit 12 Business Trts

Text Ⅰ Business Torts

Text Ⅱ Fraud As a Tort

UNIT 13  Insurance.

Text Ⅰ Insurance

Text Ⅱ Classification of Insurance

UNIT 14  Agency Law

Text Ⅰ Agency Law

Text Ⅱ Termination of the Agency Relationship

UNIT 15  Partnership

TextⅠ Formation of General Partnerships

Text Ⅱ Dissolution of General Partnerships

UNIT 16  Corporation

Text Ⅰ Nature and Classifications of Corporations

Text Ⅱ Organizing a Corporation

UNIT 17  Securities Regulation

Text Ⅰ Securities Exchange Act of 1933

Text Ⅱ Securities Exchange Act of 1934

UNIT 18  Monopoly and Merger

Text Ⅰ Monopoly

Text Ⅱ Mergers

UNIT 19  Labor Law

Text Ⅰ Labor

Text Ⅱ Employment

UNIT 20  Corporate Social Responsibility

Text Ⅰ History of Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

Text Ⅱ Social Responsibility of Business Corporations

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后记

本书共分20个单元，每单元含两篇法律英语课文。两篇课文围绕一个专题从不同层面系统介绍了美国商法各主要领域的基础知识，内容涉及商业法律环境介绍、合同法、侵权法、财产法、保险法、商业票据、商事组织形式等；课文前面的BeforeYouRead部分，有两个简单的问题，让学生在阅读课文之前回答，以引起他们思考。接着是FirstReading：Exercises部分，要求学生较快地读完一遍之后完成，以训练学生的阅读速度。此外，课文后附有理解课文所需要的法律、社会、文化等背景知识的注释。之后是词汇表，列出了课文中较难的词汇和短语，给出了音标、词性和中文意思。最后是After-readingExercises部分，包括多种练习题，其中有主观题，也有客观题，加强学生对课文内容的理解和对关键词汇的掌握。其中的OralPractice，可以让学生在了解法律知识的基础上，发表自己的看法，达到提高口语表达能力的目的。