法律英语教程

Unit One Legal Syetems

Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice

Text A Common Law v. Civil law Systems

Text B State and FederaI 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 CivelProcedure 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 Propery 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 Provide Shareholder Protection from Corporate Liability?

Case 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 Intellectua 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

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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 of Incorporation

Appendix Ⅵ: About Case Citations

Appendix Ⅶ: Vocabulary

Acknowledgements

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