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
