本册为**册,共分16个单元。其内容涉及法学各方面的基础知识,如法的定义、分类、渊源,法律与社会、道德、财产以及商务活动之间的关系,立法、司法和执法的基本概念,法庭的构成以及不同审判制度之间的异同,等等。每单元含三篇法律英语课文,**篇课文为整个单元的学习**,第二篇课文是对**篇的深化与补充,第三篇课文由相关案例构成,以促进学习者对本单元法律知识的领会、巩固和应用,并提高法律英语的阅读能力。
每一篇课文前面首先列出了本课的生词和难词,特别是与法律相关的词语,然后是涉及背景知识的问答题,帮助学习者了解和预习本课的内容;课文的正文部分每个自然段都标注了序号,以方便学习者快速查找和阅读;正文后附有课文的长度说明,可以方便学习者掌握自己的阅读速度。每一篇课文后附有理解课文所需的法律、社会、文化等背景知识的注释以及课文中所涉及的部分语言要点,之后是为加强课文理解、巩固所学知识而编写的紧扣课文的练习题,包括阅读理解��、词汇和重要的短语和搭配。下一部分是综合练习,分词汇、语法、完型填卒、英汉互译、课堂讨论和写作等。许多练习实际上是针对英语中的“法言法语”的练习,使学英语和学法律融为一体。练习题

Unit 1 Introduction to Law
Text Ⅰ What Is Law?
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Functions of Law
Text Ⅲ How to Read Case Reports
Unit 2 Sources of Law
Text Ⅰ Sources of English Law
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Types of Law
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 3 Legal Systems
Text Ⅰ Introduction to Legal Systems
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Introduction to the Legal System of Canada
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 4 Morality and Equality in Law
Text Ⅰ Law and Morality
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Equal Employment Opportunity
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 5 Law and Society
Text Ⅰ Evolution of Legal Systems
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Principles of the Rule of Law
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 6 Legislation
Text Ⅰ Legislation in the United Kingdom
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ The Enactment of Laws in the United States
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 7 Justice
Text Ⅰ Judicial Independence
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ The English Court Structure
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 8 The Judicial System in the United States
Text Ⅰ Separation of Powers
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ The US Judicial System
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 9 The Legal Profession
Text Ⅰ The Legal Profession in England
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ The Bar in the United States
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 10 The Judge and the Jury
Text Ⅰ English Judges
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Jury
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 11 Criminal Law
Text Ⅰ Crime and Punishment
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ Criminal Proceedings
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 12 The Adversary System and the Inquisitorial System
Text Ⅰ The Adversary System
Comprehension
Exercises
Text Ⅱ The Adversary System and the Inquisitorial System
Text Ⅲ Case Reading
Unit 13 Legal Environment of Business
Unit 14 The Law of Tort and Intellectual Property
Unit 15 The Contract and Property
Unit 16 Legal Reform
References
Glossary