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Before You Read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First Reading: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。篇课文正文部分的每个自然段都标注了序号,方便学习者快速查找和阅读;正文后附有课文字数学说明,以便学习者掌握自己的阅读速度。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。*后是After-reading Exercises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Oral Practice,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。

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
Unit 14 Agency Law
Unit 15 Partnership
Unit 16 Corporation
Unit 17 Seurities Regulation
Unit 18 Mnopoly and Merger
Unit 19 Labor Law
Unit 20 Corporate Social Responsibillity
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