随着我国入世和世界经济一体化进程的不断加快,国际交流合作日益增多,涉外法务活动**频繁,法律英语的重要性日益凸显。掌握专业英语已经成为现代法律人**的职业素质。由于法律英语的特殊性。国内一直没有一个科学的考核指标衡量法律从业人员专业英语的掌握程度。法律英语证书(LEC)全国统一考试的推出为我国法律英语的教与学指明了方向。意义重大、影响深远。

Part One Basics of Legal English
Chapter I Introduction
Chapter 2 Historical Development of Legal English
Chapter 3 Characteristics of Legal English
Chapter 4 Terms and Rules in Legal English
Chapter 5 General Legal Terms

Part Two American Legal Regime
Chapter I Overview of the U.S. Court System
Chapter 2 Jury Trial
Chapter 3 The A~sarial System
Chapter 4 Appellate Courts
Chapter 5 Appellate Judges
Chapter 6 Court Opinions and Case Digests

Part Three Constitutional Law
Chapter I Introduction
Chapter 2 The Judicial Power
Chapter 3 Legislative Power
Chapter 4 Individual Guarantees Against Governmental or Private Action
Chapter 5 Retroactive Legislation
Chapter 6 Procedural Due Process
Chapter 7 Substantive Due Process
Chapter 8 Equal Protection
Chapter 9 Fundamental Rights

Part Four Contracts
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basics of Contracts
Chapter 3 Contract Formation
Chapter 4 Capacity to Contract
Chapter 5 Vitiating Factors
Chapter 6 Problems Involving Persons Other than the Parties to the Original Contract
Chapter 7 Discharge
Chapter $ Breach of Contract
Chapier 9 Remedies for Breach of Contract
Chapter 10 Dispute Settlement

Part Five Torts
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Intentional Torts
Chapter 3 Defenses to Intentional Torts
Chapter 4 Negligence
Chapter 5 Cause in Fact
Chapter 6 Proximate Cause
Chapter 7 Muhiple Torffeasors
Chapter 8 Damages for Personal Injuries
Chapter 9 Limited Duties: Special Limitations on the Scope of Duty
Chapter 10 Premises Liability: Duties of Owners and Occupiers of Land
Chapter 11 Defenses
Chapter 12 Vicarious Liability
Chapter 13 Products Liability
Chapter 14 Defamation
Chapter 15 The Privacy Torts
Chapter 16 Competitive Torts

Part Six Property Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Acquisition of Property
Chapter 3 Possessory Estates
Chapter 4 Future Interests
Chapter 5 Concurrent Estates
Chapter 6 Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 7 Fixtures
Chapter 8 Rights in the Land of Another - Easements, Profits, Covenantsand Servitudes
Part Seven Evidence Law
Part Eight Civil Procedure
Part Nine Criminal Law
Part Ten Criminal Procedure
Part Seven Evidence Law
Part Eight Civil Procedure
Part Nine Criminal Law
Part Ten Criminal Procedure