随着我国入世和改革开放程度不断加大,越来越多的外资进入中国市场,越来越多的中国企业走出**寻找商机。无论是“迎进来”,还是“走出去”,法律问题是这些企业都须面临的一个共同问题,而这些法律问题中的大多数又都属于涉外法律的工作范畴。由于法律文化、法律条款的差异,中外双方在合作过程中不可避免地会出现许多矛盾分歧,减少、化解这些矛盾分歧需要沟通谈判,甚至需要通过法律手段来解决问题。所有这些工作都需要法律工作者通过专业外语完成。因此,在国际化趋势日渐凸显的今天,掌握专业外语已经成为法律人**的职业素质。

众所周知,美国法是英美法系的典型代表,其法律体系完整、内容丰富,既有传统的普通法,又有新兴的成文法;既有统一的联邦法,又有各州的法律。同时,美国法在世界范围内影响深远,学习研究美国法意义重大,这不仅表现为许多**都在研究美国的法律规则,借鉴其成熟做法,还表现为许多国际公约也参照美国法的理念、原则、规则制定。

因此,本书作为学习法律英语的精读教材,主要介绍美国法,希望读者通过学习权威、实用的美国法律知识,掌握地道、纯正的法律英语。一般的语言教材都会系统地讲授语法知识,但本书的编写设

Part One Basics of Legal
English
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Historical Development of
Legal English
Chapter 3Characteristics of Legal
English
Chapter 4Terms and Rules in Legal
English
Chapter 5General Legal
Terms
Part TwoAmerican Legal
Regime
Chapter 1Overview of the U?S?
Court System
Chapter 2Jury Trial
Chapter 3The Adversarial
System
Chapter 4Appellate
Courts
Chapter **ppellate
Judges
Chapter 6Court Opinions and Case
Digests
Part ThreeConstitutional
Law
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2The Judicial
Power
Chapter 3Legislative
Power
Chapter 4Individual Guarantees
Against Governmental or Private Action
Chapter 5Retroactive
Legislation
Chapter 6Procedural Due
Process
Chapter 7Substantive Due
Process
Chapter 8Equal
Protection
Chapter 9Fundamental
Rights
Chapter 10Case Study
Part FourContracts
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Basics of
Contracts
Chapter 3Contract
Formation
Chapter 4Capacity to
Contract
Chapter 5Vitiating
Factors
Chapter 6Problems Involving
Persons Other than the Parties to the Original
Contract
Chapter 7Discharge
Chapter 8Breach of
Contract
Chapter 9Remedies for Breach of
Contract
Chapter 10Dispute
Settlement

A Comprehensive Course in Legal
English
ContentsPart FiveTorts
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Intentional
Torts
Chapter 3Defenses to Intentional
Torts
Chapter 4Negligence
Chapter 5Cause in Fact
Chapter 6Proximate
Cause
Chapter 7Multiple
Tortfeasors
Chapter 8Damages for Personal
Injuries
Chapter 9Limited Duties: Special
Limitations on the Scope of Duty
Chapter 10Premises Liability:
Duties of Owners and Occupiers of Land
Chapter 11Defenses
Chapter 12Vicarious
Liability
Chapter 13Products
Liability
Chapter 14Defamation
Chapter 15The Privacy
Torts
Chapter 16Competitive
Torts
Part SixProperty Law
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Acquisition of
Property
Chapter 3Possessory
Estates
Chapter 4Future
Interests
Chapter 5Concurrent
Estates
Chapter 6Landlord and
Tenant
Chapter 7Fixtures
Chapter 8Rights in the Land of
Another?Easements, Profits, Covenants
and Servitudes
Chapter 9Conveyancing
Chapter 10Cooperatives,
Condominiums and Zoning
Chapter 11Nuisance
Part SevenEvidence Law
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2General
Considerations
Chapter 3Relevance and Judicial
Notice
Chapter 4Real Evidence
Chapter 5Documentary
Evidence
Chapter 6Testimonial
Evidence
Chapter 7The Hearsay
Rule
Chapter 8Procedural
Considerations
Chapter 9Case Study
Part EightCriminal Law / Criminal
Procedure
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2What Makes a Case a
Criminal Case
Chapter 3How to Interpret Criminal
Statutes
Chapter 4How Defendants? Mental
States Affect Their Responsibility for
a Crime
Chapter 5Criminal
Offenses
Chapter 6Implications of a Crime?s
Classification
Chapter 7Constitutional
Restrains
Chapter 8Exclusionary
Rule
Chapter 9Fourth
Amendment
Chapter 10Confessions
Chapter 11Pretrial
Procedures
Chapter 12Trial
Chapter 13Guilty Pleas and Plea
Bargaining
Chapter 14Constitutional Rights in
Relation to Sentence and Punishment
Chapter 15Constitutional Problems
on Appeal
Chapter 16Rights during
Punishment—Probation,Imprisonment, Parole
Chapter 17Double
Jeopardy
Chapter 18Forfeiture
Actions
Chapter 19Case Study
Part NineIntellectual Property
Law
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Trade Secrets
Chapter 3Patent
Chapter 4Copyright
Chapter 5Trademark Law
Part TenLogical
Reasoning
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Assumptions
Chapter 3Method of
Argument
Chapter 4Faulty Logic
Chapter 5Strengthening or
Weakening
Chapter 6Parallel
Reasoning
Chapter 7Inference
Chapter 8Other Question
Types
Appendix:Key to the
Exercises
References

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