本教程选材以美国法为主,包括美国法律制度、美国宪法、刑法、刑事诉讼法、民事诉讼法、合同法、财产法、侵权法、公司法、证据法、知识产权法、反垄断法以及相关的经典案例等12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、案情摘要写作方法介绍、模拟法庭、《美国宪法》和词汇表。
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。

Unit One Legal System
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice
Text A The Common Law and Its Competitors
Text B State and Federal Court Structure and Charactenstics
Text C Contemporary Legal Education
Unit Two C0nstitutional Law
Warm-up Exercises-Listening Practice
Text A Judicial Review Structure and Powers
Text B Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Case Study Cohen v.California
Unit Three Criminal Law
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice
Text A Introduction to American Criminal Law
Text B Mens Rea
Case Study People v.Zackowitz
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 Ohio v Matthew Reiner
Unit Five Civil Procedure Law
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice
Text A Introduction to American Civil Procedure
Text B Summary Judgment
Case Study John 0.Adams v.Philip Morris.Inc
Unit Six Tort Law
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice
Text A An Overview of Tort Law
Text B Nlljsance Law
Case Study Spur Industries,Inc.v Del E.Webb Development C0
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 Propeay Law
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice
Text A An Overview of Property Law
Text B Adverse Possession
Case Study Gilinsky。Sether
Unit Nine The Law of Corporations
Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice
Text A Corporations
Text B Piercing the Corporate Veil:Does Incorporation Provide Shareholder Protection from Corporate Liability?
Case 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 Lisa Beth Judd v.Dennis Rodman
Unit Eleven Intellectual Property Law
Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice
Text A Trade Secret and Patent Law
Text B Copyright and Patent Law
Case Study In Re Nantucket,Inc
Unit Twelve The Antitrust Laws
Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice
Text A Executive Summa~of the U.S.Antitrust Laws
Text B Monopolization and Merger
Case Study United States v Du Pont&Co
Appendix Ⅰ:Tapcscript
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 of Incorporation Appendix Ⅵ:Case Brief
Appendix Ⅶ:About Case Citations
Appendix Ⅷ:Sample Moot Court Brief
Appendix Ⅸ:The Constitution of the United States of America
Appendix Ⅹ:Vocabulary
Acknowledgements