內容簡介
該書選材以美國法為主，包括美國法律制度、美國憲法、刑法、刑事訴訟法、民事訴訟法、契約法、財產法、侵權法、公司法、證據法、智慧財產權法、反壟斷法以及相關的經典案例等12個單元。每個單元自成體系，既包含系統的理論介紹，又包含美國法院的判決意見書。單元後還特別設計了聽力部分、案例討論和翻譯練習。書後附錄部分的內容也很豐富，包括聽力部分的書面材料、部分契約樣本、案情摘要寫作方法介紹、模擬法庭、《美國憲法》和辭彙表。
目錄
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
