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。

此外，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。最后是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.

 Text Ⅰ Insurance 

 Text Ⅱ Classification of Insurance

UNIT 14 Agency Law

 Text Ⅰ Agency Law

 Text Ⅱ Termination of the Agency Relationship

UNIT 15 Partnership

 TextⅠ Formation of General Partnerships

 Text Ⅱ Dissolution of General Partnerships

UNIT 16 Corporation

 Text Ⅰ Nature and Classifications of Corporations

 Text Ⅱ Organizing a Corporation

UNIT 17 Securities Regulation

 Text Ⅰ Securities Exchange Act of 1933 

 Text Ⅱ Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

UNIT 18 Monopoly and Merger

 Text Ⅰ Monopoly

 Text Ⅱ Mergers

UNIT 19 Labor Law

 Text Ⅰ Labor 

 Text Ⅱ Employment

UNIT 20 Corporate Social Responsibility

 Text Ⅰ History of Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

 Text Ⅱ Social Responsibility of Business Corporations

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