《法律英语综合教程》共分十三部分。第一、二部分首先介绍了基本法律英语词汇的特点、美国的法律体系。第三至第十二部分分别介绍了美国主干部门法：合同法部分对合同的成立、有效性、违约以及救济进行了详细的阐述；侵权法主要介绍了故意侵权、过失侵权、近因原则、共同侵权、代理人责任、严格责任以及抗辩等；知识产权法主要介绍了商业秘密、版权、专利、商标的概念及其保护；商法是美国法的精华，该部分除了介绍股份有限公司、有限责任公司、合伙等基本的商业组织形式，还介绍了我国合伙企业法中特殊的普通合伙——有限责任合伙；票据法则主要介绍了在票据流通过程中的几种重要法律行为的概念及意义；证券法主要介绍了美国关于证券业的成文立法，着重介绍了著名的10b-5规则。此外本书还对美国宪法、刑法、刑事诉讼法、民事程序法、证据法、财产法等法律进行了概括介绍。本书最后一部分简单介绍了逻辑推理的有关知识。

Part One Basics of Legal English

 Chapter 1 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 1 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 1 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 8 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

 Chapter 9 Conveyancing

 Chapter 10 Cooperatives, Condominiums and Zoning

 Chapter 11 Nuisance

Part Seven Evidence Law

 Chapter 1 Introduction

 Chapter 2 General Considerations

 Chapter 3 Relevance and Judicial Notice

 Chapter 4 Real Evidence

 Chapter 5 Documentary Evidence

 Chapter 6 Testimonial Evidence

 Chapter 7 The Hearsay Rule

 Chapter 8 Procedural Considerations

Part Eight Civil Procedure

 Chapter 1 Introduction

 Chapter 2 Personal Jurisdiction

 Chapter 3 Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction

 Chapter 4 Federal Question Jurisdiction

 Chapter 5 Venue

 Chapter 6 Removal Jurisdiction

 Chapter 7 Conflict of Jurisdiction between States and Federal Courts

 Chapter 8 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Part Nine Criminal Law

 Chapter 1 Introduction

 Chapter 2 What Makes a Case a Criminal Case?

 Chapter 3 How to Interpret Criminal Statutes

 Chapter 4 How Defendants' Mental States Affect Their Responsibility for a Crime

 Chapter 5 Criminal Offenses

 Chapter 6 Implications of a Crime's Classification

Part Ten Criminal Procedure

 Chapter 1 Constitutional Restrains

 Chapter 2 Exclusionary Rule

 Chapter 3 Fourth Amendment

 Chapter 4 Confessions

 Chapter 5 Pretrial Procedures

 Chapter 6 Trial

 Chapter 7 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining

 Chapter 8 Constitutional Rights in Relation to Sentence and Punishment

 Chapter 9 Constitutional Problems on Appeal

 Chapter 10 Rights during Punishment--Probation, Imprisonment, Paroh

 Chapter 11 Double Jeopardy

 Chapter 12 Forfeiture Actions

Part Eleven Intellectual Property Law

 Chapter 1 Introduction

 Chapter 2 Trade Secrets

 Chapter 3 Patent

 Chapter 4 Copyright

 Chapter 5 Trademark Law

Part Twelve Business Law

 Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Forms

 Chapter 2 Partnership

 Chapter 3 Limited Liability Company

 Chapter 4 Corporation

 Chapter 5 Securities

 Chapter 6 Commercial Paper

Part Thirteen Logical Reasoning

 Chapter 1 Introduction

 Chapter 2 Assumptions

 Chapter 3 Method of Argument

 Chapter 4 Faulty Logic

 Chapter 5 Strengthening or Weakening

 Chapter 6 Parallel Reasoning

 Chapter 7 Inference

 Chapter 8 Other Question Types

Appendix: Key to the Exercises

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