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LESSON ONE Definition, Classification Sources 1

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UNIT ONE General Introduction 1

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Exercises 5

LESSON TWO Lawyers 8

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Word Study 10

Exercises 11

LESSON THREE*Judges and Justices 14

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Word Study 16

Exercises 17

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LESSON FOUR Duality and the Resulting Complications 20

Word Study 22

Exercises 23

UNIT TWO Civil Litigation 27

LESSON ONE Introduction 27

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Word Study 30

Exercises 30

LESSON TWO Commencing a Legal Action 34

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Word Study 36

Exercises 37

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LESSON THREE Pleadings and Motions Attacking Pleadings 40

Word Study 42

Exercises 43

LESSON FOUR Discovery 46

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Word Study 48

Exercises 48

LESSON FIVE The Trial 51

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Word Study 53

Exercises 54

LESSON SIX Appeal Enforcement 57

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Word Study 60

Exercises 61

案例阅读指导 64

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 65

Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States 318U. S. 363 (1943) 65

Dice v. Akron, Canton Youngstown Railroad Co. 342 U.S. 359 (1952) 66

Alderman v. Baltimore Ohio R. Co. 113 F. Supp. 881 (1953) 68

Lindberger v. General Motors Corp. 56 F. R. D. 433 (1972) 70

Dobson v. Masonite Corp. 359F. 2d 921 (1966) 71

Thiel v. Southern Pac. Co. 328U. S. 217 (1946) 73

Jones v. Morris Plan Bank of Portsmouth 168 Va. 284 (1937) 75

UNIT THREE Constitutional Law 79

LESSON ONE The Institutions of Government 79

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Word Study 82

Exercises 83

LESSON TWO Separation of Powers 87

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Word Study 90

Exercises 91

LESSON THREE Federal-State Relations 94

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Word Study 97

Exercises 98

LESSON FOUR Basle Rights 101

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Word Study 104

Exercises 105

Marbury v. Madison 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 2 L. Ed. 60 (1803) 109

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 109

Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. v. Sawyer [The Steel Seizure Case] 343U. S. 579 (1952) 112

Board of Regents v. Roth 408U. S. 564 (1972) 114

United States v. Darby 312U. S. 100 (1941) 116

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 379U. S. 241 (1964) 118

Katzenbach v. McClung 379U. S. 294 (1964) 121

UNIT FOUR Property Law 123

LESSON ONE Basle Categories of Property Law 123

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Word Study 126

Exercises 127

LESSON TWO Real Property (Ⅰ) 130

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Word Study 133

Exercises 134

LESSON THREE Real Property (Ⅱ) 137

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Word Study 140

Exercises 141

LESSON FOUR Personal Property 144

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Word Study 146

Exercises 147

LESSON FIVE Intellectual Property 151

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Word Study 154

Exercises 154

In re Estate of Michael 218 A. 2d 388 (Pa. 1966) 158

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 158

Bailey v. Kruithoff 280 So. 2d 262 (1973) 159

Matter of Cohn 176 N.Y.S. 225 (1919) 161

Ray v. Flower Hospital 439 N.E. 2d 942 Ohio Ct. App. (1981) 162

UNIT FIVE Contracts 165

LESSON ONE Contract Formation and Classification 165

Text Word study 169

Exercises LESSON TWO Satisfaction, Breach and Remedies 173

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Word study 176

Exercises 177

LESSON THREE Rights of Third Parties 181

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Word study 183

Exercises 184

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 188

Barnes v. Treece 549 P. 2d 1152 (Wash. App. 1976) 188

Benya v. Stevens and Thompson Paper Co. 468 A. 2d 929 (Vt. 1983) 189

Dickinson v. Auto Center Mfg. Co. 639 F. 2d 250 (Fla. 1981) 190

Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp.366 So. 2d 157 (Fla. 1979) 191

Bobby Floats Toyota, Inc. v. Smith 269 S. E. 2d 320 (N. C. App. 1980) 192

Strickland v. Gulf Life Ins. Co. 242 S. E. 2d 148 (Ga. 1978) 193

Colorado Carpet Installation v. Palermo 647 P. 2d 686 (Colo. App. 1982) 194

Alaska State Housing Auth. v. Walsh Co., Inc. 625 P. 2d 831 (Alaska 1980) 195

Beckman v. Vassakk-Dillworth Lincoln-Mercury 468 A. 2d 784 (Pa. Super. 1983) 196

Acme Mills Elevator Co. v. Johnson 141 Ky 718 (1911) 197

County of Champaign v. Hanks 353 N. E. 2d 405 (Ill. App. 1976) 198

Keel v. Titan Construction Corp 639 P 2d 1228 (Okla. 1982) 200

Ryder Truck Rental v. Transp. Equipment Co. 339 N.W. 2d 283 (Neb. 1983) 201

Equilease Corp. v. State Federal S L Ass'n. 647 F. 2d 1069 (Okla. Law 1981) 202

UNIT SIX Commercial Paper 205

LESSON ONE*Negotiable Instruments 205

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Word Study 208

Exercises 208

LESSON TWO Rights of Holder in Due Course 212

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Word Study 215

Exercises 215

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LESSON THREE Check Collection 219

Word Study 222

Exercises 222

LESSON FOUR The Bank and Its Customer: Rights, Duties and Liabilities 226

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Word Study 228

Exercises 229

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 233

Lialios v. Home Ins, Companies 410 N. E. 2d 193 (Ill. App. 1980) 233

Sanitary Imp., Dist. v. Continental Western 343N. W. 2d 314 (Neb. 1983) 234

First Inv. Co. v. Andersen 621P. 2d 683 (Utah 1980) 235

Bank of Miami v. Florida City Express, Inc. 367 Do. 2d 683 (Fla. App. 1979) 236

Continental Bank v. Fitting 559 P. 2d 218 (Aris. 1977) 238

FJS Electronics, Inc. v. Fidelity Bank 431 S. 2d 326 (Pa. Super. 1981) 239

Brighton, Inc. v. Colonial First Nat'l. Bank 422 A. 2d 433 (N.J. 1980) 241

Suit Wells Equip. Co. v. Citizens Nat. Bank of So. Md. 282 A. 2d 109 (Md. 1971) 242

Barclays Discount Bank Ltd. v. Bogharian Bros.568 F. Supp. 1116 (Cal. Law 1983) 244

Money Mart Check Cashing Center v. Epicycle 667 P. 2d 1372 (Colo. 1983) 245

Richardson v. Girner 668 S. W. 2d 523 (Ark. 1984) 247

H. Schultz , Sons, Inc. v. Bank of Suffolk County 439 F. Supp. 1137 (1977) 248

A. Dziurak v. Chase Manhattan Bank N. A. 396 N. Y. S. 2d 414 (1977) 251

UNIT SEVEN Corporate Law 257

LESSON ONE Introduction 257

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Word Study 260

Exercises 260

LESSON TWO Incorporation, Organization and House Keeping 264

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Exercises 267

Word Study 267

LESSON THREE Corporate Management and Control 271

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Word Study 274

Exercises 274

LESSON FOUR Dissolutions, Mergers and Consolidations 278

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Word Study 281

Exercises 281

LESSON FIVE Securities Regulation 285

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Word Study 288

Exercises 289

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LESSON SIX Contests for Control 292

Word Study 295

Exercises 295

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 299

Johnson v. MPL Leasing Corp. 441 So. 2d 904 (Ala. 1983) 299

Pierson v. Jones 625 P. 2d 1085 (Id. 1981) 300

Renberg v. Zarrow 667 P.2d 465 (Okla. 1983) 301

Vista Fund v. Garis 227 N. W. 2d 19 (Minn. 1979) 304

Sampson v. Hunt 564P. 2d 489 (Kan. 1977) 305

Wicks v. Milzoco Builders, Inc. 470 A. 2d 86 (Pa. 1983) 307

Bonsall v. Piggly Wiggly Helms, Inc. 274 S. E. 2d 298 (S. C. 1981) 308

Henry George Sons, Inc. v. Cooper-George, Inc. 632 P. 2d 512 (Wash. 1981) 309

Stumpf v. C. S. Stumpf Sons, Inc. 120 Cal. Rptr. 671 (1975) 311

Unilever Acquisition Corp. v. Richardson-Vicks, Inc. 618 F. Supp. 407 (S. D. New York, 1985) 313

UNIT EIGHT Tort Law 317

LESSON ONE Introduction to Tort Law 317

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Exercises 319

LESSON TWO Intentional Torts (Ⅰ) 322

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Word Study 325

Exercises 326

LESSON THREE Intentional Torts (Ⅱ) 329

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Word Study 332

Exercises 333

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LESSON FOUR Torts of Negligence 336

Word Study 339

Exercises 339

LESSON FIVE Strict Liability in Torts and Tort Reform 343

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Exercises 345

CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING 349

Quinones v. United States 492 F. 2d 1269 (3d Cir. 1974) 349

Faniel v. Chesapeake Potomac Telephone Co. 404 A. 2cl 147 (D. C. Ct. App. 1979) 351

Chrystal v. The Hawkes Hospital 598 N. E. 2d 1174 (Ohio App. 1991) 353

Katko v. Briney 183 N. W. 2d 657 (Iowa 1971) 354

Chemawa Country Golf v. Wnuk 402 N. E. 2d 1069 (Mass. App. Ct. 1980) 355

Key To Exercises 358

Glossary 398

References 427