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Unit One Legal System 1

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 1

Text A The Common Law and Its Competitors 3

Text B State and Federal Court Structure and Characteristics 14

Text C Contemporary Legal Education 26

Unit Two Constitutional Law 34

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 34

Text A Judicial Review,Structure and Powers 36

Text B Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 48

Case Study Cohen v.California 63

Unit Three Criminal Law 73

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 73

Text A Introduction to American Criminal Law 74

Text B Mens Rea 85

Case Study People v.Zackowitz 92

Unit Four Criminal Procedure Law 100

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 100

Text A An Outline of the Criminal Justice Process 101

Text B Key Aspects of Modern Criminal Procedure:Defendants'Rights 116

Case Study Ohio v.Matthew Reiner 124

Unit Five Civil Procedure Law 131

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 131

Text A Introduction to American Civil Procedure 132

Text B Summary Judgment 149

Case Study John O.Adams v.Philip Morris,Inc 154

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 164

Unit Six Tort Law 164

Text A An Overview of Tort Law 165

Text B Nuisance Law 179

Case Study Spur Industries,Inc.v.Del E.Webb Development Co 189

Unit Seven Contract Law 194

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 194

Text A The Common Law of Contracts 195

Text B Consideration 209

Case Study Hamer v.Sidway 218

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 223

Unit Eight Property Law 223

Text A An Overview of Property Law 224

Text B Adverse Possession 239

Case Study Gilinsky v.Sether 246

Unit Nine The Law of Corporations 253

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 253

Text A Corporations 254

Text B Piercing the Corporate Veil:Does Incorporation Provide Shareholder Protection from Corporate Liability? 267

Case Study Minton v.Cavaney 274

Unit Ten　Evidence Law 279

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 279

Text A Rules of Evidence 280

Text B General Concepts of Relevancy 293

Case Study Lisa Beth Judd v.Dennis Rodman 303

Unit Eleven Intellectual Property Law 312

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 312

Text A Trade Secret and Patent Law 313

Text B Copyright and Patent Law 326

Case Study In Re Nantucket,Inc 337

Unit Twelve The Antitrust Laws 344

Warm-up Exercises:Listening Practice 344

Text A Executive Summary of the U.S.Antitrust Laws 345

Text B Monopolization and Merger 361

Case Study United States v.Du Pont Co 372

Appendix Ⅰ :Tapescript 379

Appendix Ⅱ :Overview of the State and Federal Court System 396

Appendix Ⅲ :Model Contract 399

Appendix Ⅳ: Deed 401

Appendix Ⅴ: Corporate Forms—Simple Form of Certificate of Incorporation 403

Appendix Ⅵ: Case Brief 404

Appendix Ⅶ: About Case Citations 411

Appendix Ⅷ: Sample Moot Court Brief 414

Appendix Ⅸ :The Constitution of the United States of America 429

Appendix Ⅹ: Vocabulary 448

Acknowledgements 495