Unit 1 Civil Law System&大陆法系 1
Part Ⅰ Reading 2
Text 1 Brief Introduction to Civil Law System 2
Text 2 Codification 7
Part Ⅱ Listening 9
Differentiation from Other Major Legal Systems 9
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 10
Part Ⅳ Word Study 11
Part Ⅴ Exercises 13
Unit 2 Common Law System&普通法系 16
Part Ⅰ Reading 17
Text 1 Brief Introduction to Common Law System 17
Text 2 Basic Principles of Common Law 21
Part Ⅱ Listening 24
Common Law as a Foundation for Commercial Economies 24
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 25
Part Ⅳ Word Study 26
Part Ⅴ Exercises 28
Unit 3 Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China&《中华人民共和国对外贸易法》 30
Part Ⅰ Reading 31
Text 1 Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China(Chapter 1 to Chapter 3) 31
Text 2 Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China(Chapter 4 to Chapter 6) 36
Part Ⅱ Listening 39
Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China(Chapter 7 to Chapter 8) 39
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 41
Part Ⅳ Word Study 42
Part Ⅴ Exercises 44
Unit 4 Corporate Law&公司法 47
Part Ⅰ Reading 48
Text 1 About Corporate Law and Its History 48
Text 2 Chapter One:General Provisions 53
Part Ⅱ Listening 56
Corporate Personality,Capacity and Powers 56
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 58
Part Ⅳ Word Study 58
Part Ⅴ Exercises 60
Unit 5 The Law of Foreign-funded Enterprises in China&中国外商投资企业法 63
Part Ⅰ Reading 64
Text 1 Legal Forms of Foreign-funded Enterprises in China 64
Text 2 Law of the People's Republic of China on Foreign-capital Enterprises 69
Part Ⅱ Listening 72
Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures(TRIMs) 72
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 75
Part Ⅳ Word Study 75
Part Ⅴ Exercises 78
Unit 6 Admiralty Law&海商法 80
Part Ⅰ Reading 81
Text 1 Brief Introduction to Admiralty Law 81
Text 2 Features of Admiralty Law 85
Part Ⅱ Listening 88
Individual Countries 88
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 90
Part Ⅳ Word Study 91
Part Ⅴ Exercises 93
Unit 7 The Law of Contract for International Sale of Goods&国际货物买卖合同法 96
Part Ⅰ Reading 97
Text 1 Introduction to United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods(Ⅰ) 97
Text 2 Introduction to United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods(Ⅱ) 102
Part Ⅱ Listening 105
Consideration 105
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 106
Part Ⅳ Word Study 107
Part Ⅴ Exercises 109
Unit 8 Laws and Regulations on International Freight Forwarding&国际货运代理法律法规 111
Part Ⅰ Reading 112
Text 1 FIATA Model Rules for Freight Forwarders 112
Text 2 Rights and Obligations of Freight Forwarders in China 116
Part Ⅱ Listening 118
FIATA Model Rules for Freight Forwarding Services 118
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 120
Part Ⅳ Word Study 121
Part Ⅴ Exercises 123
Unit 9 Legal Rules of the World Trade Organization&世界贸易组织法规 126
Part Ⅰ Reading 127
Text 1 Essentials of WTO 127
Text 2 Protectionist/Anti Free-trade Arguments 133
Part Ⅱ Listening 135
Private Sector Infrastructure Developments 135
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 137
Part Ⅳ Word Study 137
Part Ⅴ Exercises 140
Unit 10 INCOTERMS&《国际贸易术语解释通则》 142
Part Ⅰ Reading 143
Text 1 About INCOTERMS(Ⅰ) 143
Text 2 About INCOTERMS(Ⅱ) 147
Part Ⅱ Listening 149
Definitions of INCOTERMS 149
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 151
Part Ⅳ Word Study 152
Part Ⅴ Exercises 154
Unit 11 International Investment Law&国际投资法 156
Part Ⅰ Reading 157
Text 1 Introduction to International Investment 157
Text 2 Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 161
Part Ⅱ Listening 164
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes 164
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 166
Part Ⅳ Word Study 166
Part Ⅴ Exercises 169
Unit 12 Hague Rules and Hague-Visby Rules&《海牙规则》和《海牙-维斯比规则》 171
Part Ⅰ Reading 172
Text 1 Hague Rules(Article 1 to Article 3) 172
Text 2 The Hague-Visby Rules(Article 4) 176
Part Ⅱ Listening 179
About Hague-Visby Rules 179
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 181
Part Ⅳ Word Study 182
Part Ⅴ Exercises 183
Unit 13 Hamburg Rules&《汉堡规则》 186
Part Ⅰ Reading 187
Text 1 Hamburg Rules 187
Text 2 The Future of the Hamburg Rules 191
Part Ⅱ Listening 194
About Hamburg Rules 194
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 195
Part Ⅳ Word Study 196
Part Ⅴ Exercises 198
Unit 14 Rotterdam Rules&《鹿特丹规则》 201
Part Ⅰ Reading 202
Text 1 About the Launch of the Rotterdam Rules 202
Text 2 History of the Convention 206
Part Ⅱ Listening 209
Rotterdam Rules(Article 1) 209
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 211
Part Ⅳ Word Study 212
Part Ⅴ Exercises 214
Unit 15 Uniform Rules for Collection(URC)522&《跟单托收统一规则》 216
Part Ⅰ Reading 217
Text 1 Article 2-8 in URC 522 217
Text 2 Article 19 to Article 26 222
Part Ⅱ Listening 225
Perhaps It Is Time for a URC 522 Revision 225
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 227
Part Ⅳ Word Study 227
Part Ⅴ Exercises 229
Unit 16 UCP 600&《跟单信用证统一惯例》第600号出版物 232
Part Ⅰ Reading 233
Text 1 An Overview of Letter of Credit 233
Text 2 Procedures of the Irrevocable Documentary Credit 237
Part Ⅱ Listening 239
Article 14 Standard for Examination of Documents 239
Part Ⅲ Chinese Summary 241
Part Ⅳ Word Study 242
Part Ⅴ Exercises 243