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