Part One Basics of Legal English 1
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Historical Development of Legal English 2
Chapter 3 Characteristics of Legal English 3
Chapter 4 Terms and Rules in Legal English 5
Chapter 5 General Legal Terms 11
Chapter 6 Legal Citations 18
Part Two American Legal Regime 24
Chapter 1 Overview of the U.S.Court System 24
Chapter 2 Jury Trial 26
Chapter 3 The Adversary System 29
Chapter 4 Appellate Courts 31
Chapter 5 Appellate Judges 32
Chapter 6 Court Opinions and Case Digests 33
Part Three Constitutional Law 41
Chapter 1 Introduction 41
Chapter 2 The Judicial Power 41
Chapter 3 Legislative Power 45
Chapter 4 Individual Guarantees Against Governmental or Private Action 48
Chapter 5 Retroactive Legislation 49
Chapter 6 Proeedural Due Process 50
Chapter 7 Substantive Due Process 51
Chapter 8 Equal Protection 52
Chapter 9 Fundamental Rights 55
Part Four Contracts 64
Chapter 1 Introduction 64
Chapter 2 Basics of Contracts 65
Chapter 3 Contract Formation 67
Chapter 4 Capacity of a Contract 85
Chapter 5 Vitiating Factors 87
Chapter 6 Problems Involving Persons Other than the Parties to the Original Contract 97
Chapter 7 Discharge 98
Chapter 8 Breach of Contract 102
Chapter 9 Remedies for Breach of Contract 103
Chapter 10 Dispute Settlement 108
Part Five Torts 116
Chapter 1 Introduction 116
Chapter 2 Intentional Torts 118
Chapter 3 Defenses to Intentional Torts 122
Chapter 4 Negligence 124
Chapter 5 Cause in Fact 129
Chapter 6 Proximate Cause 131
Chapter 7 Multiple Tortfeasors 132
Chapter 8 Damages for Personal Injuries 134
Chapter 9 Limited Duties:Special Limitations on the Scope of Duty 137
Chapter 10 Premises Liability:Duties of Owners and Occupiers of Land 140
Chapter 11 Defenses 145
Chapter 12 Vicarious Liability 152
Chapter 13 Products Liability 155
Chapter 14 Defamation 158
Chapter 15 The Privacy Torts 160
Chapter 16 Competitive Torts 161
Part Six Property Law 173
Chapter 1 Introduction 173
Chapter 2 Acquisition of Property 173
Chapter 3 Possessory Estates 175
Chapter 4 Future Interests 177
Chapter 5 Concurrent Estates 179
Chapter 6 Landlord and Tenant 181
Chapter 7 Fixtures 184
Chapter 8 Rights in the Land of Another-Easements,Profits,Covenants,and Servitudes 185
Chapter 9 Conveyancing 189
Chapter 10 Cooperatives,Condominiums,and Zoning 197
Chapter 11 Nuisance 198
Part Seven Evidence Law 206
Chapter 1 Introduction 206
Chapter 2 General Considerations 206
Chapter 3 Relevance and Judicial Notice 208
Chapter 4 Real Evidence 211
Chapter 5 Documentary Evidence 213
Chapter 6 Testimonial Evidence 216
Chapter 7 The Hearsay Rule 225
Chapter 8 Procedural Considerations 230
Part Eight Civil Procedure 246
Chapter 1 Introduction 246
Chapter 2 Personal Jurisdiction 247
Chapter 3 Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction 250
Chapter 4 Federal Question Jurisdiction 251
Chapter 5 Venue 253
Chapter 6 Removal Jurisdiction 255
Chapter 7 Conflict of Jurisdiction between States and Federal Courts 258
Chapter 8 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 259
Part Nine Criminal Law 268
Chapter 1 Introduction 268
Chapter 2 What Makes a Case a Criminal Case? 270
Chapter 3 How to Interpret Criminal Statutes 271
Chapter 4 How Defendants'Mental States Affect Their Responsibility for a Crime 272
Chapter 5 Criminal Offenses 275
Chapter 6 Implications of a Crime's Classification 277
Part Ten Criminal Proeedure 285
Chapter 1 Constitutional Restrains 285
Chapter 2 Exclusionary Rule 285
Chapter 3 Fourth Amendment 287
Chapter 4 Confessions 291
Chapter 5 Pretrial Procedures 294
Chapter 6 Trial 296
Chapter 7 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining 301
Chapter 8 Constitutional Rights in Relation to Sentence and Punishment 302
Chapter 9 Constitutional Problems on Appeal 305
Chapter 10 Rights during Punishment—Probation,Imprisonment,Parole 306
Chapter 11 Double Jeopardy 307
Chapter 12 Forfeiture Actions 309
Part Eleven Intellctual Property Law 317
Chapter 1 Introduction 317
Chapter 2 Trade Secrets 318
Chapter 3 Patent 321
Chapter 4 Copyright 332
Chapter 5 Trademark Law 346
Part Twelve Business Law 358
Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Forms 358
Chapter 2 Partnership 360
Chapter 3 Limited Liability Company 363
Chapter 4 Corporation 366
Chapter 5 Securities 401
Chapter 6 Commercial Paper 416
Part Thirteen Logical Reasoning 435
Chapter 1 Introduction 435
Chapter 2 Assumptions 437
Chapter 3 Method of Argument 439
Chapter 4 Faulty Logic 441
Chapter 5 Strengthening or Weakening 443
Chapter 6 Parallel Reasoning 444
Chapter 7 Inference 446
Chapter 8 Other Question Types 447
Appendix:Key to the Exercises 458
References 462