Unit One Preparation for Legal Education 1
Unit Two The Legal Profession 9
Unit Three World Legal Systems 16
Unit Four Public Law 22
Unit Five Private Law 28
Unit Six Basic Principles of Common Law 38
Unit Seven Common Law and Equity 46
Unit Eight The English and the American Court System 53
Unit Nine The Sources of Criminal Law 60
Unit Ten Criminal Procedure 69
Unit Eleven Civil Procedure 76
Unit Twelve Nature and Classes of Contracts 81
Unit Thirteen Introduction to American Uniform Commercial Code 91
Unit Fourteen Law of Torts 98
Unit Fifteen What is Trust? 107
Unit Sixteen Trademarks,Service Marks and Copyrights 112
Unit Seventeen Patents,Secret Business Information,Protection of Computer Software and Mask Work 121
Unit Eighteen A Comparative Analysis of Spam Laws:the Quest for Model Law 130
Unit Nineteen Law of Corporations 136
Unit Twenty Law of Bankruptcy 145
Unit Twenty-one Securities Regulation 152
Unit Twenty-two Employment Law 159
Unit Twenty-three Land law 166
Unit Twenty-four Administrative Law 170
Unit Twenty-five Sources of International Law 177
Unit Twenty-six The World Trade Organization(Ⅰ) 187
Unit Twenty-seven The World Trade Organization(Ⅱ) 194
Unit Twenty-eight The World Trade Organization(Ⅲ) 200
Unit Twenty-nine The Evolution of the Meaning of the Term'Investment' 205
Unit Thirty The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises 210
Unit Thirty-one Nature and Scope of the Conflict of Laws 218
Unit Thirty-two International Sales Transaction(Ⅰ) 224
Unit Thirty-three International Sales Transaction(Ⅱ) 230
Unit Thirty-four Types and Rules of International Commercial Arbitration 236
Unit Thirty-five International Human Rights Law 244
Unit Thirty-six The Changing Balance in Antitrust Law 252
Unit Thirty-seven Constitutional Law 258
Unit Thirty-eight The Legal Research Process 266
主要参考书目及网上资源 277
附录1 法律词汇英汉对照表 278
附录2 练习参考答案 287