法律英語精讀教程（上）

Part One Anglo—American Legal Culture
Ghapter 1 Historical Development of the Common Law
Ghapter 2 The Doctrine of Stare Decisis and Ratio Decidendi or Holding of a Case
Chapter 3 Federal Courts and What They Do
Chapter 4 The Opinions of the Appellate Courts and Precedents

Part Two Introduction to American Laws
Constitutional Law
Chapter 1 The Judicial Power
Chapter 2 Legislative Power
Chapter 3 Executive Power
Chapter 4 Individual Guarantees Against Governmental or Private Action
Ghapter 5 Due Process
Chapter 6 Equal Protection
Chapter 7 Fundamental Rights
Chapter 8 The First Amendment
Contracts
Chapter 1 Basics of Contracts
Chapter 2 Contract Formation
Chapter 3 Capacity of a Gontract
Chapter 4 Vitiating Factors
Chapter 5 Discharge
Chapter 6 Breach of Contract
Chapter 7 Remedies for Breach of Contract
Torts
Chapter 1 Intentional Torts
Chapter 2 Defenses to Intentional Torts
Chapter 3 Negligence
Chapter 4 Cause in Fact
Chapter 5 Proximate Cause
Chapter 6 Multiple Tortfeasors
Chapter 7 Damages for Personal Injuries
Chapter 8 Limited Duties： Special Limitations on the Scope of Duty
Chapter 9 Premises Liability： Duties of Owners and Occupiers of Land
Chapter 10 Defenses
Chapter 11 Vicarious Liability
Ghapter 12 Products Liability
Chapter 13 Defamation
Chapter 14 Competitive Torts
Property Law
Chapter 1 Acquisition of Property
Ghapter 2 Possessory Estates
Chapter 3 Future Interests
Chapter 4 Concurrent Estates
Chapter 5 Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 6 Fixtures
Chapter 7 Rights in the Land of Another—Easements，Profits，Govenants，and Servitudes
Chapter 8 Conveyancing
Chapter 9 Cooperatives，Condominiums，Zoning and Nuisance
Evidence Law
Chapter 1 General Considerations
Chapter 2 Relevance and Judicial Notice
Chapter 3 Real Evidence
Chapter 4 Documentary Evidence
Chapter 5 Testimonial Evidence
Chapter 6 The Hearsay Rule
Chapter 7 Procedural Considerations
Criminal Law
Chapter 1 Basics of Criminal Law
Chapter 2 How Defendants’’ Mental States Affect Their Responsibility for a Grime
Chapter 3 Criminal Offenses
Chapter 4 Implications of a Crime’’s Classification
Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 Exclusionary Rule
Chapter 2 Fourth Amendment
Chapter 3 Confessions
Chapter 4 Pre—Trial Procedures
Chapter 5 Trial
Chapter 6 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining
Chapter 7 Constitutional Rights in Relation to Sentence and Punishment
Chapter 8 Constitutional Problems on Appeal and Rights During Punishment
Chapter 9 Double Jeopardy
Chapter 10 Forfeiture Actions
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