法律英语教程(附磁带)/面向21世纪课程教材

本教程选材以美国法为主，包括美国法律制度、美国宪法、刑法、刑事诉讼法、民事诉讼法、合同法、财产法、侵权法、公司法、证据法、知识产权法、反垄断法以及相关的经典案例等12个单元。每个单元自成体系，既包含系统的理论介绍，又包含美国法院的判决意见书。
单元后还特别设计了听力部分、案例讨论和翻译练习。书后附录部分的内容也很丰富，包括听力部分的书面材料、部分合同样本、案情摘要写作方法介绍、模拟法庭、《美国宪法》和词汇表。
本教程可供大学本科生、研究生、博士生使用，同时也可作为广大法律英语爱好者的学习用书。

本教程选材以美国法为主，强调知识性、系统性和实用性。主要包括美国法律制度、美国宪法、刑法、刑事诉讼法、民事诉讼法、合同法、财产法、侵权法、公司法、证据法、知识产权法、反垄断法以及相关的经典案例。是培养既懂法律又懂英语的复合型人才的有效实用教材。

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 Charactenstics/14
Text C Contemporary Legal Education/26
Unit Two C0nstitutional 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/13l
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice/131
Text A Introduction to American Civil Procedure/132
Text B Summary Judgment/149
Case Study John 0．Adams v．Philip Morris．Inc/154
Unit Six Tort Law/164
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice/164
Text A An Overview of Tort Law/165
Text B Nlljsance Law/179
Case Study Spur Industries，Inc．v Del E．Webb Development C0/189
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
Unit Eight Propeay Law/223
Warm-up Exercises·Listening Practice/223
Text A An Overview of Property Law/224
Text B Adverse Possession/239
Case Study Gilinsky。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 Summa~of the U．S．Antitrust Laws/345
Text B Monopolization and Merger/361
Case Study United States v Du Pont＆Co/372
Appendix I：Tapcscript/379
Appendix lI：Overview of the State and Federal Court System/396
AppendixⅢ：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
AppendixⅧ：Sample Moot Court Brief/414
Appendix IX：The Constitution of the United States of America/429
Appendix X：Vocabulary/448
Acknowledgements/495

Unit One Legal SystemWarm-up Exercises：Listening PracticeWords and expressions：The Supreme Court of Texas Big Lake Oil Company
Annie Lee Turner
Big Lake
Rylands v Fletcher the British House of Lords
Anglo-American legal system
stare decisis out of thin air statute law
storage liable precautions spill legislature
appoint determinative deliberation underlying legislator ambiguity doctrine cite repealI．Listen to the passage carefully and decide the best answer to each of the questions according to what you hear on the tape．1．What was Big Lake Oil Company accused of? a．the damage done to the houses of Annie Lee Turner and her neighbors around the company． b．the damage done to the river bank near Annie Lee Turner and her neighbors． c．the damage done to the property of Annie Lee Turner and her neighbors． d．the pollution of the water．2．What is the Texas court"s conclusion? a．holding that Big Lake was not liable unless it had been negligent- b．holding that Big Lake was liable unless it had been negligent． c．holding that Big Lake was not liable if it had been negligent． d．holding that Big Lake was negligent．3．What are the tWO funetions of The House of Lords in Great Britain according to the passage? a．making law and training lawyers． b making law and appointing the officers for the government． C．making law and working in Britain"S high court． d．making law and appointing a commimttee of judges who funclion as Britain"s high court．4．Why does aYl English judge have authority over an American case? a．just as an English scholar has authority over a dispute in his field ca~ied on by American scholars． b．because the Americans respect their ancestors very much． C．because the Englishmen still have authority over the Ameri·
Cans. d．because the Americans don"t want to solve problems by themselves．5．In the Anglo-American legal system，who makes law? a judges，not legislators b．judges and leg ……