本教材是一本法律英语入门教材,供普通本科院校和水平较高的高职高专院校的法律、英语、国贸等专业师生及其他法律英语爱好者学习使用。
由董世忠主编的《21世纪法律英语》包含的三个单元,简明而完整地介绍了美国法律的三个部分: 财产、侵权、公司。本书在语言上由浅入深,循序渐进,具有外语教材所必备的可操作性。
目录
UNIT SIX Property Law
Lesson One Basic Gategories of Property
Lesson Two Real Property ( I )
Lesson Three Real Property ( II )
Lesson Four Personal Property
Lesson Five Intellectual Property
CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING
Susette Kelo, et al. v. City of New London, Connecticut,et al. ~
Baker v. Weedon
Matter of Cohn
Ray v. Flower Hospital
Tenhet v. Boswell
Hayes v. Hayes
Baker v. Selden
UNIT SEVEN Tort Law
Lesson One Introdvction to Tort law
Lesson Two Intentional Torts ( I )
Lesson Three Intentional Torts ( II )
Lesson Four Torts of Negligence
Lesson Five Strict Liability and Tort ReformLesson Six Product Liability
CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING
Quinones v o United States
Faniel v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
Hustler Magazine, Inc. et al. v. Jerry FalwellPalsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Chrystal v. The Hawkes Hospital
Katko v. Briney
Chemawa Country Golf v. Wnuk
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
UNIT EIGHT Corporate Law
Lesson One Introduction
Lesson Two Incorporation, Organization and House KeepingLesson Three Corporate Management and ControlLesson Four Dissolutions, Mergers and ConsolidationsLesson Five Securities Regulation
Lesson Six Contests for Control
CASES FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READING
Lurie v. Arizona Fertilizer & Chemical Co.
Heller v. Boylan
Perlman v. Feldmann
Unilever Acquisition Corp. v. Richardson—Vicks, Inc.
Halperin v. Ebanker USA. Com. Inc.
Jernberg v. Mann
Dellastatious v. Williams
Key to Exercises
Vocabulary