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LEC考试 法律英语证书用书

本书共分十三部分：第一、二部分首先介绍了法律英语的基础知识；第三至第十二部分分别介绍了美国主干部门法；最后一部分简明介绍了引用(citation)的相关知识。 本书是法律英语精品系列教材中的一本，是法律英语精读教材。

图书目录

Part One Introductions and Small Talks
Chapter 1 How to Make Introductions
Chapter 2 How to Start a Conversation
Part Two General Legal Terms
Chapter 1 Quick Overview of the U.S. Court System
Chapter 2 Jury Trial
Chapter 3 The Adversary System
Chapter 4 How Does a Civil Action Usually Start？
Chapter 5 What Can an Appellate Court Do？
Chapter 6 What Can an Appellate Judge Do？
Part Three Constitutional Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Judicial Power
Chapter 3 Legislative Power
Chapter 4 Individual Guarantees Against
Governmental or Private Action
Chapter 5 Retroactive Legislation
Chapter 6 Procedural Due Process
Chapter 7 Substantive Due Process
Chapter 8 Equal Protection
Chapter 9 Fundamental Rights
Part Four Contracts
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basics of Contracts
Chapter 3 Contract Formation
Chapter 4 Capacity of a Contract
Chapter 5 Vitiating Factors
Chapter 6 Problems Involving Persons Other Than
the Parties to the Original Contract
Chapter 7 Discharge
Chapter 8 Breach of Contract
Chapter 9 Remedies for Breach of Contract
Chapter 10 Dispute Settlement
Part Five Torts
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Intentional Torts
Chapter 3 Defenses to Intentional Torts
Chapter 4 Negligence
Chapter 5 Cause in Fact
Chapter 6 Proximate Cause
Chapter 7 Multiple Tortfeasors
Chapter 8 Damages for Personal Injuries
Chapter 9 Limited Duty= Special Limitations on the Scope of Duty
Chapter 10 Premises Liability= Duties of Owners and Occupiers of Land
Chapter 11 Defenses
Chapter 12 Vicarious Liability
Chapter 13 Products Liability
Chapter 14 Defamation
Chapter 15 The Privacy Torts
Chapter 16
Part Six Property Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Acquisition of Property
Chapter 3 Possessory Estates
Chapter 4 Future Interests
Chapter 5 Concurrent Estates
Chapter 6 Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 7 Fixtures
Chapter 8 Rights in the Land of Another--Easements,
Profits, Covenants, and Servitudes
Chapter 9 Conveyancing
Chapter 10 Cooperatives, Condominiums, and Zoning
Chapter 11 Nuisance
Part Seven Evidence Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 General Considerations
Chapter 3 Relevance and Judicial Notice
Chapter 4 Real Evidence
Chapter 5 Documentary Evidence
Chapter 6 Testimonial Evidence
Chapter 7 The Hearsay Rule
Chapter 8 Procedural Considerations
Part Eight Civil Procedure
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Personal Jurisdiction
Chapter 3 Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction
Chapter 4 Federal Question Jurisdiction
Chapter 5 Venue
Chapter 6 Removal Jurisdiction
Chapter 7 Conflict of Jurisdiction Between
State and Federal Courts
Chapter 8 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Part Nine Criminal Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 What Makes a Case a Criminal Case？
Chapter 3 How to Interpret Criminal Statutes
Chapter 4 How Defendants' Mental States Affect
Their Responsibility for a Crime
Chapter 5 Criminal Offenses
Chapter 6 Felonies, Misdemeanors and Infractions
Chapter 7 Implications of a Crime's Classification
Part Ten Criminal Procedure
Chapter 1 Constitutional Restraints
Chapter 2 Exclusionary Rule
Chapter 3 Fourth Amendment
Chapter 4 Confessions
Chapter 5 Pretrial Procedures
Chapter 6 Trial
Chapter 7 Guilty Pleas and Plea Bargaining
Chapter 8 Constitutional Rights in Relation to

Sentence and Punishment
Chapter Constitutional Problems on Appeal
Chapter 10 Rights During Punishment--Probation,
Imprisonment, Parole
Chapter 11 Double Jeopardy
Chapter 12 Forfeiture Actions
Part Eleven Intellectual Property Law
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Trade Secrets
Chapter 3 Patent
Chapter 4 Copyright
Chapter 5 Trademark Law
Part Twelve Business Law
Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Forms
Chapter 2 Partnership
Chapter 3 Limited Liability Company
Chapter 4 Corporation
Chapter 5 Securities
Chapter 6 Commercial Paper
Part Thirteen Understanding Legal Citations
Chapter 1 How to Read a Case Citation
Chapter 2 Subsequent Case History
Chapter 3 Parentheticals
Chapter 4 Parallel Citations
Chapter 5 The Functions of Legal Citations
Chapter 6 Understanding "ID. "
Chapter 7 Using "ID. " with Parallel Citations
Chapter 8 Short Citations
Appendix Key to the Quiz