Intreduction
Chapter One The Different Features of Legal English
Unit 1 Overview of Legal English Vocabulary
Typical Features of Legal English Vocabulary
The Common Prefix and Suffix of LegaI English
Unit 2 Overview of Legal English Sentence
Characteristics of the Syntactic Structure of Legal English
Typical Legal English Sentence Translation
Chapter Two Introduction to American Legal System
Unit 1 Legal Systems
Text:Legal Systems
Supplementary Reading:CiviI Law System
Unit 2 Legal Educafion
Text:American Legal Education
Supplementary Reading:Legal Education in the U.S
Unit 3 Legal Profession
Text:American Legal Profession
Supplementary Reading:Judges
Unit 4 Constitution I
Text:The Contents of American Con~tufion
Supplementary Reading:The Amendments
Unit 5 Constitution II
Text:The 111eories 0f American Constitution
Supplementary Reading:British Constitution
Unit 6 Court System
Text:American Court System
Supplementary Reading:Br~sh Coud System
Unit 7 Jury System
Text:Jury Symem
Supplementary Reading:The Supreme Court of the
United Sfates
Unit 8 Administrative Law
Text:American AdministratNe Law
Supplementary Reading:Administrative Law
Unit 9 Civil LaW
Text:Copyright Law
Supplementary Reading:Civil Rights Act of 1964
Unit 10 Contract Law
Text:Contrad Law
Supplementary Reading:Real Property Law
Unit 11 Criminal Law
Textt:American CriminaI LaW
Supplementary Reading:American Criminal Procedure baw
Chapter Three Case Studies
Unit 1 Case Study Methods
How to Understand English Case
How to B rief a Case
Case Terms Abbreviated
Unit 2 Typical Case Studies
Case l Marbury V.Madison(1803)
Case 2 Brown V.Board of Education(1954)
Case 3 Miranda V.Arizona(1966)
Case 4 Gibbons V.Ogden(1824)
Case 5 United States V.Nixon(1974)
Case 6 World-wide Volkswagen Carp.V.Woodson01980)
Case 7 Pennoyer V.Neff(1877)
Case 8 Milliken V.Meyer(1940)
Case 9 international Shoe Co.V.State of Washington(1945)
Case 10 United States et a1.V.Locke et a1.(1985)
Appendix Moot Court
References