Unit One Legal Syetems
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Common Law v. Civil law Systems
Text B State and FederaI Court Structure and Characteristics
Case Brief
Unit Two Constitutional Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A The Constitutional law
Text B Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Case Study Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
Unit Three Criminal Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Introduction to American Criminal Law
Text B Mens Rea
Case Study Harold E. Staples, III, Petitioner v. United States
Unit Four Criminal Procedure Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A An Outline of the Criminal Justice Process
Text B Key Aspects of Modern Criminal Procedure: Defendants' Rights
Case Study Pointer v. Texas
Unit Five CivelProcedure Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Introduction to American Civil Procedure
Text B Long-arm Statute
Case Study Gibbons v. Brown
Unit Six Tort Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A An Overview of Tort Law
Text B Nuisance Law
Case Study Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co.
Unit Seven Contract Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A The Common Law of Contracts
Text B Consideration
Case Study Hamer v. Sidway
Unit Eight Propery Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A An Overview of Property Law
Text B Adverse Possession
Case Study Gilinsky v. Sether
Unit Nine The Law of Corporations
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Corporations
Text B Piercing the Corporate Veil: Does Incorporation Provide Shareholder Protection from Corporate Liability?
Case Study Minton v. Cavaney
Unit Ten Evidence Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Rules of Evidence
Text B General Concepts of Relevancy
Case Study State v. Cowan
Unit Eleven Intellectua Property Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Trade Secret and Patent Law
Text B Copyright and Trademark Law
Case Study In Re Nantucket, Inc.
Unit Twelve Family Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Introduction to Family Law
Text B Marriage and Property Rights
Case Study Michelle Marvin v. Lee Marvin
Unit Thirteen The Antitrust Law
Warm-up Exercises: Listening Practice
Text A Guide to the U.S. Antitrust Laws
Text B Tying Arrangement
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Appendix Ⅰ: Tapescripts
Appendix Ⅱ: Overview of the State and Federal Court System
Appendix Ⅲ: Model Contract
Appendix Ⅳ: Deed
Appendix Ⅴ: Corporate Forms—Simple Form of Certificate of Incorporation
Appendix Ⅵ: About Case Citations
Appendix Ⅶ: Vocabulary
Acknowledgements
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