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内容大纲
英美法系是世界上最重要的两大法系之一,要更好地了解外国法律制度,就必须学习英美法。本书与作者另著的《英美法审判程序与司法推理》和《英美法判例读写教程》系列教材正是为学习英美法律制度编纂而成。本书主要介绍英美合同法和侵权法的实体法内容,针对每一部门法的特点,分别讨论合同的成立、履行与抗辩,以及故意侵权、过失侵权与严格责任侵权等内容。本书具有以下特点:(1)英文语言准确,并辅以适当的中文解释和介绍;(2)资料来源丰富,且包含30个未经删减的原版判例;(3)各章节之间逻辑性强,两大部分自成体系,既可单独使用,也可综合使用;(4)适应的读者群广泛,除可用在合同法、侵权法、比较法等双语或全英文教学中,还可作为法律英语课的教材。除此之外,还可以为其他对英美法感兴趣的读者提供全面的英美合同法与侵权法的知识。 -
作者介绍
高凌云,复旦大学法学院教授,博士生导师,全国人民代表大会常务委员会法制工作委员会法律英文译审专家委员会委员,中国商业法研究会常务理事,上海国际商务法律研究会副会长,上海市“涉外法律人才”,美国纽约州、俄勒冈州律师。曾任美国凯斯西储大学、圣约翰大学和杜兰大学客座教授,美国纽约大学法学院Hauser Global Senior Fellow,先后应邀在美国哈佛大学、康奈尔大学等著名学府的法学院以及国际信托从业者协会(STEP)与美国纽约州律师公会等进行有关信托法和商法的公开演讲或学术报告。在国内外出版、发表Chinese Business Law(合著,美国Thomson West出版公司)、《英美合同侵权法》《英美判例法读写教程》及其他信托法与比较法著作、教材或论文,主持翻译并出版《金融创新与监管前沿文集》及《美国联邦最高法院判例译述》系列。主要研究领域为英美法、信托法、国际商法、法律英语等。 -
目录
PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.Contracts and Contract Law
1.1 Definition of “Contract”
1.2 Sources of the Law of Contract
2.Classifications of Contracts
Case 1: Hawkins v. McGee
Review Questions
CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT
1.Offer
1.1 Elements of Offer
Case 2: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
1.2 Invitation to Make an Offer
Case 3: Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
1.3 Termination of Offer
Case 4: Ardente v. Horan
2.Acceptance
2.1 Elements of Acceptance
2.2 Effectiveness of Acceptance
3.Consideration
3.1 Elements of Consideration
Case 5: Hamer v. Sidway
Case 6: Harris v. Time, Inc.
3.2 Invalid Consideration
Case 7: Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp.
3.3 Promissory Estoppel
Case 8: Ricketts v. Scothorn
Review Questions
CHAPTER 3 DEFENSES
1.Misrepresentation
2.Mistake
3.Duress
4.Undue Influence
5.Capacity of Parties
Case 9: Bobby Floars Toyota, Inc.v. Smith, Jr.
6.Illegality
Case 10: Strictland v. Gulf Life Ins.Co.
7.Statute of Frauds
Case 11: Colorado Carpet Installation, Inc.v. Palermo
8.The Parol Evidence Rule
Review Questions
CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT
1.Performance
Case 12: Beckman v. VassallDillworth LincolnMercury, Inc.
2.Remedies
3.Assignmentof Contract Rights and Delegation of Duties
4.Third Party Beneficiaries
Review Questions
PART II COMMON LAW OF TORTS
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW
1.Torts vs.Crimes
2.Torts vs.Breach of Contracts
3.Classifications of Torts
4.Remedies
Review Questions
CHAPTER 6 INTENTIONAL TORTS
1.The General Elements of Intentional Torts
2.Intentional Torts to the Person
2.1 Battery and Assault
Case 13:Vosburg v. Putney
Case 14:Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.
Case 15:Fisher v. Carrousel Motor Hotel, Inc.
2.2 False Imprisonment
Case 16:Marius S.Coblyn v. Kennedys Inc.et al.
2.3Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Case 17:Robert Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
3.Intentional Torts to Property
3.1 Trespass and Nuisance
3.2 Conversion
Case 18:RussellVaughn Ford, Inc.v. E.W.Rouse
4.Defenses to Intentional Torts
Case 19:Katko v. Briney
Case 20:Courvoisier v. Raymond
5.Intentional Torts to Economic and Dignitary Interests
5.1 Defamation
Case 21:Hedgpeth v. Coleman
Case 22:Fisher v. Detroit Free Press, Inc.
5.2 Invasion of Privacy
Case 23:Carl H.Hamberger v. Clifford C.Eastman
Case 24:Toniann Diaz v. Oakland Tribune, Inc.
Case 25:Godbehere v. Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
Review Questions
CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE
1.Duty
1.1The General Duty
1.2 To Whom the Duty of Care Owed
1.3 Standard of Care
1.4 Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land
1.5Affirmative Duty to Act
Case 26:Tubbs v. Argus
2.Breach
Case 27:Boyer v. Iowa High School Athletic Association
3.Damage
4.Causation
Case 28:Lyons v. Midnight Sun Transportation Services, Inc.
Case 29:Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Co.
5.Defenses to Negligence
Case 30:Knight v. Jewett
Review Questions
CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY
1.A Prima Facie Case
2.Products Liability
3.Defenses to Strict Liability
Review Questions
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