IntroductiOn 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 Legal English Unit 2 Oyerview of Legal English Sentence Charaderistics of the Syntadic Strudure of Legal English Typical Legal English Sentence Translation Chapter Two Introduction to American Legal System Unit 1 Legal Systems Text: Legal Systems Supplementary Reading: Civil Law System Unit 2 Legal Education 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 Constitution Supplementary Reading: The Amendments Unit 5 Constitution Ⅱ Text: The Theories of American Constitution Supplementary Reading; British Constitution Unit 6 Court System Text: American Court System Supplementary Reading: British Court System Unit 7 Jury System Text: Jury System Supplementary Reading: The Supreme Court of the United States Unit 8 Administrative Law Text: American Administrative Law Supplementary Reading: Administrative Law Unit 9 Civil Law Text: Copyright Law Supplementary Reading: Civil Rights Act of 1964 Unit 10 Contract Law Text: Contract Law Supplementary Reading: Real Property Law Unit 11 Criminal Law Text: American Criminal Law Supplementary Reading: American Criminal Procedure Law Chapter Three Case Studies Unit 1 Case Study Methods How to Understand English Case How to Brief a Case Case Terms Abbreviated Unit 2 Typical Case Studies Case 1 Marbury v. Madison(1803) Case 2 Brown v. Board of Education(1954) Case 3 Miranda v. Arizona(1966) Case 4 Gibbons v. Ogden(i824) Case 5 United States v. Nixon(]974) Case 6 World-wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson (1980) Case 7 Pennoyer v, Neff(1877) Case 8 Milliken v. Meyer(1940) Case 9 Internatiorial Shoe Co v State of Washington (1945) Case 10 United States et el. v. Locke et el. (1985) Appendix Moot Court References