高凌云,復旦大學法學院副教授,山東省煙臺市人。華東政法學院國際法學學士,新加坡國立大學比較法學碩士,美國威拉姆特大學法學博士,美國紐約州、俄勒岡州律師,比利時根特大學法學院、美國密歇根大學法學院和哈佛大學法學院訪問學者,美國凱斯西儲大學法學院和東芬蘭大學法商學院客座教授,出版《英美法:案例分析與法律寫作》(上海人民出版社)、《英美法:合同、侵權(quán)與法律實務(wù)》 (上海人民出版社)、《Chinese Business Law》(合著,美國Thomson West法律出版公司)、《被誤讀的信托一信托法原論》 (復旦大學出版社)和《英美普通法讀寫教程》(上海交大出版社)等專著和教材,并在國內(nèi)外法學期刊發(fā)表論文若干。主要研究和授課領(lǐng)域為英美法、信托法、國際金融法、商法和法律英語。
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PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Contracts and Contract Law 1.1Definition of “Contract” 1.2Sources of the Law of Contract 2. Classifications of Contracts 3. Case 1: Hawkins v. McGee Review Questions CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT017 1. Offer 1.1Elements of Offer 1.2Case 2: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. 1.3Invitation to Make an Offer 1.4Case 3: Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis SurplusStore 1.5Termination of Offer 1.6Case 4: Ardente v. Horan 2. Acceptance 2.1Elements of Acceptance 2.2Effectiveness of Acceptance 3. Consideration 3.1Elements of Consideration 3.2Case 5: Hamer v. Sidway 3.3Case 6: Harris v. Time, Inc. 3.4Invalid Consideration 3.5Case 7: Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored ServiceCorp. 3.6Promissory Estoppel 3.7Case 8: Ricketts v. Scothorn Review Questions CHAPTER 3 DEFENSES 1. Misrepresentation 2. Mistake 3. Duress 4. Undue Influence 5. Capacity of Parties 6. Illegality 7. Statute of Frauds 8. The Parol Evidence Rule Review Questions CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT 1. Performance 2. Remedies 3. Assignment of Contract Rights and Delegation ofDuties 4. Third Party Beneficiaries 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 2.1Battery and Assault 2.2False Imprisonment 2.3Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress 3.Intentional Torts to Property 3.1Trespass and Nuisance 3.2Conversion 4.Defenses to Intentional Torts 4.1Case 19:Katko v. Briney 4.2Case 20:Courvoisier v. Raymond 5.Intentional Torts to Economic and DignitaryInterests 5.1Defamation 5.2Invasion of Privacy Review Questions CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE 1.Duty 1.1The General Duty 1.2To Whom the Duty of Care Owed 1.3Standard of Care 1.4Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land 1.5Affirmative Duty to Act 1.6Case 26:Tubbs v. Argus 2.Breach 3.Damage 4.Causation 4.1Case 28:Lyons v. Midnight Sun TransportationServices, Inc. 4.2Case 29:Palsgraf v. The Long Island RailroadCo. 5.Defenses to Negligence Review Questions CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY 1.A Prima Facie Case 2.Products Liability 3.Defenses to Strict Liability Review Questions REFERENCES