近年来，随着全球化进程的推进，世界政治、经济、贸易、法律、文化等互动活动日益加强，我国也越来越多地参与进世界大舞台的各项活动之中，由此使得法律英语的重要性和必要性不断彰显，法律英语学习实践和研究也引社会广泛的关注。本书以培养学生阅读和理解法学各专业文章及书籍能力为目的，精选了24课课文编辑成册，增加词汇输入量，以期最大限度地帮助读者迅速掌握精英性法律英语。

Lesson 1 Bases of the Legal System

Lesson 2 Sources of English Law

Lesson 3 Comparing Civil and Criminal Law

Lesson 4 Something about Civil and Criminal Procedures

Lesson 5 The Nature of Tortious Liability

Lesson 6 Contracts

Lesson 7 The Law of Property

Lesson 8 Intellectual of Property Law and an Introduction to Patent Law

Lesson 9 Conflict of Laws

Lesson 10 Instruments

Lesson 11 The WTO Legal System: Sources of Law

Lesson 12 Foreign Trade in the U.S.A

Lesson 13 Antidumping Laws in the United States

Lesson 14 A Sales Agency Agreement

Lesson 15 Credit Cards

Lesson 16 EC Company Law

Lesson 17 Regulations for Management of a Company Limited by Shares

Lesson 18 Laws and Policies Affecting tile Transfer of Technology

Lesson 19 Protection of Invention

Lesson 20 Futures Markets

Lesson 21 National Market System for Securities and Securities Information Processors

Lesson 22 Taxes in the U.S.A.

Lesson 23 A Breakthrough in International Arbitration: Switzerland's New Act

Lesson 24 Protecting Foreign Trademark Rights in Canada