英美合同侵权法

出版时间：2012-11  出版社：复旦大学出版社  作者：高凌云  页数：379  字数：560000  

前言

　　随着全球经济一体化的发展以及法律在我国地位的不断提升，法律英语的学习成为我国法科学生的必修课以及大多数综合性大学学生的选修课。法律英语应包括两个层面：一是以英语表达的外国法，主要以英美法为主；二是以英语表达的中国法，主要包括中国法条英译以及中国法律概念、法律文献的英译等。而要做到能够准确将我国的法条与法律文献翻译成英语，首先必须了解在英美法系和其他英语国家是否有类似的法律概念以及这些概念是否有约定俗成的表达方法，否则即便把我国的法律概念翻译成英文也可能牛头不对马嘴。因此，学习英美法是培养学生将我国法律准确翻译成英文的能力的基础。　　一般而言，学习英语要同时注重听说读写，学习法律英语也是如此。　　以前网络不发达，寻找原版听力材料比较困难，只能依靠国内的有声出版物或者电台。而有声出版物大多经过编辑，可能失去原汁原味；收听电台也有很多不便，诸如信号问题以及时间问题。现在我们处于网络时代，通过网络很容易找到各种音频和视频资料，英美国家的有些法院也把庭审资料放到官方网站。因此，我们有条件听到未经编删的原版资料，“听”的资源问题比较容易解决，只要我们坚持不懈就能够提高法律英语学习中的听力能力。另外，通过参加法律英语课的学习，在课堂上一直听老师和同学们用英语讨论法律问题，这本身也是提高听力的一个好办法。　　……

内容概要

　　本书主要介绍英美法中的合同法和侵权法。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、过失侵权以及严格责任侵权等方面。除了讨论实体法内容，本书还从案例阅读与分析的角度引导读者深入学习英美法的精髓。本书的特点之一是英文语言精确，并辅以适当的中文解释和介绍；二是适应的读者群比较广泛，既可以用作法科学生的法律英语课程教材，也可以作为法科学生的英美法或比较法全英文课程的教材，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。本书资料来源丰富，既有国外原版著作和判例，也包括国内学者的观点。

作者简介

　　高凌云，复旦大学法学院副教授，山东省烟台市人。华东政法学院国际法学学士，新加坡国立大学比较法学硕士，美国威拉姆特大学法学博士，美国纽约州、俄勒冈州律师，比利时根特大学法学院、美国密歇根大学法学院和哈佛大学法学院访问学者，美国凯斯西储大学法学院和东芬兰大学法商学院客座教授，出版《英美法：案例分析与法律写作》
(上海人民出版社)、《英美法：合同、侵权与法律实务》 (上海人民出版社)、《Chinese Business Law》
(合著，美国Thomson West法律出版公司)、《被误读的信托一信托法原论》 (复旦大学出版社)和《英美普通法读写教程》
(上海交大出版社)等专著和教材，并在国内外法学期刊发表论文若干。主要研究和授课领域为英美法、信托法、国际金融法、商法和法律英语。

书籍目录

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 Surplus
Store
 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 Service
Corp.
 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 of
Duties
 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 Dignitary
Interests
 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 Transportation
Services, Inc.
 4.2Case 29：Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad
Co.
 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

章节摘录

版权页：   2.Mistake Mistake is a belief that is not in accord with the facts.A contract is not enforceable if it is formed based on a mistake which results from an ambiguity in the negotiation of the contract,or where there was a mistake as to a material fact which induced the making of the contract.Thus mistake is one of the defenses the defendant may use in a breach of contract litigation to relieve his contractual obligations.Here the mistake does not mean ignorance,inability,bad bargain,or bad judgment.For instance,if in negotiating a contract,the parties used language which is susceptible to more than one interpretation,and one party honestly draws one interpretation while the other party draws another,then the courts will usually hold that no contract resulted since there was no meeting of the minds or mutual agreement. A mistake can occur at the time of formation,integration,or performance.A mistake may be mutual or unilateral.If both parties were under a misunderstanding as to the existence or nonexistence of the material fact,this is known as a mutual mistake and it is grounds for rescission of the contract.Where the mistake is unilateral in that it is made by only one of the parties,the contract may or may not be enforced.If one of the parties realizes that the other person is operating under a mistaken belief and seeks to take advantage of the error,relief will be granted.While negligence on the part of the party making the mistake usually will not justify the granting of relief,it will be granted where the negligence was slight,where enforcement would impose an unwarranted hardship on the person who made the mistake,and where relief would not impose a material loss on the other party.

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