
本教材聚焦英美法系商事法律制度的四个基础板块:合同法、公司法、合伙企业法与代理法,系统梳理英美代表性法域,辅以典型判例与问题导向的教学设计,帮助读者建立清晰的制度逻辑与规则理解框架。在内容编排上,本书注重规范性与实用性的有机结合,既紧扣商法领域的基本理论,又突出判例分析与实物能力训练。
Chapter 1 Basics of Contract Law
1.1 What Is a Contract?
1.2 Essential Elements of a Valid Contract
1.3 Types of Contracts
1.4 Applicable Law
Chapter 2 Contract Formation
2.1 Offer
2.2 Termination of Offers
2.3 Acceptance
2.4 Methods of Accepting an Offer
Chapter 3 Enforceability
3.1 Consideration
3.2 Promissory Estoppel
3.3 Defenses against Formation
Chapter 4 Contract Terms
4.1 Parol Evidence Rule
4.2 Conduct
4.3 UCC Terms
Chapter 5 Statute of Frauds
5.1 Types of Contracts
5.2 Statute of Frauds Satisfied
5.3 Contract Modification
Chapter 6 Contract Performance
6.1 Performance of Common Law Contracts
6.2 Performance of Contracts for the Sale of Goods (UCC Article 2)
Chapter 7 Excuse for Non-performance
7.1 Other Party’s Breach
7.2 Failure of an Express Condition
7.3 Anticipatory Repudiation
7.4 A Later Agreement
7.5 Failure to Give Adequate Assurance
7.6 Impossibility as an Excuse
7.7 Frustration of Purpose (Buyer’s Perspective)
Chapter 8 Third-Party Problems
8.1 Entrustment
8.2 Third-Party Beneficiaries
8.3 Assignment of Rights to a Third Party
8.4 Delegation of Duties to a Third Party
Chapter 9 Breach and Remedies
9.1 Basics of Breach
9.2 Remedies
Chapter 10 The Beginnings of Incorporation
10.1 An Introduction to the Corporation
10.2 Forming a Corporation
10.3 Foreign Corporations
Chapter 11 Financing the Corporation
11.1 Capital Structure
11.2 Issuance of Corporate Stock
Chapter 12 Directors and Officers
12.1 Board of Directors
12.2 Officers
12.3 Reimbursement of Directors and Officers
Chapter 13 Shareholders
13.1 Shareholder Participation in Corporate Management
13.2 Doctrine of Piercing the Corporate Veil
13.3 Derivative Suits
13.4 Shareholder Voting
13.5 Transferability of Stock
13.6 Shareholder Right to Inspect Corporate Books and Records
13.7 Distributions
Chapter 14 Fundamental Corporate Changes
14.1 Dissenting Shareholder Right of Appraisal
14.2 Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation
14.3 Mergers and Consolidations
14.4 Sale of Substantially All Assets and Share Exchanges
14.5 Corporate Dissolution
Chapter 15 Formation of a Partnership
15.1 Definition and Presumption of Partnership
15.2 Classification of Partnerships and Requirements
15.3 Writing Requirements and the Statute of Frauds
15.4 Partnership by Estoppel
Chapter 16 Rights and Obligations of Partners
16.1 Fiduciary Duties of Partners
16.2 Management and Operation of a General Partnership
16.3 Liability
16.4 Property and Interest
16.5 Disputes Between Partners
Chapter 17 Dissociation and Dissolution
17.1 Dissociation
17.2 Dissolution
Chapter 18 Other Unincorporated Business Forms
18.1 Limited Partnerships
18.2 Limited Liability Partnerships
18.3 Limited Liability Companies
Chapter 19 Agency
19.1 Creation of an Agency Relationship
19.2 Principal’s Liability for Agent-Made Contracts
19.3 Reciprocal Duties of Principal and Agent
19.4 Principal’s Tort Liability for Agents’ Acts