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Book introduction-the history of American law development

The first two chapters of this book systematically describe the history of American legal development since the colonial period. Starting from the third chapter, it systematically introduces the contents of constitution, administrative law, civil and commercial law, economic law, social legislation, criminal law, procedural law, immigration law and international trade law, analyzes and evaluates various legal problems encountered by the United States at present and the countermeasures taken, and makes some predictions and prospects for the development trend of American law in some major fields. This book aims to provide reference and enlightenment for the construction of socialist legal system in China.

Author's Brief Introduction-History of American Legal Development

He, male,1born in March 1955, from Shanghai. 1982 1 Peking University graduated from the law department with a bachelor's degree in law; 1984 12 graduated from east China university of political science and law with a master's degree in law. Since 1984, he has been teaching at East China University of Political Science and Law, mainly engaged in the teaching and research of legal history. In the meantime, I went to the Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo in Japan twice for further study. He is currently the vice president and professor of East China University of Political Science and Law, the academic director of china law society, the executive director of the National Foreign Legal History Research Association, and the president of the China Confucianism and Legal Culture Research Association. Enjoy special state allowance 1992. The monographs and cooperative achievements mainly include: Tokyo Trial History (1986), Handbook of New Discipline of Law (1988), New Trends of Legal Thoughts in Contemporary China (199 1 year), Research on Legal History I. Contemporary Japanese jurists and works. Introduction to Chinese and Western Legal Cultures (1994), Japanese Bankruptcy Law (translated, 1995), Research on Legal History II, Western Legal History (1996), etc. Another 100 papers were published.

Book Catalogue-History of American Law Development

Chapter I Laws in Colonial Period

Section 1 Discovery of the New World and Establishment of Colonies

Section 2 Legal System in Colonial Period

I. Constitutional system

Second, private law.

Three. criminal law

Four. judiciary

Section III Characteristics of Legal Culture in Colonial Period

Chapter two: the establishment of the United States and the development of American law.

Section 1 War of Independence and Its Historical Significance

Section 2 Development of American Law after Modern Times

1. From War of Independence to Civil War (1776— 186 1 year)

2. From Civil War to New Deal (1861-1933)

Iii. New Deal Period (1933 ——1935)

IV. Development of American Law after World War II (1945-)

Section III Development of Legal Education

Section 4 The Role of Jurists

I. Jefferson

Second, Hamilton.

Third, Madison.

Four. Livingston

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Tian

Six, Marshall

Seven, Kent

Eight

Nine, Wheaton

X. Randall (also Randal) (M.)

Xi。 john h. wigmore

Twelve. pound

Thirteen. Luelin

Section 5 Characteristics of Modern American Legal Culture

Chapter III Constitution

Section 1 Overview of the Constitution of the United States

First of all, the legal origin of the American Constitution.

Second, the social roots of the American Constitution

Section 2 Formulation of the Constitution

I. Declaration of Independence

Second, the confederate regulations.

III. National Constitution

Four. Formulate and promulgate the federal constitution

Section III Contents and Characteristics of the Federal Constitution

I. Contents of the Federal Constitution

Second, the characteristics of the federal constitution

Section IV Implementation and Revision of the Federal Constitution

I. Bill of Rights

Two. Proposals for constitutional amendments to articles 1 1 to 29

Section 5 Constitutional Theory and Cases

First, Montesquieu's theory of decentralization

Second, Hamilton and Madison's constitutional theory

Third, Marshall's contribution to the American Constitution.

Four. A major case in the history of American constitution

Section 6 The influence of the American Constitution on all countries in the world

I. Presidential system

Second, federalism.

Third, decentralization and checks and balances

Fourth, the unconstitutional review system.

Chapter IV Administrative Law

Section 1 Overview of American Administrative Law

First, the definition of American administrative law

Second, the legal sources of American administrative law

Third, the purpose of American administrative law.

Section II Administrative Legislation after the Founding of People's Republic of China (PRC)

First, the influence of English law.

Second, the administrative legislation of the United States in the early days of the People's Republic of China

Section 3 Administrative Legislation after the Civil War

I. Interstate Commercial Law

Second, the "Hai Puming Law"

Three. Tucker act

Four. Walter-Logan Act

Section 4 Administrative Legislation after World War II

I. Federal Administrative Procedure Act

Second, the federal tort compensation law.

Three. Freedom of information act

Four. Federal advisory Committee act

Verb (abbreviation for verb) privacy law

Government bill in the sunshine of intransitive verbs

Section 5 Characteristics of American Administrative Law

First, the United States has not established an independent administrative court.

Second, the United States has established a special procedural law for administrative relief.

Third, American administrative law does not constitute a special legal system.

Section 6 Theories and Cases of American Administrative Law

First, the theory of American administrative law

Second, the precedent of American administrative law.

Chapter V Civil and Commercial Law

Section 1 Property Law

First, the beginning of American property law was from the end of18th century to the first half of19th century.

Ii./kloc-the development of American property law from the second half of the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century

Third, the changes of American property law after the 20th century.

Section 2 Contract Law

I./kloc-the beginning of American contract law from the end of the 8th century to the first half of the 9th century

Ii./kloc-the development of American contract law from the second half of the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century

Third, the development of American contract law after the 20th century.

Section 3 Tort Law

First, the beginning of American tort law from the end of18th century to the first half of19th century.

Ii./kloc-the development of American tort law from the second half of the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century

Third, the systematic development of modern tort law

Section 4 Company Law

First, the beginning of American company law is from the end of18th century to the first half of19th century.

Second, the development of company law from1the second half of the 9th century to the early 20th century.

Third, the development of company law after the 20th century.

I./kloc-The beginning of business in the first half of the 9th century

/kloc-the development of sales law from the second half of the 9th century to the beginning of the 20th century

Third, the changes in the law of buying and selling after the 20th century.

Section 6 Marriage and Family Law and Inheritance Law

I. Marriage and Family Law

Second, the law of inheritance.

Section 7 Characteristics of Modern American Civil and Commercial Law

Chapter VI Economic and Social Legislation

Section 1 Overview

First, the beginning of American economic and social legislation

Second, the new deal legislation

Three. Economic and Social Legislation after the Second World War

Section 2 Finance and Securities Law

First, the historical development of American financial and securities laws.

Second, the future trend of American financial and securities law.

Section 3 Tax Law

First, the tax authorities in the United States

Second, the origin and composition of American tax law

Third, the historical evolution of American tax law.

Fourth, Reagan's tax reform and new tax law

Section 4 Intellectual Property Law

I. Patent Law

Second, the trademark law

Three. copyright law

Section 5 Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests

First, the historical evolution of American consumer protection law

Second, federal agencies that protect consumer rights.

Third, the way to solve consumer disputes in the United States

Section 6 Product Liability Law

I. Period of contractual liability relationship

Second, the fault liability and guarantee liability period

Third, strict product liability period.

Fourthly, the exemption clause in American product liability law.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) The development trend of American product liability law

Section 7 Anti-monopoly Law

First, the historical evolution of American anti-monopoly law

Second, the basic principles of American anti-monopoly law

Third, the enforcement agencies of American anti-monopoly law.

Four. Regulation of Trust by American Anti-monopoly Law

Section 8 Bankruptcy Law

First, the historical development of the early bankruptcy law in the United States

Two. From the bankruptcy law of 1898 to the bankruptcy reform bill of 1978.

Third, the legislative purpose of modern American bankruptcy law.

Fourthly, the collective content of American bankruptcy law.

Section 9 Labor Law

I. Labor legislation in the period of free capitalism

Second, the labor legislation in the period of monopoly capitalism

Third, the main content of modern American labor law

Section 10 environmental law

First, the historical development of American environmental law

Second, the main content of American environmental protection legal system

Chapter VII Criminal Law

Part one: The historical development of American criminal law.

I. Criminal legislation from the War of Independence to the Civil War

Second, from the civil war to the criminal legislation at the end of19th century

Third, the development of criminal legislation in the 20th century.

Section 2 Crime in Contemporary America and Its Countermeasures

I. Juvenile delinquency

Secondly, organized crime.

Third, drug crimes.

Four. Occupational crime

Verb (abbreviation for verb) corporate crime

Section 3 Theories and Cases of American Criminal Law

I. Introduction to Criminal Law

First, the theory of crime

Third, the theory of criminal responsibility.

Fourth, the theory of crime list.

Chapter VIII Judicial System and Procedural Law

Section I Overview of the American Judicial System

First of all, the judiciary in the United States

Second, the police and procuratorial organs in the United States.

Second, lawyers.

Section 2 Criminal Proceedings in the United States

I. General principles

Second, the jury system and bail system.

Second, investigation

Four. Prosecution procedure

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Pre-trial procedure of the court

An intransitive verb incidental to a civil action

VII. Criminal trial procedure

VIII. Complaint procedure

Section 3 Civil Litigation in the United States

I. Overview

Second, the jurisdiction of civil litigation.

Three. Participants in civil litigation

Fourth, the civil pretrial procedure.

V. Civil trial procedure

Civil execution procedure of intransitive verbs

Seven. Civil appeal procedure

Section 4 Administrative Litigation in the United States

I. Overview

Second, the scope of judicial review.

Third, the judicial review of the parties

Fourth, the principle of judicial review.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) administrative tort liability

Chapter IX Immigration Law

Section 1 History of American Immigration Law

First, the origin of American immigration law

Second, the immigration quota policy and its legal provisions

Three. Immigration Law 1952 and its amendments

Two. IRCA bill 1986

Verb (abbreviation of verb) 1990 Post-American Immigration Law

Section 2 Immigration Management of the United States Government

I. Basis and scope of immigration jurisdiction of the US federal government

Second, immigration law enforcement agencies.

Third, the role of the US Congress in the immigration process.

Section III Visa System in the United States

I. immigrant visa

Second, non-immigrant visas.

Chapter X American International Trade Law

Section 1 Overview

Section 2 American import trade legal system

I. Import tariffs

Two. Import restrictions and quotas

Third, tax refund.

Four. Free trade area

Section 3 American export trade legal system

I. Export control

Second, encourage exports.

Three. Foreign Bribery Prohibition Act

Fourth, the anti-boycott law

Section 4 American anti-unfair trade legal system

I. Anti-dumping Law

I. Countervailing Law

Three. Article 337 of the Customs Law

Four. Anti-unfair trade practices in foreign markets (section 30 1)

Appendix 1 Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Appendix 2 Chronology of American Laws