商法教案 (英文版)

暨南大学

全日制本科课程教案

2006 ~ 2007 学年第2 学期

课程名称英美商法

课程性质专业选修课

教材名称American & British Commercial Law 适用专业（方向）法学

学生类别内招生、外招生

开课单位法学院

授课教师朱义坤

职称教授

暨南大学教务处制

二00七年三月

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英美商法课程教案

授课题目（教学章节或主题）：UK and US Legal System授课类型理论课

2007年3月9日

授课时间

第1 周星期五第3-4节教学内容（包括基本内容、重点、难点三部分）：

Key issues: types and sources of law, court system

Difficult issue: common law

1 Types of law

1.1 Substantive and procedural law

(1) Substantive law: rights and duties of each person in society

(2) Procedural law:protection and enforcement of them

1.2 Public and private law

(1) Public law: conduct of government and relations between government and individuals

(2) Private law: relations between private individuals or groups

1.3 Civil law and common law

(1) continental Europe; English-speaking world

(2) roots in Roman law,codification,passive judge; precedent, judge makes law

2 Sources of law

2.1 common law: law made by judges,judicial precedent, stare decisis

(1) local customs, before Norman Conquest; William I, uniform law

(2) precedent; equity law,courts of chancellor, courts of equity; merger of the two in 1865

(3) common law; statutory law

(4) common law system; civil law system

2.2 statutes law:

(1) by parliament, state or provincial legislature, or municipality

(2) Superiority: overrides common law dealing with same point

(3) common law and statute are now closely related

(4) administrative law: system of government regulations and sanctions

2.3 EU law

2.3.1Primary legislation: Treaty of Rome(1957), Treaty of Amsterdam(1999), treaty on EU

2.3.2 Secondary legislation:

(1) regulations: directly applicable

(2) directives: not immediately binding, but require domestic legislation in reasonable time

(3) decisions: immediately binding upon those who are addressed

3 Court system

3.1 UK Court System

(1) single government; not federal structure

(2) courts of first instance: original jurisdiction

county court: contract and tort case less than £25000

high court: over than £50000;

shared jurisdiction: between £25000and 50000

(3) appeal to House of lords and leapfrog: permission needed