CONTENTS

　　· Chapter 1： English legal system

　　· Chapter 2： Contract law

　　· Chapter 3： The law of torts

　　· Chapter 4： Employment law

　　· Chapter 5： Agency law

　　· Chapter 6： Partnerships

　　· Chapter 7： Corporations & Legal personality

　　· Chapter 8： Capital & Financing

　　· Chapter 9： Directors

　　· Chapter 10： Corporate administration

　　· Chapter 11： Insolvency

　　· Chapter 12： Corporate governance

　　· Chapter 13： Fraudulent behavior

　　Cost and revenue $

　　Learning objects：

　　1.The system of UK courts

　　2.Source of law

　　3.Interpretation of statute

　　4.Human Rights Act effect

　　Law

　　· Criminal law

　　· Civil law

　　Criminal law

　　· The State is the prosecutor

　　· The object is to prove guilt

　　· Punishment： fines， imprisonment， community-based punishment

　　Criminal law

　　· A crime is an offence against the state. The state prosecutes a person who is accused of a crime.

　　· The object is to prove guilt.

　　· The object of criminal law is to regulate society by the threat of punishment.

　　· Finally， the criminal court may sentence the defendant and fine him or impose a period of imprisonment.

　　Civil law

　　· An action is brought by one person (the claimant) against another (the defendant)

　　· The object is to show liability

　　· Compensation： damages or some other remedy

　　· Both parties may choose to settle the dispute out of court