Contents

Chapter 1 Understanding Law

Section 1 What Is Law

Section 2 Legal Rules

Section 3 Law and Policy

Section 4 Classification of Law

Chapter 2 Legal System

Section 1 Legal System in General

Section 2 Types of Court

Section 3 Persons and Documents in Court

Section 4 Legal Latin

Section 5 A Career in the Law

Chapter 3 Sources of Law

Section 1 Understanding Sources of Law

Section 2 Primary and Secondary Sources of Law

Section 3 Legislation in General

Section 4 The Hierarchy of Laws in the US

Section 5 The Hierarchy of Laws in China

Chapter 4 Citation and Research

Section 1 Developing Information and Research Skills

Section 2 Citators

Section 3 How to Find a Case

Section 4 Overview of the Research Process

Chapter 5 Case Briefs and Analysis

Section 1 Case Briefs in General

Section 2 Case Briefing Process

Section 3 Precedent and Stare Decisis

Section 4 Judicial Opinions

Chapter 6 Legal Rule Analysis

Section 1 Elements of Rules

Section 2 Developing a Rule from Multiple Sources

Chapter 7 Common Law Analysis

Section 1 Legal Reasoning Process

Section 2 Identifying and Selecting Issues for Analysis

Section 3 The Method of Common Law Analysis

Section 4 Statutory Analysis

Chapter 8 Dispute Resolution-Litigation

Section 1 Definition of Litigation

Section 2 General Introduction of Chinese Civil Procedure System

Section 3 The Sources of the Civil Procedure Law

Chapter 9 Dispute Resolution-Arbitration

Section 1 Definition from Law Dictionaries

Section 2 International Conventions

Section 3 Commentary/Explanation Report

Section 4 Sample Clause on Arbitration

Section 5 Chinese Arbitration Law

Chapter 10 Dispute Resolution-Mediation

Section 1 Definition of Mediation

Section 2 International Convention

Section 3 Commentary/ Explanation Report

Section 4 Sample Clauses on Mediation

Section 5 Chinese Mediation Law

Chapter 11 Writing Basics

Section 1 Writing Process

Section 2 Clear Writing and Editing

Section 3 Punctuation

Chapter 12 Legal Writing in General

Section 1 Organization

Section 2 Describe the Law

Section 3 Explaining the Analysis

Section 4 Signposting

Section 5 Drafting the Discussion

Section 6 IRAC Method

Section 7 Revising and Editing

Chapter 13 Correspondence

Section 1 Components of a Letter

Section 2 Communication Tone

Section 3 Types of Letters

Chapter 14 Writing in Legal Practice

Section 1 The Office Memorandum

Section 2 Brief

Chapter 15 Contract Drafting in General

Section 1 Overview of a Good Contract

Section 2 Draft Skills

Section 3 Preparation Before Drafting a Contract

Section 4 Structure and Common Types of Contracts

Chapter 16 General Contract Clauses

Section 1 Cover

Section 2 Commencement, Whereas and Transition

Section 3 Definition, Interpretation and Validity

Section 4 Assignment, Indemnification and Warranty

Section 5 Rescission and Termination Clause

Section 6 Default Clauses

Section 7 Dispute Settlement Clause

Section 8 Force Majeure Clause

Section 9 Miscellaneous

Chapter 17 Special Contract Clauses

Section 1 Confidentiality Clause

Section 2 Insurance Clause

Section 3 Anti-Competition Clause

Section 4 Risk and Title Passing Clause

Section 5 Standard Terms

Appendix Legal Vocabulary

Section 1 Common Latin Words

Section 2 Common Legal Terms in Case Reading

Section 3 Common Terms in Contract Drafting

References