高凌云，复旦大学法学院教授，山东烟台人。华东政法大学国际法学学士，新加坡国立大学比较法学硕士，美国威拉姆特大学法学博士，美国纽约州、俄勒冈州律师，比利时根特大学、美国纽约大学、密歇根大学和哈佛大学法学院访问学者，美国凯斯西储大学、圣约翰大学法学院和东芬兰大学法商学院客座教授，出版《英美法：案例分析与法律写作》 (上海人民出版社)、《英美法：合同、侵权与法律实务》 (上海人民出版社)、《Chinese Business Law》 (合著，美国Thomson West法律出版公司)、《被误读的信托—信托法原论》（复旦大学出版社）和《英美普通法读写教程》（上海交大出版社）等专著和教材，并在国内外法学期刊发表论文若干。主要研究和授课领域为英美法、信托法、国际金融法、国际商法和法律英语。
书摘
CONTENTS
PART I COMMON LAW OF CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.Contracts and Contract Law
1.1Definition of “Contract”
1.2Sources of the Law of Contract
2. Classifications of Contracts
3. Case 1: Hawkins v. McGee
Review Questions
CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACT
1. Offer
1.1Elements of Offer
1.2Case 2: Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
1.3Invitation to Make an Offer
1.4Case 3: Lefkowitz v. Great Minneapolis Surplus Store
1.5Termination of Offer
1.6Case 4: Ardente v. Horan
2. Acceptance
2.1Elements of Acceptance
2.2Effectiveness of Acceptance
3. Consideration
3.1Elements of Consideration
3.2Case 5: Hamer v. Sidway
3.3Case 6: Harris v. Time, Inc.
3.4Invalid Consideration
3.5Case 7: Slattery v. Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp.
3.6Promissory Estoppel
3.7Case 8: Ricketts v. Scothorn
Review Questions
CHAPTER 4 SELECTED TOPICS ON COMMON LAW OF CONTRACT
1.Performance
2.Remedies
3.Assignment of Contract Rights and Delegation of Duties
4.Third Party Beneficiaries
Review Questions
PART II COMMON LAW OF TORTS
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO TORT LAW
1．Torts vs. Crimes
2．Torts vs. Breach of Contracts
3．Classifications of Torts
4．Remedies
Review Questions
CHAPTER 6 INTENTIONAL TORTS
1．The General Elements of Intentional Torts
2．Intentional Torts to the Person
2.1Battery and Assault
2.2False Imprisonment
2.3Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
3．Intentional Torts to Property
3.1Trespass and Nuisance
3.2Conversion
4．Defenses to Intentional Torts
4.1Case 19：Katko v. Briney
4.2Case 20：Courvoisier v. Raymond
5．Intentional Torts to Economic and Dignitary Interests
5.1Defamation
5.2Invasion of Privacy
Review Questions
CHAPTER 7 TORTS OF NEGLIGENCE
1．Duty
1.1The General Duty
1.2To Whom the Duty of Care Owed
1.3Standard of Care
1.4Duty Owed by Owners and Occupiers of Land
1.5Affirmative Duty to Act
1.6Case 26：Tubbs v. Argus
2．Breach
3．Damage
4．Causation
4.1Case 28：Lyons v. Midnight Sun Transportation Services,
Inc.
4.2Case 29：Palsgraf v. The Long Island Railroad Co.
5．Defenses to Negligence
Review Questions
CHAPTER 8 STRICT LIABILITY
1．A Prima Facie Case
2．Products Liability
3．Defenses to Strict Liability
Review Questions
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