TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson One THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE LEGAL SYSTEM Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words And Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:The Influence of the West on the Chinese Legal System Lesson Two POLITICAL STRUCTURES OF THE PRC Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases ~ A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Autonomous Areas, SEZs and SARs Lesson Three TRIALS Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Judicial System of China Lesson Four DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN CHINA Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Chinese ADR in the 21s' Century Lesson Five THE CHINESE CONTRACT LAW Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Comparison of Contract Law in China and in Australia Lesson Six CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF THE CHINESE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading: Corporate Liability for Environmental Misconduct Lesson Seven THE CHINESE SECURITIES LAW Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Why Should Insider Trading Be Proscribed in China? Lesson Eight THE IMPACT OF THE WTO ON THE CHINESE FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN TRADE LAW Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases , A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading: China, the WTO and Chinese-Australian Trade Issues Lesson Nine CHINESE FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAW Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:Economic Reform and Foreign Investment Lesson Ten DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:The Evolution of China's Labor Laws --A Comparison Between Contemporary Labor Laws in China and in Australia Lesson Eleven THE FOREIGN LEGAL PROFESSION IN CHINA Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading : Sources of Law Lesson Twelve HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA Ⅰ. Editor's Notes Ⅱ. New Words and Expressions Ⅲ. Legal Terms and Phrases A. Selected Legal Terms and Expressions B. Supplementary Legal Terms and Expressions Ⅳ. Translations Ⅴ. Topics for Short Essays Ⅵ. Extensive Reading:The Right to Subsistence ——the Foremost Human Right the Chinese People Long Fight for Appendix I GENERAL VOCABULARY Appendix H LEGAL T