课程内容简介

《外国民商案例选读》以合同法、买卖法、合伙法和公司法为主要对象，选择在普通法国家法学院教材中的经典案例（英文），采用双语讲授普通法相关基本概念、理论原则和制度规则，是法学专业教育系列中的一门（双语）专题选修课程。

课程的主要内容分为三个部分：

第一部分：合同法。涉及合同成立、合同效力、合同履行以及违约救济等主要内容。选读案例包括Felthouse v. bindley ；Carlill v. carbolic smoke ball co.；Central London Property Trust Ltd v. High Trees House Ltd等经典案例。

第二部分：买卖法。涉及“格式之战”“商销性”“可预见规则”等规则。选读案例包括：Butler machine tool co. v. ex-cell-o corp.；Morrison’s Cafeteria v. Haddox；Hadley v. baxendale等经典案例。

第三部分：合伙法和公司法。涉及事实合伙、有限责任公司和公司的经营目标等内容。选读案例包括：Grissum v. reesman；Salonmon v. salomon & co., ltd；Dodge v. Ford Motor Co.等经典案例。

本课程通过双语教学的方式，让学生接触原汁原味的英美国家合同法、买卖法、合伙法和公司法的经典判例，既能使学生了解英美法相关民商法的基本理论、基本规则和公共政策，从而进一步理解中国合同法以及国际统一合同立法的渊源；也能提高学生的专业英语水平，为国际经济法专业课的学习奠定基础，使学生具备从事国际法律实务的基本技能和素质。

本课程成绩采用百分制。

SELECTED LEADING CASE IN COMMON LAW

INTRODUCTION

Contract law, sales, partnership and corporation law are the main contents of this course. Cases are selected from leading case of common law. The course is taught both in English and Chinese. It is one of the optional course of School of Humanities and Law of Northeastern University.

The course is divided into three parts: Part I Contract law, which includes formation of contract, effect of contract, performance of contract and remedies. Cases includes Felthouse v. bindley ；Carlill v. carbolic smoke ball co.；Central London Property Trust Ltd v. High Trees House Ltd; Part II Sales law, which includes rules like “battle of forms”,”merchantability”,”foresee rule” etc. Cases includes Butler machine tool co. v. ex-cell-o corp.；Morrison’s Cafeteria v. Haddox；Hadley v. Baxendale; Part III Partnership and Corporation Law, which includes implicit partnership, limited liability corporation ect. Cases includes Grissum v. reesman；Salonmon v. salomon & co., ltd；Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. ect.

The case book is in English, and be taught both in English and Chinese, which give students the opportunity to learn common law as it is taught in the law school of common law countries. Students will learn both commercial law and English at the same time, and will gain the ability to practice international commercial law in the future.

Score system: Hundred-mark system

    本课程为零起点课程，如有民法、商法和法律英语作为先修课程则更佳。