中国加入世界贸易组织后，与世界各国的交往日益密切，经贸往来不断增加，涉及跨国诉讼如反倾销、知识产权等案件也日趋增多，这使得法律工作者乃至企业家、国家有关工作人员及一般涉外人员很有必要了解法律英语方面的知识，做到有备无患。
《简明法律英语教程》分七大章，涉及我国现行主要法律的主要内容，包括民法（合同法、知识产权法、担保法、婚姻家庭法），商法（公司法、合伙组织法、企业破产法、外商投资法、票据法、保险法），经济法（证券法、反不正当竞争法、税法、消费者权益保护法、劳动法、环境保护法），仲裁与诉讼法（仲裁法、民事诉讼法和刑事诉讼法），行政法，国际法，国际经济法及律师职业道德等。
该教程除适用于法律专业的师生和法律工作者外，还普遍适用于英语、商贸专业及其他有一定英语水平且欲学习、了解法律英语的人士。
编写本教程的主要目的不是便于读者学习法律，而是使读者在较短的时间内较为全面地掌握法律英语，提高读者在法律英语方面的实战能力。

Contents
Chapter One Civil Law
Section One Contract Law
Section Two Intellectual Property Law
Section Three Warranty Law
Section Four Rules Governing Agency Relationship
Section Five Family Law
Section Six Other Major Aspects of the Civil Law
Chapter Two Business Law
Section One Company Law
Section Two Rules Relating to Partnership
Section Three Bankruptcy Law !
Section Four Foreign Investment Law
Section Five Rules for Commercial Paper
Section Six Insurance Law
Chapter Three Economic Law
Section One Securities Law
Section Two Anti-unfair Competition Law
Section Three Taxation Law
Section Four Laws in Connection with Consumers' Protection and Product Liability
Section Five Labor and Employment Law
Section Six Environmental Protection Law
Chapter Four Arbitration Law, Civil Procedure Law and Criminal Procedure Law
Section One Arbitration Law
Section Two Civil Procedure Law
Section Three Criminal Procedure Law
Section Four Attorney's Rules of professional Conduct
Chapter Five Administrative Law
Chapter Six International Law
Chapter Seven International Economic Law
Section One International Trade Law
Section Two InternationAl Investment Law