Linkaters 不愧是大大大大所阿！一进大门的时候我还以为自己进了酒店大堂。签到处按姓名字母顺序排列着我们的名牌 

很漂亮的说。签完到进衣帽间把外套放好，我穿了一套西装，这样才显得没那么小...

然后酒会就开始了。一上来空腹给我弄了一大杯红酒，只有薯片，想到自己最近在控制体重，忍着不吃。

然后找各个分所的代表聊天。上海、北京分所的代表当然没有来...不过很幸运，和一个新加坡的trainee聊了很久。

英国这边的律师制度是这样的，如果是在这里读的llb，想做solicitor，那么毕业前就要找到律所和你签training contract，律所付钱让你读LPC，再让你train2年，然后你就可以执业啦。而对于我们llb在civil law system读书的学生来说，读lpc前还得读个转换课程.想做barrister 更复杂，得在chamber弄个pupillage。这个新加坡人就是处在solicitor 的training的最后一个阶段，9月份就可以执业了。

从他那边了解到一些很有用的信息，结论是，我不会把精力放在在这里找工作上了，呵呵。不过能在这边做律师的话，待遇真的很诱人，像linklaters这样的大所，合伙人一小时的收费是1000英镑，就连trainee也能收200磅！什么时候中国的律师也能有这待遇阿！

那个trainee是专攻银行法的，他竟然说希望培训结束后能派到中国去。上次去新加坡那个酒会也是，那些律所的合伙人都建议我们回中国执业。看来中国这个市场真的不可小窥！杀回去吧！哈

话说我们聊天的时候，不断有服务生给我们端吃的过来，什么土豆起司饼、青椒串、烤鸡肉串，看着小小串的，一口一个，不知不觉吃了不少。然后代表们慢慢走了，那个巧克力喷泉也开了，我想着，光喝酒多伤胃阿，就过去了。那些东西怎么那么好吃，大厨还专门跑出来招呼我们，我又吃了好多小小的泡芙、甜甜圈、草莓、猕猴桃、太妃糖...蘸巧克力酱，同时还吃了好好吃的甜点....这个晚上又超卡路里了......为什么我对甜食总是没有抵抗力呢...

Andy跟我说这里的红酒很好喝，反正我是不会品酒啦...他竟然喝了20多杯！回去的路上我觉得他都有点high了，一个劲跟我讲私有制、所有权的问题...我只是不小心跟他提到中国的土地是国有的而已...

strongly recommended *****

Zweigert & Kötz An Introduction to Comparative Law 3rd edn (trans Tony Weir OUP 1998)

indepth comparison with clear structure, covers all the fundamental concepts of contract law whilst at the same time analyses  the essential issues among academia.consider buying one when the new edition is published next year

Ewan Mckendrick Contract Law 7th edn

textbook for LLB students, gives you fundamental understanding of cotract law in common law system.a must-buy book if you are a civil lawyer studying common law. easier to start with since it has few pages than other contract law books 

recommended ****

Markesinis, Unberath & Johnston The German Law of Contract (Hart 2006)

a relatively new one, focusd on GBG,should be beneficial to those who would like to acquire comprehensive knowledge of the German contract law 

however,this one has a really long, like one third of the whole book, appendix of German cases,most of which can be obtained on the internet.also, the structure might be a bit loose, making the reasoning part less persuasive.

Farnsworth ‘Comparative Contract Law’ in: Zimmermann & Reimann (eds) Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (OUP 2006)

suitable for comparatists. much info on methodology.

Fletcher & Sheppard American Law in a Global Context – The Basics (OUP 2005)

Foster & Sule German Legal System and Laws (OUP 3rd edn 2002)

makes clear important legal terms in german law 

Gordley & von Mehren An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law (CUP 2006)

encompasses all elements in private law, contract law comprises only one part of the book. comparison focuses on common law, german law ,french law and international treaties with articles from those documents,saves your time from  searching materials.don't like the style of this book,it pays too much attention on the introduction of histories.

Andrew Burrows A Case Book on Contract

i bought it simply because i cannot spare that much time reading all the required  cases in full text every week,and this one covers almost all the important cases in UK and some vital cases in US as well.reading casebook is a shortcut to finish your reading, not a good way to appreciate the essence of case law though.

Peel Treitel Law on Contract

the definition part in each chapter easily discourages  me from reading the following parts.a bit lengthy for taught postgraduate.may appeal to phd or research LLM students.   

感谢松鼠的鸡汤、咖喱鸡、包菜炒腊肠、排黄瓜和大白菜，感谢小冰的虾（烧着吃是比白水煮好吃，我知道了...）

这么多食物，竟然被我们两个人消灭干净了（其中大部分都是我消灭的，还吃了两碗饭...）

要是我长身体的时候胃口有这么好，现在就不会只有这么高了，哈哈