| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Religion Influencing the Contract Law Thoughts within the Western Legal System | 第11-13页 |
| 1.3 American Contract Law Thoughts within the Western Legal System | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Impacts of Papal Revolution on Contract Law Thoughts within Western Legal System | 第14-24页 |
| 2.1 The Papal Revolution Helping to Sculpture the Modern Western Legal System | 第14-18页 |
| 2.1.1 Papal Revolution | 第15页 |
| 2.1.2 Struggles over Jurisdiction during Papal Revolution Period | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.3 Papal Revolution’s Impacts on the Western Legal System as a Whole | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Impacts of the Religion-Driven Western Legal Traditions on the Contract Law Thoughts and Practices | 第18-24页 |
| 2.2.1 Religious Promissory Oaths Making Promise a Contract in Early Times | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Development of Contract Law Institutions during the Papal Revolution Period | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Protestant Reformation and Liberalism as the Keystone of Modern Contract Laws | 第24-32页 |
| 3.1 Lutheranism and Its Attitudes towards Individual Liberty and Laws | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2 Protestant Movements from England to America | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3 Development of Contract Law Institutions during the Period of Protestant Movements | 第27-30页 |
| 3.4 Protestant Movements Providing Support in Religious Belief for Modern Contract Thoughts and the Social Contract Thoughts | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter 4 The American Contract Law Thoughts Influenced by the Religion-Driven Western Legal Traditions | 第32-43页 |
| 4.1 The American Constitution on the Basis of Social Contract Thoughts | 第32-38页 |
| 4.1.1 The Role Protestantism Played in the Rise of the Enlightenment | 第32-33页 |
| 4.1.2 The Thoughts of Social Contract | 第33-36页 |
| 4.1.3 Social Contract Thoughts as Keystone of American Constitutional Laws | 第36-37页 |
| 4.1.4 The Protection on Contracts from American Social Contract | 第37-38页 |
| 4.2 Exploration on How the Contract Law Philosophy and Practices Contribute to the Prosperity of American Society | 第38-43页 |
| 4.2.1 Contract Law Thoughts’ Impacts on the American Economy, a Historical View | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2.2 The Impacts of Contract Law Thoughts on American Society in a Broad Sense | 第41-43页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第43-46页 |
| Bibliography | 第46-49页 |
