| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1.1 Charles Dickens and Bleak House | 第9-10页 |
| 1.2 Law and Literature Movement | 第10-11页 |
| 1.3 Literature Review | 第11-14页 |
| 1.4 Research Method | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Fine Tradition of Rule of Law in Bleak House | 第16-20页 |
| 2.1 Origins and Development of Rule of Law | 第16-18页 |
| 2.2 Substances of Rule of Law and Its Display in Bleak House | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Establishment and Reform of Chancery in Bleak House | 第20-32页 |
| 3.1 The Origin of Equity Law and Establishment of the Chancery | 第20-23页 |
| 3.2 Characteristics of Litigation Process of the Equity Law | 第23-26页 |
| 3.3 Judicial Reform of the Chancery and Its Achievements and Flaws | 第26-32页 |
| 3.3.1 Background of Judicial Reform | 第26-29页 |
| 3.3.2 Achievements and Pending Issues | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Litigant Parties and Institutions in Bleak House | 第32-46页 |
| 4.1 Relevant Parties with Different Outcomes in Lawsuits | 第32-39页 |
| 4.1.1 Tragic Parties of Interests | 第32-34页 |
| 4.1.2 Greedy Lawyers | 第34-37页 |
| 4.1.3 Corrupt Chancellor and Other Public Officers | 第37-39页 |
| 4.2 Rigid and Inefficient Judiciary | 第39-42页 |
| 4.3 Deep-rooted Spirit of Obedience to Law | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Evaluation and Significance of Legal Descriptions in Bleak House | 第46-55页 |
| 5.1 Effects of Charles Dickens’s Early Exposure to Law | 第46-48页 |
| 5.2 Distortion and Revision in Legal Descriptions | 第48-51页 |
| 5.3 Significance of Distorted and Revised Legal Descriptions | 第51-55页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-59页 |
