| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| List of Tables | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-15页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1.1 Law and Literature | 第10-11页 |
| 1.1.2 Shakespeare and Law | 第11-12页 |
| 1.1.3 The Definition of “Lawyer” | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research Question | 第13页 |
| 1.3 Methodology | 第13页 |
| 1.4 Significance of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| 1.5 Organization of the Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第15-23页 |
| 2.1 Studies of Shakespeare and Law Abroad | 第15-21页 |
| 2.1.1 The Initiation of the Study | 第15-16页 |
| 2.1.2 Golden Age of the Study | 第16-18页 |
| 2.1.3 Other Early Writers | 第18-19页 |
| 2.1.4 Later Scholars since the 20thCentury | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2 Studies of Shakespeare and Law in China | 第21-23页 |
| Chapter 3 The Use of Legal Phraseologies in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第23-40页 |
| 3.1 Lexical Characteristics of Legal English | 第23页 |
| 3.2 The Characteristics of Legal Phraseologies Used in the Plays | 第23-29页 |
| 3.2.1 The Use of Old English and Mid-Old English in the Plays | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2.2 The Use of Legal Terms in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第25-28页 |
| 3.2.3 The Use of Loan Words in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第28-29页 |
| 3.3 The Frequency of Legal Phraseologies in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第29-40页 |
| 3.3.1 The Frequency of Legal Vocabularies in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第30-33页 |
| 3.3.2 The Frequency of Legal Phraseologies in Selected Acts of Certain Plays | 第33-36页 |
| 3.3.3 The Frequent Use of Legal Phraseologies in Measure for Measure | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Legal Ideologies Represented in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第40-47页 |
| 4.1 Spirit of Humanism | 第40-42页 |
| 4.1.1 Humanism and Law | 第40页 |
| 4.1.2 Humanism Represented in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第40-42页 |
| 4.2 Belief in the Supremacy of Law | 第42-43页 |
| 4.2.1 The Philosophy of the Supremacy of Law | 第42页 |
| 4.2.2 Manifestations of “Supremacy of Law” in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第42-43页 |
| 4.3 Respects for the Judge | 第43-44页 |
| 4.4 Sense of Justice | 第44-47页 |
| 4.4.1 Justice, Substantive Justice and Formal Justice | 第44-45页 |
| 4.4.2 Strong Sense of Justice in Shakespeare’s Plays | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| 5.1 Contributions | 第47页 |
| 5.2 Limitations and suggestions for further exploration | 第47-49页 |
| References | 第49-52页 |
| Appendix | 第52-62页 |
