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Contracts I (Contract Law and Theory)

Contracts Outline Contracts What is a Promise? Contract – A contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance

Contracts I

Introduction Contract: a promise or set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy, or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty

First Amendment

First Amendment Why is freedom of speech protected Serves a self-government functionbc ppl cannot participate in gov effectively, knowledgeable and meaningfully unless then can speak freely Market place of ideas akin to the

Comparative Constitutional Law

D – 212-243 E – 274- 354 F – 365- 379, 379-384 G – 464-498, Skim 497-551 B/c of pub date of book, doesn’t include most recent US Supr Ct decision: STENBERG

Constitutional Law

Federal Judicial Power Source and Scope Article III, §1 provides that the federal judicial power “shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from

Constitutional Law

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OUTLINE JUDICIAL REVIEW & CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE Judicial Review Constitutional Basis: Art III Sec. II Cl. II:     “In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which

Constitutional Law (Chemerinsky)

Constitutional Law (Cherminisky) FEDERAL JUDICIAL POWER (ARTICLE III)  A. Article III serves 7 functions  1. Creates a federal judicial System 2. Vests the judicial power “in one supreme Court and in such

Constitutional Law (Cherminisky)

FEDERAL JUDICIAL POWER (ARTICLE III) Article III serves 7 functions Creates a federal judicial System Vests the judicial power “in one supreme Court and in such inferior courts as CG may…establish” Accords

Civ Pro II (Glannon)

Civ Pro II: Spring 2012; Glannon Text FRCP, Statutes, and Amendments Outline in the Order Presented in the Text  Chapter 10: Constitutional Requirement of Notice and Methods of Service 14th Amendment: allows

Civil Procedure I (Clermont)

Selecting the Proper Court Requirements Subject matter jurisdiction Background Federal courts are of limited jurisdiction, set forth in Article III § 2 Cases based on nature of the claim Federal Question*** Foreign

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure Outline Should I File a Lawsuit? – Ask Rule 11. Rule 11: Anything you present to the court, must to the best of your knowledge (attorney or   client): (1)

Legislation and Regulation

Issues in Every Question – Statutory InTheories of Judicial Behavior – CBA – Economic Factors – Scientific Factors – Political Factors – Delegation doctrine (only been used twice) – Chenery Principle –

Admin Law Keyed to Rogers & Krotoszynski

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION  A. OVERVIEW OF THE WORK AND PLACE OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES IN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co 2.

Admin Law

What’s the Nature of the Agency Action? Has the agency actual taken action? If not, this could be a TIMING ISSUE; If so, DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RULEMAKING AND ADJUDICATION There are two basic

True vs. Optional No-Fault Divorce States

No-fault divorce has been an option in all states since New York finally passed its own no-fault divorce law in 2010. While no-fault divorce laws have made it much easier to get

Five Surprising Facts about Insanity Defenses

Insanity defenses tend to provoke a lot of controversy, especially when a high-profile case ends with the accused being found not guilty because of a mental impairment. For some people, the fact