TGC – Law School for Everyone: Litigation, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, and Torts

1.  Learn how attorneys create palpable openings and Closing statements that grab-and Keep it up-The jury’s attention.
2.  Consider the following two legal issues that are at the core of the Supreme Court’s decision.-controversial Miranda decision.
3.  Learn about the two types of legal jurisdiction available: subject matter jurisdiction and general jurisdiction. and Personal jurisdiction
4.  You will be able to understand the U.S. appellate process better.
5.  Find out how the American society defines different types of crime in the past and present and Today  

Many people consider the law both powerful and ineffective. and mysterious. Lawyers are our help in navigating rules and standards. and The existence of procedural codes has been a reality for many years for Hundreds of years. We rely on their expertise in logic and argumentation. and Critical thinking may lead us to wonder about how law enforcement professionals have come to be so knowledgeable.

Answer: Law school. These are years of hard work that have resulted in the fine skills lawyers display every day in courtrooms across America. As much as we’d like to cultivate these very same skills, the truth is that you cannot know how a lawyer thinks and You can’t study the law without doing work.

 Even if you don’t intend to join the legal profession, it is worth learning how American law works. and How lawyers work and It is crucial that judges work within the law.-rounded citizen’s understanding of one of the central foundations of the American experiment.

 However, many of us are unable to attend law school because of two things: money and time. and time. Law It is not uncommon for school to be expensive and Typically, this results in debts of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Also, students are required to give years of their lives to studying how the law works—a commitment that involves tackling mountains of required reading every night.

 Law School for Everybody brings four exceptional professors from four of the nation’s most distinguished law schools right to you, providing you with much of the foundational knowledge of expert lawyers without the enormous time and Financial commitments These 48 lectures were delivered by experienced lawyers. and Teachers recreate key elements of the first-Year student experience, which introduces you to the four main areas most students are interested in when they start their studies in law.

• Litigation and Practice in law
• Criminal law and procedure,
• civil procedure, and
• torts.

 Enriched with famous cases from the annals of American law, powerful arguments by some of history’s most successful lawyers, and Supreme Court rulings that provide insights into how our legal system has evolved since the nation’s founding, Law School for Everybody You will learn how to approach the law through the eyes of the top attorneys and High-Court judges. Important: A law degree is not required for you to gain access to this intimidating—but surprisingly rich and exciting—field.

 Litigation and Legal Practice

 Law School for Everybody This is broken down into four 12-Lecture sections that examine, in-One of the cornerstones for a successful first is depth-year law school student’s experience. Each section is given by a law professor who is a specialist in teaching that subject.

 You’ll start with 12 lectures on litigation and law practice. Delivered by Professor Molly Bishop Shadel of University of Virginia School Of LawThis section is a valuable guide to the study and practice of law. You’ll explore how our legal system is the direct result of democratic values, how the system works, and We teach law in the way that we do.

 “Over time, our system has achieved some amazing things: protections for civil rights, free speech, equal protection, due process, the right of each citizen to vote—innovations which keep our social fabric strong,” Professor Shadel says. “And each one of these social goods is the direct result of litigation.”

 These lectures provide eyewitness information.-Many questions about subtle art can be answered by opening up the answers and Art of litigation and The behind-The-Scenes of the daily lives of lawyers. Questions like: 

• What are the most common dilemmas lawyers can encounter when representing clients?
• How can a lawyer create an outstanding opening? and Conclusion
• How do lawyers approach issues such as jury selection and Problematic evidence
• When—and why—do lawyers raise objections during a trial?

 You’ll also be prompted to rethink – and perhaps change – previously held conceptions about how lawyers work, and Learn more about their struggles with each other and Every time they enter the courtroom.

 Professor Shadel’s lectures prompt you to think about: 

• The place that our judiciary system holds in the balance of power;
• Credibility and logic are important. and Pathos in the construction an argument
• Whether or not someone has committed a crime should be freed on appeal because of procedural errors and
• Why some trials such as the Scopes trial and the O.J. Simpson case, capture the public imagination while others don’t.

 By the time you finish these lectures, you’ll realize with startling clarity why legal training is valuable well beyond the courtroom and Other places where lawyers work

 “If you can think like a lawyer, you have gained valuable insight into how things get done in this country,” Professor Shadel says. “And if you can think like a courtroom lawyer, then you are able to apply that knowledge quickly and use it to articulate your positions aloud. That’s a valuable skillset for anyone to have, particularly in a representative democracy such as ours.”

 Criminal Law and Procedure

 When a person is detained, the government’s power is at its absolute peak and You were charged with a crime and when the government tries to take away that person’s property, their liberty, or even their life. It’s an awesome power, one that must always remain subject to the rule of law.

 The second part of Law School for Everybody, PrOfessor Joseph L. Hoffmann of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law Guides you through his expertise in criminal law and procedure. It’s an area of law dramatized by countless television shows and films, and These lectures are given by Professor Hoffmann, who explains how it all works in real-life.

 You’ll explore:

• How our legal system defines crime historically and today;
• How courts and lawyers work together and Justice is achieved when juries work together and
• What are the legal rules and Standards are designed to ensure that criminal cases are as fair and just as possible.

 Criminal Law is not a simple subject. For hundreds of years, we’ve been enmeshed in fierce debates about how it works—and how it doesn’t work. Never shying away from difficult topics, Professor Hoffmann gives you the background behind some of criminal law’s most defining issues, including:

• The role of mens-rea or the guilty mind in criminal cases was a concept that was established centuries ago by the common law. and Everything from “vicious will” To “general intent”;
• The constitutional mystery of “cruel and unusual punishments” The Eighth Amendment’s language explains the clause. It regulates the punishments society can impose on people convicted of crime.
• The legal pyramidand moral culpability) of homicidal crimes, which don’t require an affirmative act (for example, you can commit homicide by failing to do something you’re legally required to do, like failing to feed your infant child);
• The creation and Evolution of due process and Miranda rights, a special form of advance protection designed to insure custodial police interrogations don’t violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against compelled self-incrimination.

 “We’ve constructed such a complicated system of constitutional criminal procedure rights to help ensure that criminal investigations and criminal adjudications are fundamentally fair,” Professor Hoffman. “And that’s also why our criminal law provides so many opportunities for different actors – the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, the courts, and the jury – to do the right thing and thereby fulfill the ends of justice.”

 Civil Procedure

 All first-Year law students must take a course on civil procedure. It focuses primarily on some of the most important Supreme Court decisions. Whether you’re a lawyer or a private citizen, understanding how civil procedure works is important for There are two main reasons. First, regardless of how much substantive law knowledge lawyers have, if they can’t navigate through procedural rules to vindicate their clients’ interests, their knowledge is useless. Private citizens need to understand why lawsuits end up the way they do. and What their procedural rights would be if they were to find themselves in one.

 These 12 lectures were given by Professor Peter J. Smith, The George Washington University Law School, you’ll investigate the myriad procedures courts follow to resolve disputes about substantive rights. Rather than focus on the mechanics of actual trials, you’ll examine a broader set of questions any system of litigation must address—questions whose answers turn out to be hugely consequential for People seeking justice. Explore important topics such as:

• How many defendants are you allowed to sue in a single suit?
• Is it possible for a judge to resolve a case prior to the jury having heard any evidence?
• Despite its lack of drama, why is discovery so important to civil procedure?
• What rules stop parties from resolving their differences?-What happens if a court has already ruled on a matter?

 These lectures include Supreme Court cases, which are vital to any well-An in-depth understanding of American law. These include:

• Ashcroft v. IqbalThe 2009 case, which set a new standard. for evaluating complaints that does not automatically assume all a plaintiff’s factual allegations are true;
• Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkA 1945 case concerning statutes, which stated that if there is a difference between two states, it was a matter of limitation. and federal procedural rule can dictate the parties’ choice between federal or state court, the federal court has to apply the state’s rule;
• Beacon Theatres v. Westover, a dispute between two movie theaters that ended with the Supreme Court’s 1959 decision that a jury’s resolution of common questions should bind the judge, not the other way around; and
• Hansberry v. Lee, the 1940 decision in which the Supreme Court explained a class action can bind absent class members only if they’re adequately represented by the class representatives.

 Civil procedure, as you’ll soon learn, is relevant in every single lawsuit. The rules of civil procedure are the same regardless of whether the suit concerns torts or contracts, antitrust laws or any other legal topic.

 Torts

 Professor Edward K. Cheng, Vanderbilt, discusses tort law from slips on supermarket floors to missed medical diagnoses. Law SchoolOf course, this is often a proof that fiction is more plausible than fact. TortsIn a sense, they deal with everyday law. and over the course of 12 lectures you’ll get a whirlwind tour of this exciting, perplexing, and Sometimes, there are some oddities in legal studies.

 “Tort law,” says Professor Cheng, “is frequently at the core of some of today’s biggest and most sensational lawsuits in the media. It governs an incredibly broad range of lawsuits from everyday life.”

 Torts, broadly speaking, are private wrongs. A defendant is accused of acting badly in any way and causing any kind of injury or harm to the plaintiff. The defendant is sued by the plaintiff, most often for Money is important, but it can be difficult to find the right amount. for An injunction is a court order that the defendant must comply with or cease doing something.

 Torts are distinct from crimes which are generally public and not private wrongs. A tort case is where the plaintiff is a private party that sues to protect a private interest.

 Professor Cheng’s lectures reveal:

• What kind of behavior does tort law expect from us?
• To win a tort case, what exactly does a plaintiff need to prove? and get damages; and
• Who are the responsible parties? for What types of harms? and why.

 Along the way, you’ll learn about some of the classic tort cases and They present many puzzles.

• Does the defendant have a legal duty to save someone who is drowning in a water body?
• If a ball leaves a stadium, and Is the stadium responsible if a player hits someone in the head? Is it irrelevant that this was the first ever baseball hit in 50 years?
• What happens when two quail hunters accidently fire their shotguns in the direction of a third, wounding him, but we can’t tell precisely whose shot pellet hit the victim?

 Whether you’re following cases involving hot cups of fast-food coffee, drunken sailors, dangerous amusement park rides, or pet snakes, you’ll find yourself better able to make sense of the intricate legal arguments and Torts are distinguished by distinctions

 Ultimately, you’ll discover that, beneath these seemingly odd and In some cases, it is surprising how much humanity lies within this area. This makes it so compelling and It is a worthy field of study.

 An important civic course

 Law School for Everybody This book contains some of the most important and decisive information. and The most controversial cases in American history. Each of the cases you explore illuminates, in its own unique way, the inner workings of the nation’s judicial system and Its flexibility.

 Here are just a few of the many cases you’ll examine, from multiple legal angles, in these 48 fascinating lectures:

• George Zimmerman v. State of Florida (2013)
• Citizens United v. FEC (2010)
• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
• State of California against O.J. Simpson (1995)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

 Additional benefits include specially commissioned courtroom illustrations and animated explanations.-Screen text, photos, and video footage and Voice acting that recreates courtroom drama

 Law School for Everyone: Litigation, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, and Torts puts you in the hands of four masterful law professors who’ve built their entire careers around understanding and Teaching law in all its forms. Whether you want to continue studying how the law works, or whether you just want to join the debate over today’s (and tomorrow’s) important legal cases, let this course be your authoritative guide to one of the most fascinating and There are many professions that are civically significant.