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

1.  Find out how lawyers create palpable openings and Closing statements that grab-and Keep-The jury’s attention.
2.  Let’s examine the two main legal issues at work in the Supreme Court’s case.-controversial Miranda decision.
3.  Examine the two types: subject matter jurisdiction. and Personal jurisdiction
4.  You will be able to understand the U.S. appellate process better.
5.  Learn how America has defined crime in the past. and Today  

Many people consider the law both powerful and ineffective. and mysterious. To help us navigate standards and rules, we rely on lawyers. and The existence of procedural codes has been a reality for many years for Many hundreds of years. Because of their specialized skills at logic and argumentation, we rely on them. and Critical thinking may lead us to wonder about how law enforcement professionals have come to be so knowledgeable.

The answer is 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 Works without having to study the law.

 Even if you don’t intend to join the legal profession, it is worth learning how American law works. and How lawyers can help and Judges must follow the law. This is an essential part of any well-rounded citizen’s understanding of one of the central foundations of the American experiment.

 But, money is what keeps many people from going to law school. 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 Everyone 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 Legal practice
• 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 Everyone This book will show you how to approach law from the point of view of the best lawyers and High-Court judges. The most important thing is that no law degree required for you to gain access to this intimidating—but surprisingly rich and exciting—field.

 Litigation and Legal Practice

 Law School for Everyone It is divided into four 12-Lecture sections that examine, in-The cornerstone of a first-class company is depth-year law school student’s experience. Each section is presented by a professor of law who specializes teaching the subject.

 You’ll start with 12 lectures on litigation and law practice. Delivered by Professor Molly Bishop Shadel of University of Virginia School This is LawThis section provides a useful orientation to law study. 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.-Opening answers to many questions regarding the subtle art and Craft of litigation and The behind-The-Scenes from the lives of lawyers. Questions like: 

• What are the most common dilemmas lawyers can encounter when representing clients?
• How does a lawyer make an extraordinary opening? and Closing argument
• How do lawyers approach issues such as jury selection and Do you have evidence that is not satisfactory?
• 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 Each time they walk into the courtroom.

 Professor Shadel’s lectures prompt you to think about: 

• Our judicial system is at the top of the balance.
• The importance of logic and credibility and Pathos in the construction an argument
• Whether or not someone who has been convicted of a crime should appeal against it. 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 The 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 A crime was committed. 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.

 In the second section of Law School for Everyone, PrThis isessor Joseph L. Hoffmann of Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law This guide will take you through his specialization: criminal law and procedure. It’s an area of law dramatized by countless television shows and films, and Professor Hoffmann will explain how it all works in practice in these lectures.

 You’ll explore:

 

• How our legal system defines crime historically and today;
• How lawyers and courts work together and Justice is achieved when juries work together and
• How legal rules work and The standards are intended to make criminal cases as fair-minded as possible.

 Criminal The law is complex. 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 Definition: Everything starting with “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 the best-An annual course in civil procedure is required for law students. This course focuses on the most significant Supreme Court cases. 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. The second reason why lawsuits are so unpredictable is that private citizens must understand the reasons behind them. 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 Justice is sought by all. Explore important issues 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?
• Why is civil procedure so important to the discovery process, even if it lacks drama?
• What rules stop parties from resolving their differences?-How do you litigate matters that a court has already decided?

 These lectures contain Supreme Court cases that are essential for any well-An in-depth understanding of American law. They 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 on statutes of limitations. It said that if there is a difference between two states, it was invalid. 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. However, civil procedure rules are the same regardless of whether the suit concerns torts or contracts, antitrust laws, and any other legal subject.

 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. TortsThey deal in a certain sense with the law of daily life. and over the course of 12 lectures you’ll get a whirlwind tour of this exciting, perplexing, and Sometimes, legal studies can be quite bizarre.

 “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 can be broadly defined as 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 usually sued by the plaintiff. for Money, but sometimes for an injunction where the court orders the defendant to do or not do something.

 Importantly, torts differ from crimes which are public in nature and 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 is the expected behavior of each tort law victim?
• To win a tort case, what exactly does a plaintiff need to prove? and get damages; and
• Which parties are responsible? 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.

 

• Is the defendant legally obligated to rescue the plaintiff if he sees the plaintiff drown in a lake?
• A stadium will be evacuated if a ball leaves the field. and If a spectator is hit in the head by a baseball, is the stadium liable for the injury? It doesn’t matter if it was the first time that a baseball has been hit this far 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.

 A Course of Civic Importance

 Law School for Everyone It is filled with the most crucial, decisive, and important 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 malleability.

 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 v. O.J. Simpson (1995)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

 The lectures also benefit from courtroom illustrations, animated videos, and other helpful on-the-job tools.-Screen text, images, and video footage and Voice acting recreates the drama in a courtroom.

 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.