Areas that the Final Exam will cover:
The Constitution (Articles and amendments)
Why we make laws
What makes a good law
Criminal vs. Civil law
The Investigation:
Types of crimes and their elements
Civil rights
Evidence
Procedure (CSI, Forensics, etc.)
Pre-trial motions
The Trial:
Steps in a trial
Jury issues
Adversarial system
Punishments
Civil law:
Reasonable actions
Civic responsibility
Consumer law
What does the test look like?
50 multiple choice
30 matching
10 true/false
10 point short essay
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
A Civil Action
For your essay, write a 2 page paper that answers the following questions:
1. How does the movie do in depicting the tedious nature of discovery (finding evidence, witness testimony, etc.)
2. How does the movie depict the savage world of settlement in civil cases?
3. Can you put a dollar amount on suffering?
4. Are civil cases worth accepting from the point of view of a personal injury lawyer?
Here are some links that might help.
http://www.usfca.edu/pj/articles/Civil_Action-Asimow.htm
http://www.northshoreonline.com/woburn/
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/courseresources/beatrice/index.html
1. How does the movie do in depicting the tedious nature of discovery (finding evidence, witness testimony, etc.)
2. How does the movie depict the savage world of settlement in civil cases?
3. Can you put a dollar amount on suffering?
4. Are civil cases worth accepting from the point of view of a personal injury lawyer?
Here are some links that might help.
http://www.usfca.edu/pj/articles/Civil_Action-Asimow.htm
http://www.northshoreonline.com/woburn/
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/courseresources/beatrice/index.html
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