This exercise begins with some general background questions to help students place administrative agencies within the greater Constitutional scheme. These questions also address the various powers agencies wield, and the ways they are created. Then the exercise examines sources that offer specific details on individual agencies; it goes on to briefly discuss procedural rules, policy statements, and the process of promulgating regulations.
Read moreThis lesson helps students distinguish between the two major rules that protect client confidentiality: the ethical duty of confidentiality and the evidentiary attorney-client communications privilege. The lesson examines the scope of each and the relationship between the two.
Read moreWhen defendant has been unjustly enriched at plaintiff's expense, plaintiff is entitled to seek restitution.
Read moreRiparianism is the system of water law used in most eastern states in the United States to govern property rights in water. This lesson provides a review of the basic concepts of the doctrine of riparianism for students in Water Law or Property classes. It covers both common law riparianism and regulated riparianism.
Read moreThis lesson explores the concept of utility as a condition for patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The lesson can serve either as an introduction to the topic or as a review after covering the material in class. Although the fundamental concepts in this lesson are not difficult, the optional essay explores a particularly challenging topic.
Read moreThis lesson focuses on the presidential version of executive privilege. The lesson examines the justifications for the privilege, the requirements for its invocation, and judicial handling of that privilege.
Read moreThis lesson walks the user through significant portions of UETA, The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Read moreThis lesson will provide an understanding of the language, mechanics, and process of conducting research of U.S. treaties: the major sources of treaty texts (both official and unofficial), major indexes and finding tools, resources for updating treaties, and a basic strategy for treaty research.
Read moreThis Aviation lesson explores the liability of air traffic controllers when damage is caused under the direction of these federal employees.
Read moreThis lesson examines remedial options in defamation litigation. Included within the scope of this lesson are the remedies of injunctions and damages. These remedies are examined from both a common law and constitutional perspective. This lesson is designed for students who have studied this material in class and wish to refine and develop their knowledge.
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