Final Assignment Available

The final assignment due Dec 16 via email is available here.

Assignment 5 Now Available

Assignment 5 –due Nov 16– in preparation for the mock trial is available here.

The court cases relevant for the mock trial and assignment 5 are available here.

Mock Trial Guide Available

The mock trial guide with trial schedule and advice on how to prepare is now available (click here). For any trading, complaints, comments, suggestions etc. please contact me as soon as possible.

Assignment 4 now available

Assignment number 4 due Oct 28th is now available. Check here.

For a link to the reading, click here.

Reading for Wed Oct 21

Please read the court decision In Re Winship (available here). Read from page 7 onwards.

Assignment 3 Now Available

Assignment number 3 due Oct 14th is now available. Check here.

For links to the movie Twelve Angry Men (1957), look here or here or here.

Slides About the Cave Explorers

Please check out the slides about the case of the cave explorers which summarize the different arguments by the imaginary Sup. Ct. judges (available here).

Model assignments #1 and #2

If you are wondering what an assignment in the A range looks like, look here and here.

NB: These assignments are by no means perfect or flawless, but they should give you a sense of the amount of work, the degree of precision and detail in the writing which are required for getting an A.

Reading for Monday Oct 5th

Please read the Schauer book chapter on law and facts (available here). Also, review the article about the speluncean explorers.

Reading for Wed Sept 30th

Please read the Fuller article about the speluncean explorers (available here).