Podcast Episodes

Tort law (2022): Economic torts: Tortious interference

Tortious interference, also known as intentional interference with contractual relations, in the common law of torts, occurs when one person intentionally damages someone else's contractual or busine…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): Flat-rate tax

A flat tax (short for flat-rate tax) is a tax with a single rate on the taxable amount, after accounting for any deductions or exemptions from the tax base. It is not necessarily a fully proportional…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Trial by jury (Part Two)

Season 18 Episode 4

United States.

The availability of a trial by jury in American jurisdictions varies. Because the United States legal system separated from that of the English one at the time of the American Revoluti…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Intellectual property (IP) (Part 02)

Season 17 Episode 51

Copyright infringement.

Copyright infringement is reproducing, distributing, displaying or performing a work, or to make derivative works, without permission from the copyright holder, which is typic…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A Complaint

Season 17 Episode 51

In legal terminology, a complaint is any formal legal document that sets out the facts and legal reasons that the filing party or parties (the plaintiffs) believes are sufficient to support a claim a…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Tort law (2022): Economic torts: Fraud

In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law (for example, a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrat…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): State and local taxation: Land value taxation

Land value taxation (for example, property tax applied only to the unimproved value of land) has a long history in the United States dating back from Physiocratic influence on Thomas Jefferson and Be…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Trial by jury (Part One)

Season 18 Episode 3

A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact. It is distinguished from a bench trial in which a judge or panel of judges makes all decis…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Intellectual property (IP) (Part 01)

Season 17 Episode 50

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than o…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A Pleading

Season 17 Episode 50

In law as practiced in countries that follow the English models, a pleading is a formal written statement of a party's claims or defenses to another party's claims in a civil action. The parties' ple…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago