Podcast Episodes

Tort law (2022): Principles of negligence: Product liability (Part One)

Season 16 Episode 50

Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are held responsible for the injuries those produ…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): State and local taxation: State income tax (Part Two)

Season 17 Episode 42

States with local income taxes in addition to state-level income tax.

The following states have local income taxes. These are generally imposed at a flat rate and tend to apply to a limited set of in…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Property law (2022): Related topics: Property rights

Season 17 Episode 42

Property rights have developed over ancient and modern history, from Abrahamic law to today's Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 17. Property rights can be understood as constructs in econ…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against property: Arson + Blackmail

Season 17 Episode 42

Arson is the crime of willfully and deliberately setting fire to or charring property. Though the act typically involves buildings, the term can also refer to the intentional burning of other things,…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Civil procedure in the United States

Season 21 Episode 1

Civil procedure in the United States consists of rules that govern civil actions in the federal, state, and territorial court systems, and is distinct from the rules that govern criminal actions. Lik…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Tort law (2022): Principles of negligence: Strict liability + Absolute liability

Season 16 Episode 49

Tort law.

In tort law, strict liability is the imposition of liability on a party without a finding of fault (such as negligence or tortious intent). The claimant need only prove that the tort occurr…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Taxation in the US (2022): State and local taxation: State income tax (Part One)

Season 17 Episode 41

In addition to federal income tax collected by the United States, most individual U.S. states collect a state income tax. Some local governments also impose an income tax, often based on state income…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

Property law (2022): Related topics: Partition

Season 17 Episode 41

A partition is a term used in the law of real property to describe an act, by a court order or otherwise, to divide up a concurrent estate into separate portions representing the proportionate intere…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Sexual offenses: Indecent exposure

Season 17 Episode 41

Indecent exposure is the deliberate public exposure by a person of a portion of their body in a manner contrary to local standards of appropriate behavior. Laws and social attitudes regarding indecen…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

Conflict of laws and private international law (2022): Hague Conference on Private International Law

The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is an intergovernmental organization in the area of private international law (also known as conflict of laws), that administers several inter…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago