Podcast Episodes

Tort law (2022): Principles of negligence: Reasonable person (Part One)

Season 16 Episode 41

In law, a reasonable person, reasonable man, or the man on the Clapham omnibus, is a hypothetical person of legal fiction crafted by the courts and communicated through case law and jury instructions…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Taxation in the US: Tax evasion (Part One)

Season 16 Episode 39

Under the federal law of the United States of America, tax evasion or tax fraud, is the purposeful illegal attempt of a taxpayer to evade assessment or payment of a tax imposed by Federal law. Convic…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Property law (2022): Future use (control): Rule in Shelley's Case + Doctrine of worthier title

Season 15 Episode 32

The Rule in Shelley's Case is a rule of law that may apply to certain future interests in real property and trusts created in common law jurisdictions. It was applied as early as 1366 in The Provost …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the person: Robbery

Season 17 Episode 34

Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by putting the victim in fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Contract law (2022): Quasi-contractual obligations: Unjust enrichment

Season 19 Episode 35

In laws of equity, unjust enrichment occurs when one person is enriched at the expense of another in circumstances that the law sees as unjust. Where an individual is unjustly enriched, the law impos…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Tort law (2022): Principles of negligence: Standard of care

Season 16 Episode 40

In tort law, the standard of care is the only degree of prudence and caution required of an individual who is under a duty of care.

The requirements of the standard are closely dependent on circumsta…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Taxation in the US: Tax protester (Part Two)

Season 16 Episode 39

Treatment by the Internal Revenue Service.

Prior to the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (the "1998 Act"), the Internal Revenue Service had defined a tax-protester scheme…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Property law (2022): Future use (control): Rule against perpetuities + Restraint on alienation

Season 15 Episode 32

The rule against perpetuities is a legal rule in the Anglo-American common law that prevents people from using legal instruments (usually a deed or a will) to exert control over the ownership of priv…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the person: Right to privacy (Part Two)

Season 17 Episode 33

Privacy laws in different countries.

Privacy laws apply to both public and private sector actors.

United States.

The Constitution of the United States and United States Bill of Rights do not explicit…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Contract law (2022): Quasi-contractual obligations: Quantum meruit

Season 19 Episode 34

Quantum meruit is a Latin phrase meaning "what one has earned". In the context of contract law, it means something along the lines of "reasonable value of services".

In the United States, the element…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago