Podcast Episodes

Tort law (2022): Negligence: Malpractice: Legal malpractice + Medical malpractice

Season 17 Episode 32

Legal malpractice is the term for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, or breach of contract by a lawyer during the provision of legal services that causes harm to a client.

Examples.

A common examp…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Taxation in the US: Standing

Season 16 Episode 37

In law, standing or locus standi is a condition that a party seeking a legal remedy must show they have, by demonstrating to the court, sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challe…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Property law (2022): Conveyancing: Mortgage (Part Two)

Season 15 Episode 30

Mortgages in the United States.

The Three Theories of Mortgages.

There are three legal theories pertaining to mortgages: Title Theory, Lien Theory, and Intermediate Theory. These three theories perta…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the person: Felony murder

Season 17 Episode 30

The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when an offender kills (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerou…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Contract law (2022): Remedies - Penal damages / Contract law - A quasi-contract

Season 19 Episode 35

Penal damages are liquidated damages which exceed reasonable compensatory damages, making them invalid under common law. While liquidated damage clauses set a pre-agreed value on the expected loss to…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Tort law (2022): Negligence: Negligent entrustment + Malpractice

Season 17 Episode 31

Negligent entrustment is a cause of action in United States tort law which arises where one party ("the entrustor") is held liable for negligence because they negligently provided another party ("the…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Taxation in the US: Taxing and Spending Clause (Part Three)

Season 16 Episode 36

Uniformity Clause.

The final phrase of the Taxing and Spending Clause stipulates:

but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

Here, the requirement is that taxe…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Property law (2022): Conveyancing: Mortgage (Part One)

Season 15 Episode 29

A mortgage is a legal instrument of the common law which is used to create a security interest in real property held by a lender as a security for a debt, usually a mortgage loan. The corresponding t…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the person: Murder (Part Two)

Season 17 Episode 29

Victim.

All jurisdictions require that the victim be a natural person; that is, a human being who was still alive before being murdered. In other words, under the law one cannot murder a corpse, a co…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Contract law (2022): Remedies - Liquidated damages + Rescission

Season 19 Episode 34

Liquidated damages, also referred to as liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs), are damages whose amount the parties designate during the formation of a contract for the injured party to collect a…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago