Podcast Episodes

Community Property vs. Common Law Property Systems (Family Law and Property Law) (Part 1 of 2)

Community Property vs. Common Law Property Systems

I. Historical and Theoretical Foundations

Community Property System

Derived from civil law traditions (Spanish and French)

Marriage is an economic partn…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Consumer Protection Law (Part 2 of 2): A Focus on Consumer Privacy

Consumer Privacy: Laws protecting consumers' personal information from unauthorized collection, use, and disclosure.

Consumer privacy laws are designed to protect individuals' personal information fro…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Consumer Protection Law (Part 1 of 2): A Focus on Consumer Privacy

In today's podcast, we discussed the critical area of consumer protection law, focusing on consumer privacy. Consumer protection law covers a broad range of areas including product safety, false adve…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Presidential Executive Orders: Definition, Authority, and Scope (Part 2 of 2)

This lecture defines Presidential Executive Orders as directives issued by the President to manage federal government operations, carrying the force of law without congressional approval. Executive o…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Presidential Executive Orders: Definition, Authority, and Scope (Part 1 of 2)

Presidential Executive Orders: Definition, Authority, and Scope

Definition: Presidential Executive Orders are directives issued by the President to manage federal government operations.

Authority:

Artic…

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Evidence Law Overview: Review and Summary

I. Relevance

To be admissible in court, evidence must be relevant. This means it must have "any tendency" to make a fact more or less probable (Rule 401). The threshold for relevance is low. Even evid…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence law Lecture 3 (of 3) (Part 2): Impeachment, Privileges, and Expert Testimony

Impeachment, Privileges, and Expert Testimony

VI. Impeachment

A. Methods of Impeachment

Prior Inconsistent Statements

Used to challenge witness credibility.

Not hearsay if used only for impeachment.

Bias o…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence law Lecture 3 (of 3): Impeachment, Privileges, and Expert Testimony

Let's break down the main points of Evidence Law, focusing on how to challenge witnesses, protect confidential info, use expert testimony, and navigate those tricky hearsay exceptions.

I. Impeachment:…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence Law Lecture 2 (of 2) (Part 2): Character Evidence and Hearsay

This Evidence Law lecture outlines the rules governing character evidence and hearsay. Character evidence, generally inadmissible to prove conduct, has exceptions in both criminal and civil cases, wi…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Evidence Law Lecture 2 (of 3): Character Evidence and Hearsay

Character Evidence

General Rule (Criminal Cases): Past behavior can't be used to prove someone acted that way in a specific instance.

Exceptions (Criminal Cases): "The Defendant Opens the Door": If the…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago