Podcast Episodes

Article One of the United States Constitution (Part II)

Clause 2: Qualifications of Members.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shal…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Criminal law (2022):Right of self-defense

The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defens…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Trust (2023): Incentive trust + Protective Trust + Spendthrift trust

In American estate planning parlance, an incentive trust is a trust designed to encourage or discourage certain behaviors by using distributions of trust income or principal as an incentive. A typica…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Family law (2023): Dissolution of marriages - Adultery (Part One)

Adultery (from Latin adulterium, “I change or alter one lineage for another”) is extra-marital sex partaken by a spouse, or premarital sex partaken by a betrothed person, that is considered objection…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

United States Corporate Law: Part 3

While the board of directors is generally conferred the power to manage the day-to-day affairs of a corporation, either by the statute, or by the articles of incorporation, this is always subject to …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Article One of the United States Constitution (Part I)

Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article One, Congress is a bicameral legislature consisti…

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Criminal law (2022): Provocation

In law, provocation is when a person is considered to have committed a criminal act partly because of a preceding set of events that might cause a reasonable individual to lose self control. This mak…

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Trust (2023): Interest in possession trust + charitable trust + Testamentary trust

An interest in possession trust is a trust in which at least one beneficiary has the right to receive the income generated by the trust (if trust funds are invested) or the right to enjoy the trust a…

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Family law (2023): Dissolution of marriages - Divorce (Part Two)

Polygyny is a significant structural factor governing divorce in countries where this is permitted. Little-to-no analysis has been completed to explicitly explain the link between marital instability…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

United States Corporate Law: Part 3

Shareholder liability for debts.

One of the basic principles of modern corporate law is that people who invest in a corporation have limited liability. For example, as a general rule shareholders can…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago