Podcast Episodes

Wills (2023): Will or testament

A will or testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to ma…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Tort law (2022): Damages: Tracing + Detinue

Tracing is a legal process, not a remedy, by which a claimant demonstrates what has happened to his or her property, identifies its proceeds and those persons who have handled or received them, and a…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Intellectual property (2023): Patent (Part One)

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Post-sentencing: Miscarriage of justice (Part One)

A miscarriage of justice occurs when a grossly unfair outcome occurs in a criminal or civil proceeding, such as the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. Miscarriages…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the public: Anti-miscegenation laws (Part One)

Anti-miscegenation laws.

In the United States, anti-miscegenation laws were passed by most states to prohibit interracial marriage, and in some cases also prohibit interracial sexual relations. Some …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Civil procedure: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Voluntary dismissal + Involuntary dismissal + settlement

Voluntary dismissal is termination of a lawsuit by voluntary request of the plaintiff (the party who originally filed the lawsuit). A voluntary dismissal with prejudice (meaning the plaintiff is perm…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Tort law (2022): Damages: Incidental damages + Injunction

Incidental damages.

Incidental damages refers to the type of legal damages that are reasonably associated with, or related to, actual damages.

In American commercial law, incidental damages are a sel…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Intellectual property (2023): Plant breeders' rights (Part Two)

International rights.

In 1957, in France negotiations took place concerned with the protection of new varieties. This led to the creation of the Union Internationale pour la Protection des Obtentions…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Post-sentencing: Exoneration + Habitual offender

Exoneration occurs when the conviction for a crime is reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise. Attempts to exonerate convicts are particularly cont…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the public: Begging + Censorship (Part Two)

Reverse censorship.

Flooding the public, often through online social networks, with false or misleading information is sometimes called "reverse censorship". American legal scholar Tim Wu has explain…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago