Law school for everyone
Contributors: Hoffmann, Joseph L., 1957-; Shadel, Molly Bishop, 1969-; Smith, Peter J. (Peter Jeremy), 1970-; Teaching Company
Series: Great courses. Professional; Great courses (DVD)
Publisher: Teaching Company
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Chantilly, VA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 1440
ISBN-13: 9781629974606
Subjects: Law; Popular works
Description: "Receive a fundamental education in American law from four exceptional lawyers and professors." --Book cover page [4].
Notes: Closed-captioned.

Title from container.

"Course no. 2012."

Contains 48 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.

Professor Edward K. Cheng (torts), Vanderbilt Law School; Professor Joseph L. Hoffmann (criminal law and procedure), Indiana University Maurer School of Law;  Professor Molly Bishop Shadel (litigation and legal practice), University of Virginia School of Law; Professor Peter J. Smith (civil procedure), The George Washington University Law School.

DVD.
Table of contents: title: disc 1.; title: Litigation and legal practice.; title: Litigation and the American legal system --; title: Thinking like a lawyer --; title: Representing your client --; title: Trial strategy behind the scenes --; title: Opening statements : the moment of primacy --; title: Direct examination : questioning your witnesses -- -- disc 2.; title: Litigation and legal practice.; title: The art of the objection --; title: Problematic evidence --; title: Controlling cross-examination --; title: Closing arguments : driving your theory home --; title: Understanding the appellate process --; title: Arguing before the Supreme Court -- -- disc 3.; title: Criminal law and procedure.; title: Who defines crimes, and how? --; title: Crime and the guilty mind --; title: Homicide and moral culpability --; title: The law of self-defense --; title: Federal crimes and federal power --; title: Cruel and unusual punishments -- -- disc 4.; title: Criminal law and procedure.; title: Due process and the right of counsel --; title: Government searches and privacy rights --; title: The shrinking warrant requirement --; title: The Fifth Amendment privilege --; title: Miranda and police interrogations --; title: Plea bargains, jury trials, and justice -- -- disc 5.; title: Civil procedure.; title: Procedural rights and why they matter --; title: Subject matter jurisdiction --; title: Jurisdiction over the defendant --; title: A modern approach to personal jurisdiction --; title: the role of pleadings --; title: Understanding complex litigation -- -- disc 6.; title: Civil procedure.; title: The use and abuse of discovery --; title: Deciding a case before the trial ends --; title: The right to a civil jury trial --; title: Determining what law applies --; title: Relitigation and preclusion --; title: Appeals and how they are judged -- -- disc 7.; title: Torts.; title: The calamitous world of tort law --; title: Legal duty to others --; title: Reasonable care and the reasonable person --; title: Rules versus standards of care --; title: The complexities of factual causation --; title: Legal causation and foreseeability -- -- disc 8.; title: Torts.; title: Liability for the acts of others --; title: When tort plaintiffs share the blame --; title: Animals, blasting, and strict liability --; title: The rise of products liability --; title: Products liability today --; title: Punitive damages and their limits.