LAW AND BUSINESS I BUL 3320

ROBERT F. WELKER
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SUMMER 2014
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Schools of Jurisprudential Thought . . . . . . . . . . 8

Schools of Jurisprudential Thought . . . . . . . . . . 8
Law Courts, Chancery (Equity) Courts and
Merchant Courts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Adoption of English Common Law in America . 11
Treaties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Branches of the federal government . . . . . . . . . . 12
Stare Decisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How a bill becomes law-Step 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Characteristics of the Civil Law Legal System .. 12

CHAPTER 2
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Kohlbergs stages of moral development . . . . . .

Moral philosophy and moral psychology.. . . . . .
Utilitarianism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rawlss Social Justice Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. . . . . . . .
Social Responsibility of BusinessMaximize Profits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Citizens United v.
Federal Election Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER 3
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U.S. district courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Special federal courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selection of U.S. Supreme Court judges. . . . . . . 40
Petition for certiorari-writ of certiorari. . . . . . 43-44
Jurisdiction of federal courts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Venue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Federal Court System Article III of
U.S. Constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8. Long-arm statute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
9. Forum-selection clauses or
choice of forum clauses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10. Choice of law clauses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11. Selection of federal court judges. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12. Exclusive federal jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Voir dire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-64
Deposition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Statute of limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Motion for Judgement on the Pleadings. . . . . . . 65
Interrogatories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Settlement conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Remittitur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
British legal system-solicitors and barristers. . . . 69
Arbitration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71
Mediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Order of the steps in lawsuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-68
Appeal of a civil case. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Appeal of a criminal case.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Commerce clause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85-86

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
States police power.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87-88
Bill of Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Freedom of speech-types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Protected symbolic speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Limited protected speech-commercial speech. . . 92
Unprotected speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-93
Equal Protection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Intermediate scrutiny test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Procedural due process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Substantive due process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Privileges and Immunities Clause. . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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Cabinet level federal departments. . . . . . . . . . . 106

Creation of federal administrative agencies.. . . 106
Powers of Administrative Agencies.. . . . . . 108-110
Judicial review of
administrative agency actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Equal Access to Justice Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Government in the Sunshine Act. . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Closing of federal administrative
meetings to the public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
False imprisonment/shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Libel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defamation-published to a
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Defamation of public officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Intentional infliction of mental distress. . . . . . .
Res ipsa loquitur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Negligence per se.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Assumption of the risk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Comparative negligence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Strict liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER 8
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Felonies and misdemeanors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Actus reus and mens rea.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Embezzlement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extortion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RICO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Privilege against self incrimination. . . . . . . . . .
Burden of proof in a criminal case.. . . . . . . . . .

1. Pre-existing contractual duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

2. Special business contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199-200
3. Promissory estoppel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200-201
4. Gratuitous promise.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
5. Consideration-forbearance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
CHAPTER 12
1. Revenue raising licensing statute (2 questions).. . 215
2. Exculpatory clause.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
3. Regulatory licensing statute.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
4. Necessaries - quasi contract.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209-211
5. Intoxicated person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210-211
6. Necessaries of life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
7. Dissaffirmance (5 questions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
8. Ratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
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1. Coverage of Article 2 of the UCC . . . . . . . . . . 290-91

2. UCC - 201(2) Between Merchants (2 questions).. 298
3. Requirements for a firm offer (2 questions). . . . . 295
UCC 2-403(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

CHAPTER 9
1. Bilateral/Unilateral contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Quasi contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Implied in fact contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Executed contract (2 questions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Executory contract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CHAPTER 10
1. Counter offer .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Communication of offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Rewards (2 questions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Intent to make an offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Mirror image rule.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7. Rejection and revocation - when effective . . . . . .
8. Acceptance - when effective .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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