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*This information is a summary and not exhaustive. Please check BlackBoard for more course details. Not all professors have submitted first day information, but this list will be updated as information is received. |
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Bell,
Bernard Torts |
CHAPTER I --
INTRODUCTION TO TORT LIABILITY A. Introduction HANDOUT: "Reading Cases" HANDOUT:Abel, "Torts," in THE POLITICS OF LAW 185-86 (D. Kairys ed. 1982) B. The Litigation Process Franklin, Rabin& Green ("FR&G"): Read Notes 1, 3, 5-7 of "The Litigation Process" (pp. 9-17) C. Prologue FR&G: Read pages 1-2 D. When Should Unintended Injury Result in Liability? FR&G: Read page 2 HANDOUT: Problem #1 FR&G: Hammontree v. Jenner (which begins at p. 3) (read entire case) & Notes 1-3, 5, 7, 9 only(on pp. 6-9) FR&G: Note 2 in “The Litigation Process” Section Class Sessions: The first class will be Thursday (8/23) and will last 75 minutes. The next class will be the following Tuesday (8/28). We will probably spend most of the first two class sessions covering this material. |
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Bergelson, Vera Property |
For our first class on
Thursday August 23rd, please: (a) as a background reading, read Hegland, “Studying Law: Looking Busy is Not Enough” (Blackboard Materials); and (b) study and prepare for class discussion pp. 17-23 (casebook) and “Theories of Property” (Blackboard Materials). |
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Deutsch, Stuart Sharfman, Keith Property |
Please read the assignments
as scheduled and review the materials immediately before the class
in which we actually discuss them. While some of these assignments
look long, there is a major benefit to reading the material in
complete sections and reading as much as possible early in the
semester to learn how to analyze cases and other legal materials.
Wednesday, August 22nd - (1 ½ hours):103-108; newspaper article: Access to Farm Labor Camps Stirs Furor in Jersey; 108-116 Thursdayday, August 23rd - (1 hour): 153-164; Green Party of NJ v. Hartz Mountain Industries |
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Gonzalez, Carlos Torts |
We will meet for our first
class session on Tuesday, August 28th. Therefore, there will be no
class meetings on Wednesday-Friday, August 22d-24th. The casebook for the course is Franklin, Rabin & Green, Tort Law and Alternatives (8th ed. Foundation Press). Much of our first session on August 28th will focus on course requirements and format. In addition, I hope to begin a substantive discussion of Tort on the 28th with the case of Hammontree v. Jenner. Therefore, for the first day of class, please read an be prepared to discuss pp. 1-9 of the casebook. Our discussion of Hammontree may probably run into the second day of class. After Hammontree, we will discuss the civil procedural system, and then Christensen v. Swenson, and Roessler v. Novak, as well as a third case that I will hand out in class. Therefore, for the 2d–4th days of class, you should read pp. 9-30 of the casebook. |
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Hyde,
Alan Contracts |
The casebook is Contracts:
Law in Action (2d Ed. 2003), edited by Stewart Macaulay, John
Kidwell, and William Whitford, and published by LEXIS/NEXIS Legal
Publishing. There are two different versions of this book. I will
be using the TWO-VOLUME, PAPERBOUND version. You will also need a supplement containing: (a) Article 2 (Sales) of the Uniform Commercial Code, with Official Comments (1965); and (b) the Restatement (2d) of Contracts (1979). For our first class on August 23rd, please read the case of Hawkins v. McGee at pages 210-218 of volume 1 of the casebook. We will meet only twice that week and will probably spend all of our two hours on Hawkins. However, I would like you to try to stay a case or two ahead of me on the syllabus, so please look also at Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal, I: 195-209, and try to figure out the connection to Hawkins. |
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Hyman,
Jon Contracts |
Books: Stuart Macaulay, et al., Contracts: Law in Action (2d ed. 2003) (this is the (more) “Concise,” one volume edition.) Statutory supplement containing the Uniform Commercial Code, the Restatement (2d) of Contracts, and other statutory material. I’ll be using Steven J. Burton & Melvin A. Eisenberg, Contract Law: Selected Source Materials (2007 edition), which should be in the bookstore. You can use an equivalent if you have one. Week 1 (Please see BlackBoard for more detail) Remedies and the Expectation Interest - Giving parties what they bargained for. 1. Figuring damages under the Uniform Commercial Code, Pp. 25 - 39 (Page references are to Macaulay et al.) Be prepared to answer the questions on pp. 35 & 36, and p. 39 2. Mitigation - when should a party take action to try to make up the damage caused by the other party’s breach? pp. 39 - 51, Parker v. 20th Century Fox. 3. Measuring damages when the difference between contract price and market price does not give the benefit of the contract, pp. 51 - 60, Neri v. Retail Marine. Other optional reading: Both Chapter 1 of Macaulay, and Part I of Kenney Hegland’s Introduction to the Study and Practice of Law. |
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Kettle,
John Contracts |
Course Book: CONTRACTS:
Cases and Materials- Sixth Edition, John Edward Murray, Jr. (LexisNexis) Week No. 1 Assignments Class #1 Read pp. iii; 1-11 Writing Assignment to be handed in during the first class. There will be a class discussion about the contract. Draft a one (1) page agreement based on the following information. Please note that you are the BUYER. You wish to purchase the following item from SELLER: A custom guitar that SELLER claims is signed by Eric Clapton. A hard-shell case is included. The selling price is five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. SELLER: Guitars Unlimited, 123 Main Street, Anytown, CA 90120 Class #2 Read pp. 11-25 Class #3 Read pp. 25-37 Class #4 Read pp. 39-66 |
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Latin, Howard Torts |
Page references are to Richard Epstein,
Cases and Materials on Torts, 8th Edition. Intro to Negligence Law: 128-133, 128-133, 128-133, 128-133, 128-133, 137-139, 137-139 Holmes Excerpt: 127-128 (T) Tuesday, August 28th: Intro to Strict Liability: 93(M)-97(T), 104(B)-111, 104(B)-111, 104(B)-111 What is the "rule" in Fletcher v. Rylands? The repetition is entirely and completely intentional, so don’t bother the secretarial staff and do read these materials the requisite number of times (or more). Why is a "Brief" called a "Brief?" |
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Payne,
John Torts |
The casebook is Franklin,
Rabin and Green, Tort Law and Alternatives (Foundation Press, 8th
Edition 2006). There is no Supplement. For the first class meeting on Thursday, August 23, please read pages 884-891, concentrating on Garratt v. Dailey. We will spend all of the first class meeting discussing this case, and there is no need to read beyond this point for the first week. I will have a further assignment at the first class meeting. I strongly prefer that you not try to second guess me by reading ahead, and be forewarned that I will be making cuts in the cases and materials that follow Garratt. |
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Perry, Twila Torts |
Our casebook is FRANKLIN
AND RABIN, TORT LAW AND ALTERNATIVES (8TH EDITION,
2006). Our first class will be held on Thursday, August 23rd from 6:30 until 8:30 P.M. Please read pages 1-30. |
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Rapaport, Elizabeth Criminal Law |
Required Text: Dressler,
Cases and Materials on Criminal Law (4th ed.). Recommended: Dressler, Understanding Criminal Law For the first class, Thursday, August 23rd, please read pp. 1-28 in the required case book. |
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Safrin,
Sabrina Contracts |
Our first day of class is:
Thursday, August 23, 11:20-12:35. The textbook that we will be using is Farnsworth, et. al, Contracts Cases and Materials (6th ed., 2001). and the statutory supplement that we will use is by Scott & Kraus (4th ed., 2007, Lexis) Assignments for our first two sessions for Thursday and Friday are: Lesson 1: Enforceability pp. 1-8, but skip note 3 on p. 6. Lesson 2: Enforceability pp. 9-17, but skip note 4 on pp. 15-16. |
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Sclar,
Diana Property |
Our first class meeting will be Wednesday August 22nd from 6:30-8:40 p.m. with a ten minute break at approximately 7:30 p.m. Please read Chapter 3.A., Items 1 through 5 from the casebook and prepare answers to Estates in Land Problems 1 through 3. | ||||||||
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Simmons, Peter Axelrod, Allan Property |
Required casebook:
Property, 6th ed. 2006, by Dukeminier, Krier, Alexander & Schill Recommended text: Bergin & Haskell, Preface to Estates in Land & Future Interests, 2nd ed., Foundation Press, 1984. All assignments are to be prepared in advance of the class meeting for which they are assigned. All assignments for the first two weeks of class are in the Supplement (to be posted on Blackboard on or about Aug. 13th): Assignment for first class, Wednesday, August 22nd, 2nd period (9:55 AM)* Hegland, Studying Law: Looking Busy Is Not Enough, Supp. pp. 1-15; Llewellyn, Bramble Bush, pp. 16-20; Pierson v. Post, pp. 21-25. * The assignment for Wednesday, Aug. 22nd has been slightly modified. There is a written assignment: please brief Pierson v. Post. Bring your brief to class, however do NOT submit is until asked to do so. For advice on briefing a case, see the Hegland extract (found on BlackBoard under "Course Materials"), pp. 1-10. [Posted 8/15/07.] |
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Thomas, George Criminal Law |
First Class Assignment for Wednesday, August 22nd
Introduction: Read, in the following order, Queen v. Dudley and Stephens, pp. 48-50; Michigan, California, Illinois, and Pennsylvania homicide statutes (pp. 233-242); pp. 1-18. |
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Tractenberg, Paul Contracts |
Welcome to the law school.
Our first class will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22.
We will spend part of that class getting organized and beginning
the process of getting to know one another. We also will begin our
discussion of contract law. The casebook for the course is Frier & White, The Modern Law of Contracts (Thomson/West 2005). In preparation for our first two classes, please read the following: • Pp. iii-v (Introduction for the Student); 1-27 • Pp. 28-56 |
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Weiner,
Mark Constitutional Law |
Thursday, August 23:
casebook pp. 1-21(through the top of page 21, up to the "Note"
heading). Look generally through the Constitution, printed
at the start of the casebook). Marbury v. Madison and the origins
of judicial review. |
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Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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