Doctor of Education, Higher Education
American Legal System
An introduction to the American legal system.
Topics include:
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Constitutional Law
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Legal Systems
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Historical Laws and Systems
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Constitutional Rights
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Sources of Law
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U.S. Court System
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Litigation Process
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Role of judges, juries, and Attorneys
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Briefing a Case
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Personal Injury and Tort Law
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Criminal Law
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Property Law
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Civil Law
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Current Legal Issues
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Overview of Legal Cases
Recommended Resources
Law 101 (Feinman, 2018)
FIRAC (Guenther, 2012)
General Resources
How to IRAC a Law Case (video)
Criminal Law (online textbook)
Resources: Founding
Online Resources
The 1st Amendment Encyclopedia
Landmark Cases C-Span
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Youngstown S. & T. v. Sawyer (1952)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Katz v. United States (1967)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
New York Times v. United States (1971)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)