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International: territorial principle nationality principle  – active personality principle – passive personality principle – ratione personae – ratione materiae =…

Organstreitverfahren – Procedure for constitutional adjudication among state organs Abstraktnormenkontrolle – Abstract constitutional review; *advisory opinion Parliamentsvorbehalt – Reservation of…

Organstreitverfahren – Procedure for constitutional adjudication among state organs Abstraktnormenkontrolle – Abstract constitutional review; advisory opinion Parliamentsvorbehalt – Reservation of…

For next time please have read to page 188, i.e. read all the cases on foreign relations and constitutional law.…

1) Read the blog!  Let your curiousity be your guide! 2) I labelled all the blog posts with vocabulary “Vocabulary…

PROBLEMOccupy Main Street is an unincorporated association protesting financial corruption. It seeks to Zucco park, a privately owned park open…

Like I said during class, for our next lecture please have read up to page 100. We went much quicker…

Please read up to page 153 for the next class. I told you all at the start of this course…

Next time we will do Wickard, Walloon and any cases before them Always have read the 5 cases after the…

Please read to page 49 for our next class; we do all the cases, and in order. We skip none…

Readings for next time are McCulloch and then the three cases which follow it. In this course we will do…

Read the book to page 40. The cases will be briefed in class in order. Next time I hope we…

In this order: Bonham’s Case City of London Van Horne’s Lessee These are all very brief cases.  When you finish…

Social Contract theory: government formed by consent. I do not believe in “the state of nature”. Some people argue international…

Please have read up to page 20 of the case book for our next lecture. (Agency and Partnership). The first…

Last time we saw Aristotle: Man is a rational talking social animal, curious by nature. State is a natural outgrowth…

I am a bit hard of hearing so speak loudly. I do read lips a bit. The Learning Environment*Safe*Fun*Exploration*Curiousity*Interaction *I…

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Shareholder’s Right of InspectionShareholder’s Right of Appraisal Direct ActionShareholder’s Derivative Action BondPreferred StockCommon Stock MergerJoint VentureStock SplitReverse MergerGoing Public via…

Shareholder’s Right of Inspection Shareholder’s Right of Appraisal Direct Action Shareholder’s Derivative Action Bond Preferred Stock Common Stock Merger Joint…

http://uslegalresources.blogspot.com Dictionaries etc.

http://uslegalresources.blogspot.com Dictionaries etc.

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.do;jsessionid=9ea7991930d6b500ecd332a446118d27d31a7ef1cbf6.e38KbN4MchyMb40SbxyRaN0LbNj0?method=load https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjLPEKGFyiCCdFdOQjYwT1cwRkszeG5UQXN2dE5zZEE&hl=en#gid=0http://www.lexexakt.de/indexv.php?gebiet=en-law?buchstabe=a http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/59088 paywall but Humboldt access.http://wicourts.gov/services/interpreter/docs/germanglossary.pdfhttp://www.online-recht.de/vorgl.html?introhttp://web.archive.org/web/20011018030944/http://www.heymanns.com/html/recht/ratgeber_recht/rechtslexikon/Lexikon.htmhttp://web.archive.org/web/20020215203601/http://www.hamburg.de/StadtPol/Gerichte/VG/rechtslexikon.htm

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UnEnumerated rights: when may we imply a constitutional right? a federal power? [1] Fundamental right=Ordered Liberty=Life or Liberty or property…

exam advice: focus on what interests you, on things you think may be useful in your future.imagine you were the…

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Rexent University is an evangelical Christian university. As such, it prohibits its unmarried students from having sex, and refuses to…

Rexent University is an evangelical Christian university. As such, it prohibits its unmarried students from having sex, and refuses to…

Boumedien v. Bush (Guantanamo)http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/06-1195.ZS.html DC v. Heller (Guns)http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZS.htmlSan Antonio (it is linked a few posts down). LECTURE NOTES FactsU.S. Establishes…

Constitutional StandingAnd legal theoryTwo Main Constitutional Claims“Due Process” – Vth, XIvth Amendments“Equal Protection” – XIVth Amendment“Law of the Land” –…

Read this case for next time: http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/case.html it’s relevance is1) implied federal powers2) First instance of means-ends rational review (proportionality…

1) We will do Helvering saturday. The Exam: The exam will be 80% definitions, 20% case brief. You will be…

Formalism versus Realism(Begriffsjurisprudenz) (Interessenjurisprudenz)(Formalismus) Course TodayIRACWe do IRAC to learn1) how to analyze a case — how to break it…

jurisdiction to adjudicatejurisdiction to prescribejurisdiction to enforcediversity jurisdictioninterstate commerce clausefederal supremacymandamusaffidavitequity jurisdictionequitable maximsseparation of powerschecks and balancesfederalism bill of rightsarticles…

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/302/319/case.html http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/301/619/case.html Enjoy!

Basichttp://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=485&invol=224 http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/corporations/corporations-keyed-to-klein/the-duties-of-officers-directors-and-other-insiders/basic-inc-v-levinson/ Chiarellahttp://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/445/222/case.html http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/corporations/corporations-keyed-to-hamilton/transactions-in-shares-rule-10b-5-insider-trading-and-securities-fraud/chiarella-v-united-states/ Dirkshttp://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/463/646/ http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/corporations/corporations-keyed-to-klein/the-duties-of-officers-directors-and-other-insiders/dirks-v-securities-and-exchange-commission/ FORMSAffidavithttp://www.lectlaw.com/forms/f041.htm Partnership http://www.lectlaw.com/forms/f068.htm Trust http://www.lectlaw.com/forms/f178.htm Corporation – Charter http://www.lectlaw.com/forms/f163.htm Corporation – Bylaws http://www.lectlaw.com/forms/f151.htm Joint…

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020509 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1125742 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1434045 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1424691 Enjoy!

Here are your readings.http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020517http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1271868http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020457http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1702470

They are brief! Education and social rights are the topics. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=461&invol=574http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=U10314 http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&friend=%3C%25FRIEND%25%3E&linkurl=%3C%25LINKURL%25%3E&graphurl=%3C%25GRAPHURL%25%3E&court=US&case=/data/us/482/578.htmlhttp://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=319&invol=624 http://www.law.msu.edu/king/2007/Urchick.pdf

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1191.pdfhttp://blog.internationalpractice.org/international-practice/rico-held-not-to-apply-extraterritorially-following-morrison.html The powerpoint from last night.https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwMRRQXBqVxjMjJmYjllYjYtZDczOS00N2E4LWI2ZDgtMDcxZWJmYTE1YTA5&hl=en_US Corporate Social Responsibilityhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020517

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Powerpoints for tonight: ‎RightsDiscourse.ppt ‎viking.ppt Powerpoint from Last Week ‎Third Party Effect (Drittwirkung).ppt We read cases to learn to extract…

First, read this, it is not complex, read it lightly.http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1424693 Then this http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020470ignore the parts about computer science. Just focus…

http://latindispatch.com/2011/06/09/text-of-alabama-immigration-law-hb-56/http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wbrc/docs/immigration_ruling.pdfSame document, but in case that link doesn’t work. http://www.myfoxal.com/link/514766/judges-ruling-on-alabama-immigration-law you can extract the pdf with down them all addon…

Read this http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=1955477309NY168_1449.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 then  http://supreme.justia.com/us/433/186/case.html then this http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1655983 To be clear: we look at the cases which are in the…

Tonights ppt.https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BwMRRQXBqVxjNzkwOTk1YzMtOWJmOS00NzQyLWI4ZjItNzM4MjQxNjY0NDk0

Puerto RicoDownes imports oranges, forced to pay taxes Downes says U.S. Citizen * sues customs: P.R. = U.S. = ConstitutionUniformity…

After the revolution, prior to the current constitution, the U.S. was governed by the articles of confederation, which provided that…

Here are the readings for the next lecture in order. Shelley v. Kramer (or, how to end apartheid)http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/shelley.html Drittwirkunghttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1481552 Viking…

Read this for next time: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1020505 Cases: In order http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/104/450http://supreme.justia.com/us/199/148/case.htmlhttp://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=396&invol=531http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=1955477309NY168_1449.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985

Please read and brief this case for next class.http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case&court=us&vol=182&invol=244#251 Then, read this.http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment14/39.html#t90This is the closest you will come to seeing…

The practice of European governments to sent officers to reside in foreign countries, authorized to exercise a limited jurisdiction over…

Ultra viresIf an act is not indicated as within the corporation’s powers in the corporate charter then the act is…

You should have already read the following, and must in order to understand this course.http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1431178http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1481552 There will also be a…

One student had asked about texts on constitutional law. This link has constitutional law outlines (Skript)http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/study/outlines/the first link — constitutional…

I just updated the sources and methods to include FREE ONLINE LAW DICTIONARIES. You can download one of them (bouviers)…

I just updated the sources and methods to include FREE ONLINE LAW DICTIONARIES. You can download one of them (bouviers)…

Remember to look at the postings below this one to make sure you are ready for class. The U.S. Supreme…

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The most useful book you could look at is: a law dictionary. Black’s law dictionary is considered the best U.S.…

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-1195.pdf Just read the syllabus for this one, it will be discussed in class but will not be briefed out.

Read Medellin, first the syllabus. The entire decision is 90 pages. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/06-984.pdf Then read the Massachussets Burma casehttp://docs.google.com/gview?url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/supreme/530/363.pdf&chrome=true Then read…

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HOW TO BRIEF CASES Rememeber, in case briefing we are looking for the facts, the rule. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feucSsK_L50 This is good…

Dear Students, Download jureeka add on for firefox or chrome (I don’t know if it is available for explorer or…

First please read this, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1431178 Then WICKARD v. FILBURN, 317 U.S. 111 (1942), http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=317&invol=111 Then http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1335088 Then Case C-2/90 (Walloon…

We will do a session on IP either tonight or next week. Here are the readings, this is the start…

Equitable maxims, canons of constructions, and common law writs are elements of common law which will likely confuse you because…

This link http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ gives you the format for U.S. legal citation. A ZIP file of English, French, EU, and German…

How and Why to Publish Articles about the Law Eric Engle Lawyers have a responsibility to work for the general…

Arguments of the Plaintiff? (theories of liability) Arguments of the Defendant? (defences) What mistakes did the losing party make? Why…

HOW TO WRITE ESSAYS AND EXAMS 1) Formulate hypothesis – what you THINK you’re going to prove – it’s just…

We will be spending the next 2 or 3 sessions on the cases in the reading which followshttps://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BwMRRQXBqVxjZGFjNjUzNmItMTcyZS00MjY0LThhZDAtNDQxYzdmYjg5ZDhj&hl=en_USread everything in…