This lesson focuses on issues related to the commencement of legislative rulemaking proceedings. Accordingly, it focuses on how such proceedings are commenced and by whom.
Read moreThe purpose of this lesson is to examine how administrative agencies create "rules," particularly in adjudicative contexts.
Read moreThis lesson focuses on employee injunctive remedies against an employer. The issues raised by this lesson arise in a variety of different contexts, involving both low-level employees and famous individuals.
Read moreThis lesson deals with issues relating to an employer's ability to use injunctive remedies against an employee who breaches a contract.
Read moreThe action for restitution allows recovery in a variety of contexts when the defendant would be "unjustly enriched" if he/she were not required to pay restitution. One of those contexts is the situation in which one person acts on behalf of another in the case of an emergency situation requiring immediate action. In this lesson, we explore the parameters of an individual's right to recover restitution for providing aid to another in an emergency situation. Of course, as an inevitable incident of this discussion, we will explore situations when recovery should be denied. This lesson is intended for students who have studied these issues in class and wish to further refine their knowledge.
Read moreThis lesson examines the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, and its provision for a right to trial by jury in civil cases.
Read moreMany administrative agencies have their own judicial structures (often referred to as "quasi-judicial" structures). In this lesson, we examine the development of one type of judge used in those structures, the so-called administrative law judge.
Read moreThis lesson provides students in a Water Law, Natural Resources, or Advanced Property with a basic review of the subject of water law and the two main water law systems in the United States.
Read moreThis lesson explores non-capital, criminal sentencing with a particular focus on the constitutional criminal procedural issues.
Read moreThis lesson is the third in the climate change series. It is designed to introduce students to the concept of climate change adaptation -- that is, the processes whereby humans respond to the ecological changes that climate change is causing.
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