Optional Class Material

Optional Class Material

Chapter I - Introduction to the Course

Structure of the American Court System

Federal Courts

Introduction to the Federal Court System (U.S. Dep't of Justice - Offices of the United States Attorneys - Justice 101) - https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts

Chart of the U.S. Court System (Gonzaga University School of Law) - http://libguides.law.gonzaga.edu/case-law

Structure of the Federal Courts (Southeast ADA Center) - http://adacourse.org/courtconcepts/structure.html

Introduction to Federal Courts (Southeast ADA Center) - http://adacourse.org/courtconcepts/intro.html

Official Website of the United States Supreme Court - https://www.supremecourt.gov

United States Courts - Comparing Federal and State Courts - https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/comparing-federal-state-courts

Federal Magistrate Judges

Judicial Learning Center - https://judiciallearningcenter.org/state-courts-vs-federal-courts/

State Courts

State Judicial Selection Methods: An Interactive Map (Brennan Center) - http://judicialselectionmap.brennancenter.org/?court=Supreme

The Trial Process

Pre-Trial Procedure (Professor Charles Nesson, Harvard Law School, 2007)

Steps in a Trial (American Bar Association (ABA))

Sources of Law

Common Law and Civil Law Traditions (University of California at Berkeley)

Sources of Law by Samuel Brickley 2nd and Brian Gottesman in Business Law Basics - http://www.businesslawbasics.com/chapter-5-sources-law

Tools of Legal Reasoning: Analogy and Precedent

Precedent and Analogy in Legal Reasoning - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/legal-reas-prec/

Legal Reasoning: The Use of Analogy in Legal Argument by Richard Posner - http://legacydirs.umiacs.umd.edu/~horty/courses/readings/posner-2006-weinreb-review.pdf

The Significance of Reasoning by Analogy & Precedent in Legal Argument (Professor Martha Minow, Harvard Law School, The Bridge) - https://cyber.harvard.edu/bridge/Analogy/analogy2.htm

How Reasoning by Analogy Works in Law (Professor Martha Minow, Harvard Law School, The Bridge) - https://cyber.harvard.edu/bridge/Analogy/analogy3.htm

Criticisms & Defenses of Reasoning by Analogy in Law (Professor Martha Minow, Harvard Law School, The Bridge) - https://cyber.harvard.edu/bridge/Analogy/analogy4.htm

Statutory Interpretation

Statutory Interpretation -- in the Classroom and in the Courtroom by Richard Posner - https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=2873&context=journal_articles

Statutory Interpretation on the Bench: A Survey of Forty-Two Judges on the Federal Courts of Appeals by Abbe Gluck and Richard Posner (Harvard Law Review) (13 Harv. L. Rev. 1298 (2018) - https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1298_1373_GluckPosner_Online.pdf

Response: The Appellate Rule of Lenity by Intisar Rabb (Harvard Law Review Forum) (131 Harv. L. Rev. F. 179 (2018) (responding to Gluck & Posner's Statutory Interpretation on the Bench linked above) - https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Vol131_Rabb.pdf

Using Substantive Canons to Interpret Statutes - Legal Research Advice from the Librarians at Western New England University School of Law - http://wnelawlibrary.blogspot.com/2018/03/using-substantive-canons-to-interpret.html

Using Textual Canons to Interpret Statutes - Legal Research Advice from the Librarians at Western New England University School of Law - http://wnelawlibrary.blogspot.com/2018/02/using-textual-canons-to-interpret.html

Canons of Construction (adapted from Scalia & Garner) by Professor Dru Stevenson - http://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/adjunct/dstevenson/2018Spring/CANONS%20OF%20CONSTRUCTION.pdf

Chapter II - Constitutional Law: Structural Aspects of the U.S. Constitution

Commerce Clause - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Legal Encyclopedia - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/commerce_clause

Wickard v. Filburn - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm0Ip4PgPOY

Wickard v. Filburn Legal Edimation on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXN2_zKDbGI

United States v. Lopez - Bill of Rights Institute - http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/us-v-lopez-1995/

United States v. Lopez - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ1weu4-U0k

United States v. Lopez (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bliNoGOTVQ

Guns in Schools - Giffords Law Center - http://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/policy-areas/guns-in-public/guns-in-schools/#federal

Gonzalez v. Raich - Bill of Rights Institute - http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/gonzalez-v-raich-2004/

Gonzalez v. Raich - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwvu2LKtXQ

Exploring Constitutional Law by Doug Linder - http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html

Constitutional Law by Samuel Brickley 2nd and Brian Gottesman in Business Law Basics - http://www.businesslawbasics.com/chapter-11-constitutional-law

Philadelphia v. New Jersey - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TROkQLsD4c

Steps in Constitutional Analysis - http://www.wneclaw.com/conlaw/stepsinconanalysis.htm

Chapter III - Constitutional Law: Individual Rights

The Bill of Rights:

The Bill of Rights: an introduction (video) (Khan Academy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQj0b949rDY
Bill of Rights - History - https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/bill-of-rights
A 3-Minute Guide to the Bill of Rights (Brenda Stutzman) (TEDEd video) - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3-minute-guide-to-the-bill-of-rights-belinda-stutzman#review
Bill of Rights Golf - http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/golf.htm

Fighting Words on Make No Law - The First Amendment Podcast (Legal Talk Network) - https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/make-no-law/2018/01/fighting-words/

Fighting Words Overview by David L. Hudson, Jr. - FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education - https://www.thefire.org/fighting-words-overview/

Cohen v. California (statement of facts from Supreme Court oral argument) - Supreme Court Clips - UMKC School of Law - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_rFhjp0XdM

Cohen v. California - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfzliHhO6lY

Paul Robert Cohen and "His" Famous Free-Speech Case - David L. Hudson, Jr., Freedom Forum Institute, May 4, 2016 - https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/2016/05/04/paul-robert-cohen-and-his-famous-free-speech-case/

Texas v. Johnson - Bill of Rights Institute - http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/texas-v-johnson-1989/

Texas v. Johnson - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxRCvNM3yts

Texas v. Johnson - Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court - Street Law and Supreme Court Historical Society - http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/texas_v_johnson#Tab=Overview

Snyder v. Phelps - Freedom of Speech - Landmark Cases - Episode # 3 - Think LegalEase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC_EEgvtLMQ

Craig v. Boren - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1myYmCGDiiw

Justice for Beer Drinkers - Craig v. Boren (Learning Center, Supreme Court Decisions & Women's Rights, Milestones to Equality, Supreme Court Historical Society - http://supremecourthistory.org/lc_justice_for_beer_drinkers.html

Korematsu, Notorious Supreme Court Ruling on Japanese Internment, is Finally Tossed Out by Charlie Savage, New York Times, June 26, 2018 - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/korematsu-supreme-court-ruling.html

Korematsu v. United States - Civics Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOgodr4mVZs

Korematsu v. United States - Christy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I21hqvBQVw

Korematsu v. United States - Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court - Street Law and Supreme Court Historical Society - http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/korematsu_v_united_states

Griswold v. Connecticut - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_rFhjp0XdM

Griswold v. Connecticut (excerpt from oral argument on behalf of the state) - Supreme Court Clips - UMKC School of Law - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ssswzvq9o

Griswold v. Connecticut (excerpt from oral argument on behalf of Planned Parenthood) - Supreme Court Clips - UMKC School of Law - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrLz-IHWIw

Griswold v. Connecticut - Bill of Rights Institute - http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/griswold-v-connecticut-1965/

Washington v. Glucksberg (excerpt from oral argument on behalf of the patient challengers) - Supreme Court Clips - UMKC School of Law - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8AGBJ2F0Ug

United States v. Windsor (2013) - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Legal Encyclopedia - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/united_states_v_windsor_%282013%29

Obergefell v. Hodges - quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWSvCNBZxY

Obergefell v. Hodges - Landmark Cases - Episode # 2 - Think LegalEase - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJKyQn-Cmaw

Chapter IV - Criminal Law

Cases and Materials on Criminal Law, 7th edition by Joshua Dressler - Chapter 1 - Introduction: Setting the Stage - http://www.dressler-criminal-law.com/display.asp?displayID=sample1.pdf

Criminal Law by Samuel Brickley 2nd and Brian Gottesman in Business Law Basics - http://www.businesslawbasics.com/chapter-14-criminal-law

What Does a Grand Jury Do? - http://robinsontexas.org/DocumentCenter/View/237/Grand-Jury?bidId=

New York City Criminal Court Arraignment by Don Murray - https://www.shalleyandmurray.com/new-york-city-arraignment-process

Steps in the Federal Criminal Process (U.S. Dep't of Justice - Offices of the United States Attorneys - Justice 101) - https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/steps-federal-criminal-process

New York State Criminal Code (searchable text) - http://ypdcrime.com

Chapter V - Criminal Procedure

Fourth Amendment (An Overview) - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Legal Encyclopedia - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fourth_amendment

Katz v. United States by Nicandro Iannacci - Constitution Daily - National Constitution Center - December 18, 2017 - https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/katz-v-united-states-the-fourth-amendment-adapts-to-new-technology/

New York State Criminal Procedure Law - http://ypdcrime.com/cpl/

New York Considers Changing Discovery Rules that Often Leave Defense Lawyers in the Dark by Wendy Davis (ABA Journal, May 2018) - http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/new_york_discovery_rules_blindfold

Chapter VI - Torts

Tort - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Legal Encyclopedia - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/tort

Palsgraff Revisited (Again) by Professor Joseph Little - https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=unh_lr

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad quimbee.com video case brief on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9cIaMhtUE

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad - Learn Law Better video on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0Z2bWQ1Yk

Byrne v. Boadle - Beau Baez - Learn Law Better - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pFRpHVrq2U&vl=en

Chapter VII - Contracts

Contract - Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute Legal Encyclopedia - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/contract

Contract Law by Samuel Brickley 2nd and Brian Gottesman in Business Law Basics - http://www.businesslawbasics.com/chapter-18-contract-law

"Dear Sister Antillico . . . ": the story of Kirksey v. Kirksey by William Casto & Val Ricks - https://ssrn.com/abstract=899002

Miscellaneous

Justice Elena Kagan Interviewed at Hunter College Honorary Degree Ceremony (Sept. 21, 2018) (Facebook) - https://www.facebook.com/CBSNewYork/videos/elena-kagan-honored-at-hunter-college/340064050064469/

U.S. Legal News - Jurist.org - https://www.jurist.org/news/tag/domestic/

Landmark Supreme Court Cases eLessons - Bill of Rights Institute - http://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/