LAW 201- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 59 pages long!)
Document Summary
Law has its own linguistic convention: the law is for everyone - legal decisions are written for all of us, we must learn the law, laws change every single day, the law is interesting. Who is suing whom? who is the plaintiff and who"s the defendant. Read the headnote, this is helpful in understanding what the case is about. Figure out what happened - what was the judge"s decision? who won? convicted or. Followed by memo writing, factum writing, academic writing. Firac - a way to explain judicial reasoning. Golden things that are extracted from legal cases. Looks at new gfs private bank records. Does not take anything or cause financial harm. Wife sued for divorce and damages for intentional tort of battery. Difference between assault and battery - assault = threat, battery = act. This case held that only one who has mortally wounded or killed and seized a wild animal holds its property rights.
