Law School
Episodes
Bonus episode: Legal Terminology
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A reference work with a list of legal terms from one or more languages, ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containi...
Criminal law: Elements - Concurrence
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Western jurisprudence, concurrence (also contemporaneity or simultaneity) is the apparent need to prove the simultaneous occurrence of both actus r...
Tort law: Property torts - Replevin
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Replevin or claim and delivery (sometimes called revendication) is a legal remedy, which enables a person to recover personal property taken wrongfull...
Intellectual property: Copyright (Part 1)
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work, usually for a limited time. T...
Criminal law: Causation
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Causation is the "causal relationship between the defendant's conduct and end result". In other words, causation provides a means of connecting conduc...
Criminal law: Mens rea
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mens rea; Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime; or knowledge that one's action or lack of acti...
Tort Law: Property torts: Detinue
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In tort law, detinue is an action to recover for the wrongful taking of personal property. It is initiated by an individual who claims to have a great...
Intellectual property: Authors' rights
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The term is considered as a direct translation of the French term droit d’auteur (also German Urheberrecht). It was first (1777) promoted in France ...
Criminal law: Actus reus
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The terms actus reus and mens rea developed in English Law are derived from the principle stated by Edward Coke, namely, actus non facit reum nisi men...
Tort law: Property torts - Conversion
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conversion is an intentional tort consisting of "taking with the intent of exercising over the chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner's...
Criminal law
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It proscribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the proper...
Intellectual property: Part 3
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Copyright infringement is reproducing, distributing, displaying or performing a work, or to make derivative works, without permission from the copyrig...
Tort law: Property torts - Trespass
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land. ...
Intellectual property: Part 2
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the creation of a wide variety of intellectual goods for consumers. To achieve this, the...
Intellectual property: Part I
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual p...
Tort Law: Transferred intent
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transferred intent (or transferred mens rea, or transferred malice, in English law) is a legal doctrine that holds that, when the intention to harm on...
Tort Law: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for ...
Tort Law: False Imprisonment
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
False imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally restricts another person’s movement within any area without legal authority, justification or ...
Tort Law: Intentional Torts
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An intentional tort is a category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (alleged wrong...
Tort Law
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learn the basics of tort law as taught in Law School.