482: Listen and Learn -- Assault and Battery ...

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we're exploring some complex aspects of criminal law that frequently appear on exams -- the felony murder rule and causation in homicide cases. We have included an analysis of two hypothetical scenarios to illustrate these leg ...  Show more

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! We're continuing the discussion from last week on crimes against the person. In the previous episode, we covered the basic elements of assault, battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping, and walked through a scenario involving the ...  Show more

🗒️ About this episode: In this episode, I give an overview of tort law, including: what is tort law, types of tort (focusing on negligence, trespass, and defamation), what tort lawyers do, the typical day of a tort lawyer, what makes a successful tort lawyer ...

🗒️ About this episode: A brief introduction to the criminal justice system. This episode covers:

This episode reviews the following intentional torts to the person: BatteryAssaultFalse Imprisonment Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)The episode begins with an explanation of intent and then discusses the rules and relevant case law necessary to understand each ...  Show more

🗒️ About this episode: "The common law has played an extremely important role in shaping the English legal system that we know today." Today's episode is about the common law. The episode includes: