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Learn about confusion in legal studies, common reasons, and how to overcome challenges with applicable analogies and strategies for success. Be patient with yourself and others, seek support in case of disabilities, and explore case examples in context. Explore the precedence of precedents at different government levels and sources. Utilize scholarly works and historical context to enhance knowledge.
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Elements B: Class 2Thursday 8/15/19Power Point PresentationNational Lemon Meringue Pie Day
MUSIC:Beethoven Violin Sonatas #9 (1803) & #5 (1801) Recordings: Itzhak Perlman, Violin & Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano (1973-74) TOMORROW’S CLASS 9:30-10:40 am Case Brief (for your own use)
ELEMENTS B: Three Common 1L Issues Class #2: Confusion Class #4: Control Class #5: Competition v. Cooperation - Songland Episode 102 (Will.i.am)
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION SOME REASONS FOR CONFUSION: • Reality TV Analogy: Missing the Key
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION SOME REASONS FOR CONFUSION: • Reality TV Analogy: Missing the Key • Metal Shop Analogy: Identifying the “Machines”
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION SOME REASONS FOR CONFUSION: • Reality TV Analogy: Missing the Key • Metal Shop Analogy: Identifying the “Machines” • Different Backgrounds • Hard Qs & Easy Qs • Old Techniques May Not Work
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION Helpful to Think of as Immersion in New Language/Culture • Don’t expect to get everything quickly • Read slowly & carefully & then reread • Thinking about Fall Break
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION BE PATIENT WITH OTHER STUDENTS
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION & ESPECIALLY BE PATIENT WITH YOURSELF!!
ELEMENTS B: COFNUSION Two Dyslexics
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Pierson v. Post CASES IN CONTEXT • History of the Underlying Dispute (DQ1.01) (last time; posted slides will include lists) • How Legal System Has Handled Similar Disputes (DQ1.02) (Precedent, cont’d) • Overall Social/Historical Context (1805) • How Society Has Handled Similar Disputes Outside the Legal System (DQ1.03)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 PRECEDENT • Some English cases not relevant b/c • “decided upon the principles of their positive statute regulations….” • Decided on basisof “Ratione Soli” (by reason of the soil)
Ratione Soli: By Reason of the Soil • An unowned wild animal that enters privately owned land is considered the property of the landowner while it remains on the parcel.
Ratione Soli: By Reason of the Soil • An unowned wild animal that enters privately owned land is considered the property of the landowner while it remains on the parcel. • Why might such a rule have developed?
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 & 1.04(a) PRECEDENT Some English cases not relevant b/c decided under “ratione soli” • Ratione Soli cases = Landowner v. Hunter • PvP = Hunter v. Hunter. • DQ1.04(a): Why might it matter that the fox is caught on a deserted beach? Because there is no landowner making a ratione soli claim.
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 TYPES OF PRECEDENT • Cases • Statutes (passed by legislatures) • Regulations (issued by executive branch/agencies) • Constitution • Treatises, Law Review Articles, etc.
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Within a State • Binding Authority • Constitution • Statutes • Regulations • Cases (common law) • Persuasive Authority (Non-Binding)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Within a State • Binding Authority • Constitution (& Cases Interpreting) • Statutes (& Cases Interpreting) • Regulations (& Cases Interpreting) • Cases (common law) • Persuasive Authority (Non-Binding)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Within a State • Binding Authority • Persuasive Authority (Non-Binding) • Cases (etc.) from Other Jurisdictions • Treatises, Law Review Articles, etc.
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Within a State • Binding Authority • Persuasive Authority (Non-Binding) PERSUASIVENESS VARIES w SOURCE: Cases • Prestige • Through WW2: Often NY & Mass • Later 20th Century: Often Calif. & NJ (& then Alaska) • Similar Circumstances • Alabama v. California • Albers (late Sept.): Ontario, Canada (for Colorado)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Within a State • Binding Authority • Persuasive Authority (Non-Binding) PERSUASIVENESS VARIES w SOURCE: Scholarly Work • Prosser on Torts v. Brittany Spears on Torts • 1969 scholarship v. 2019 scholarship
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents: Among Levels of Government • Federal Law • Only if applicable: (where Federal Govt has power to regulate and has chosen to do so) • See Supremacy Clause of US Constitution • State Law • Local Ordinances and Regulations
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 Precedence of Precedents IF QUESTIONS: Review Slides & Ask by E-Mail or Outside of Class
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 PRECEDENT Why use precedents at all? Why shouldn’t the court simply announce who wins? (Multiple Overlapping Reasons)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.02 PRECEDENT Why use precedents at all? Why shouldn’t the court simply announce who wins? (at least)Predictability Consistency/FairnessLegitimacy
Pierson v. Post CASES IN CONTEXT • History of the Underlying Dispute (DQ1.01) (last time; posted slides include list from whiteboard) • How Legal System Has Handled Similar Disputes (DQ1.02) (Precedent, cont’d) • Overall Social/Historical Context (1805) • How Society Has Handled Similar Disputes Outside the Legal System (DQ1.03)
Significance of History for Us • Background; Not Leading to Multiple Choice Test • Info I’ll give you especially about beginnings and endings: often useful to be think about changes in society that occur around particular dates (watersheds). E.g., 1492
EUROPE BEFORE 1492 Ireland without potatoes Italy without tomatoes France w/o chocolate or tobacco
AFTER 1492 New World Europe Europe New World Sugar Cane Cultivation SILVER
Significance of History in Law • Judges & Lawyers (& Some Law Profs) = Human • Necessarily influenced by ideas & events of own time • Can make arguments about meaning of case or other authority from historical context • E.g., Dissent’s suggestion that rules suggested in treatises should not be followed because times have changed • E.g., nobody in 1805 is going to worry about effect of case on ecology; might act differently today
Pierson v. Post 1805 Qing Dynasty in China Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan George III still British Monarch Napoleon in France War in Europe
Pierson v. Post: 1805 War in Europe: • Napoleon crowned Emperor in France & King of Italy • Destroys Russian & Austrian armies at Austerlitz, gaining effective control of most of Central Europe • BUT French Navy beaten badly at Battle of Trafalgar in October leaving Great Britain in control of seas
Pierson v. Post: 1805 Milestones: • Births: Hans Christian Andersen, Alexis de Tocqueville, Joseph Smith Jr (founds Church of Latter Day Saints) • Deaths: Lord Cornwallis; Adm. Horatio Nelson • Beethoven’s Symphony #3 (Eroica) & Opera Leonore premiere in Vienna
An Ancient Species of Mandarin Orange Reaches Europe from China for 1st Time; Imported into France from Tangier in Morocco
Ancient Breed of Mandarin Oranges Reaches Europe from Tangier TANGERINES
Pierson v. Post: 1805 2d Term of Jefferson Presidency: • 17 States: Original 13 plus VT KY TN OH • Michigan & Louisiana Territories Created • Huntsville, AL + Fairfax, VA + Canton OH founded • Treaties of Mt. Dexter & Ft. Industry & Grouseland Acquire Parts of Mississippi & Ohio & Indiana from Native Tribes • Lewis & Clark Expedition Reaches Pacific in Nov
Population of Suffolk County NY1805 = about 20,000; 2012 = about 1,500,000
Pierson v. Post CASES IN CONTEXT • History of the Underlying Dispute (DQ1.01) (last time; posted slides include list from whiteboard) • How Legal System Has Handled Similar Disputes (DQ1.02) (Precedent, cont’d) • Overall Social/Historical Context (1805) • How Society Has Handled Similar Disputes Outside the Legal System (DQ1.03) (Custom)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.03 CUSTOM & LAW • The dissent suggests that the court should defer to hunters’ customs. • Can view custom as kind of precedent: what people generally do in situation. • Certainly useful info for court: what would likely happen if no legal intervention
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.03 CUSTOM & LAW • The dissent suggests that the court should defer to hunters’ customs.Would that be a good thing? • Subquestions in DQ1.03 designed to help you think about this.
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.03 CUSTOM & LAW • Do you know what relevant customs are among hunters today? • If not, how would you find out?
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.03 CUSTOM & LAW • Do you know relevant customs are among hunters today? How would you find out? • Find Live Experts –OR— Internet • Some Good Ideas for Sources • Hunting Clubs • Local Leaders/Teachers/Officials • Relevant Organizations (American Fox Hunters)
Pierson v. Post: DQ1.03 CUSTOM & LAW Examples of Situations Where Custom Differs from Law? Not just custom and no law, but custom inconsistent w existing law.