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Guide for First-Year Law Students  Tags: law_students 1l survival_guide torts civil_procedure contracts criminal_law legal_research legal_writing  

This guide will aid new law students in preparing for and surviving the first year of law school. It includes books, audio and video resources, and websites on survival skills and first year courses. Also includes books for international students.
Last update: Jul 09th, 2009 URL: http://libraryguides.law.pace.edu/firstyear  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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CALI Lessons

  • Lessons on tort law  
    Lessons on many topics in tort law.
  • CALI code  
    If you haven't registered for CALI click here for the authorization code you'll need to set up your account. You only need the code once, after that sign in with your email address and password.
 

Area of Law Outlines

 

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Hornbooks, Treatises, and Nutshells

Most of these are on reserve, ask for them at the Circulation Desk.  Older versions may be in the stacks and can be checked out for longer periods of time.

 
 

Hornbook, Treatise, What?

Hornbook = single-volume scholarly work on a specific area of law geared towards law students.  Hornbooks are very often condensed versions of longer works, called treatises.

Treatise = scholarly work, often multi-volume and with the author's name in the title (e.g., Corbin on Contracts).  These offer in-depth analysis of an area of law, and include historical information and current trends.

Nutshell = short, single-volume, pocket-sized overview of an area of law, published by Thomson/West.

 

Audio Resources

  • Torts - Stephen Finz
    Call Number: KF1250.A2 F46 2005 Audio CD (Reserve)
    Disc 1: Introduction; Fountains from which issues spring; Intent in general; Intent distinguished from volition and motive; Intentional invasions of person/property; Essential elements; Battery--Intent; Battery--Other elements; The Art of argument; Pinch hypothetical; Transferred intent; Assault; False imprisonment--intent. Disc 2: False imprisonment--confinement; False imprisonment--lawfulness; Intentional infliction of emotional distress--intent; Intentional infliction of emotional distress--other elements; Defense of self, others, property; Arguing about what is reasonable; Recapture of chattel; Trespass to land; Trespass to chattel/conversion--elements; Trespass to chattel/conversion--comparison; Necessity; Consent. Disc 3: Introduction to negligence; Duty of reasonable care; Foreseeable risk; Foreseeable plaintiff; Rescuers; Exam discussion of duty issue; Affirmative conduct; Special relationship; Landholders; Breach; The reasonable person; Professional malpractice; Exceptions to the requirement of expert testimony. Disc 4: Violation of statute; Presumptions; Res ipsa loquitur; Negligence as a tort; Introduction to proximate cause; Factual cause--but for; Factual cause--substantial factor; Factual cause hypothetical; Legal cause; Intervening causes; Exam suggestions; Typical proximate cause fact patterns; Joint tortfeasors; Aggravated negligence; Damage. Disc 5: Negligent infliction of emotional distress; Death--survival; Death--wrongful death; Birth; Damages--nominal; Damage--punitive; Damages--compensatory; Introduction to strict liability; Animals; Storage of dangerous substances; Ultrahazardous / abnormally dangerous activities; Contributory/comparative negligence; Assumption of the risk; Primary assumption of the risk; Vicarious liability--employees; Vicarious liability--scope of employment; Other forms of vicarious liability; Business torts--misrepresentation. Disc 6: Misrepresentation--fault; Misrepresentation--justified reliance; Misrepresentation--damage; Interference with contract/prospective business advantage; Nuisance; Public nuisance; Private nuisance; Malicious prosecution--termination; Malicious prosecution--probable cause; Malicious prosecution--malice/damage; Abuse of process; Introduction to products liability; Products liability--negligence; Products liability--express warranty; Products liability--implied warranty of merchantability; Products liability--implied warranty of fitness of particular purpose; Products liability--misrepresentation; Products liability--strict liability in tort. Disc 7: Products liability--defect; Products liability--component parts; Defamation--defamatory statement; Defamation--falsity; Defamation--fault/public persons; Defamation--publication; Defamation--Damage; Injurious falsehood; False light; Privacy invasions; Privacy--appropriation of identity; Privacy--intrusion; Privacy--public disclosure; Privacy hypothetical; Conclusion.
 
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