Common Law Systems
Study common law, precedent, courts, statutory interpretation and equity with an eight-minute video and source-linked companion guide.
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Law video lectures and study guides
Learn legal frameworks through narrated lessons, worked examples, comparisons and source-linked articles.
Offer and Acceptance: A Worked Contract Problem
A worked problem course walking through offer, acceptance, and the battle of the forms using one fictional transaction, comparing common-law and UCC Article 2 approaches.
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Criminal Procedure: Six Common Myths
A myth-versus-rule course on six common criminal procedure misconceptions, using one recurring hypothetical to show how constitutional doctrine actually works in the United States.
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Negligence Case Study: Duty, Breach and Causation
Work through a fictional slip-and-fall case: duty, breach, causation, damages and comparative fault, with California illustrations and primary sources.
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Due Process vs Equal Protection Explained
A side-by-side comparison course distinguishing due process and equal protection under United States federal constitutional law, using a single fictional recurring scenario.
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A Federal Civil Lawsuit: Start to Finish
A process walkthrough of a federal civil lawsuit from jurisdiction through appeal, built around one fictional scenario and the decision sequence a litigant actually faces.
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Hearsay Explained: A Decision Tree
Learn hearsay through a six-step decision tree: statements, truth versus non-truth uses, opposing-party statements, exceptions and multiple layers under federal evidence rules.
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Buying Property: A Legal Issues Checklist
LawConquer course and companion article: Buying Property: A Legal Issues Checklist — a six-part issue checklist for evaluating a U.S. residential purchase, built around one recurring hypothetical.
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Wills vs Trusts: Three Legal Scenarios
Compare wills, funded revocable trusts and beneficiary-designated assets through three fictional family scenarios, with state-law caveats and primary sources.
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LLC vs Corporation: A Founder Dilemma
A fictional founder's choice between an LLC and a corporation frames a six-part comparison of formation, ownership, liability, duties, and governing documents under general United States business-entity principles.
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Judicial Review: Challenging Agency Decisions
Learn federal agency review under the APA: reviewability, the record, Loper Bright, standards of review and remedies through a fictional permit dispute.
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