disc 1. Litigation and legal practice. Litigation and the American legal system --
Thinking like a lawyer --
Representing your client --
Trial strategy behind the scenes --
Opening statements : the moment of primacy --
Direct examination : questioning your witnesses --
disc 2. Litigation and legal practice. The art of the objection --
Controlling cross-examination --
Closing arguments : driving your theory home --
Understanding the appellate process --
Arguing before the Supreme Court --
disc 3. Criminal law and procedure. Who defines crimes, and how? --
Crime and the guilty mind --
Homicide and moral culpability --
The law of self-defense --
Federal crimes and federal power --
Cruel and unusual punishments --
disc 4. Criminal law and procedure. Due process and the right of counsel --
Government searches and privacy rights --
The shrinking warrant requirement --
The Fifth Amendment privilege --
Miranda and police interrogations --
Plea bargains, jury trials, and justice --
disc 5. Civil procedure. Procedural rights and why they matter --
Subject matter jurisdiction --
Jurisdiction over the defendant --
A modern approach to personal jurisdiction --
Understanding complex litigation --
disc 6. Civil procedure. The use and abuse of discovery --
Deciding a case before the trial ends --
The right to a civil jury trial --
Determining what law applies --
Relitigation and preclusion --
Appeals and how they are judged --
disc 7. Torts. The calamitous world of tort law --
Reasonable care and the reasonable person --
Rules versus standards of care --
The complexities of factual causation --
Legal causation and foreseeability --
disc 8. Torts. Liability for the acts of others --
When tort plaintiffs share the blame --
Animals, blasting, and strict liability --
The rise of products liability --
Products liability today --
Punitive damages and their limits.