MIKIPEDIA LAW BLOG: July 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

TIS CONFERENCE - INSTITUTIONS, LAW AND DEVELOPMENT

Plenary 1 - Institutions, Law and Development Chair: Elisabeth Sadoulet Speaker: Kaushik Basu Discussant: Ernest Aryeetey, Haroon Bhorat The UNU-WIDER development conference in Hanoi, June 2014, concentrated on the core 21st century development challenges in both low- and middle-income countries: economic transformation, inclusive growth, and environmental sustainability. More about the conference: http://www.wider.unu.edu/tisconf/ More about UNU-WIDER: http://www.wider.unu.edu PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

Monday, July 4, 2016

THE LAW OF TORTS - LEGAL APTITUDE LECTURE

EPISODE 4.1: AN INTRODUCTION TO NEGLIGENCE

"In this episode, Prof. Wiley gives us a brief introduction to negligence."1

FOOTNOTES
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8x9x1G6Sa8&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUd2Mjw1haKHAu_g81xK0v72&index=9

EPISODE 3.3: INTENTIONAL TORTS PRIVILEGES: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC NECESSITY

EPISODE 3.2: INTENTIONAL TORTS PRIVILEGES: DEFENSES OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY

EPISODE 3.1: INTENTIONAL TORTS: CONSENT

"Prof. Lindsey Wiley of American University Washington College of Law tells us about consent in torts."1
FOOTNOTES
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30R1RWJlX8&index=6&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUd2Mjw1haKHAu_g81xK0v72

EPISODE 2.3: INTENTIONAL TORTS: BATTERY

"Prof. Lindsay Wiley teaches us about battery."
FOOTNOTES
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y5u_7x4Fjs&index=5&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUd2Mjw1haKHAu_g81xK0v72

EPISODE 2.2: INTENTIONAL TORTS: ACT AND INTENT

"Prof. Lindsey Wiley of American University Washington College of Law tells us about the act and intent elements in torts."1

FOOTNOTES
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BpNDRl9hIk&index=4&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUd2Mjw1haKHAu_g81xK0v72

EPISODE 2.1: AN OVERVIEW OF INTENTIONAL TORTS

"Professor Lindsay Wiley teaches us about the five main intentional torts. She will walk you through the restatements and how they relate to the Prima Facie elements of each."1

FOOTNOTES

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1c2GFFm8Ic&list=PLpbtRdN7xWUd2Mjw1haKHAu_g81xK0v72&index=3

EPISODE 1.2: AN OVERVIEW OF TORT LAW – INTENTIONAL TORTS, NEGLIGENCE, AND STRICT LIABILITY

The second episode of this nine part series on Tort Law.

TORTS

Tort law is a very interesting, but often misunderstood aspect of law. To help remedy this, Mikipedia Law Blog is aggregating various pieces of information, in video, and written format, using both traditional and non-traditional sources. Naturally, the onus is on the consumer to determine the merit and the applicability of anything that you find in this section.

TORTS - CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN LEGAL EDUCATION

THE LAW OF TORTS - LEGAL APTITUDE LECTURE