Week Four

Week Four

September 14th

* Discuss Assignment Two, Brief on Negligence Case, due September 18th
* Read: http://business.theage.com.au/business/time-to-create-the-write-stuff-20090217-8acp.html?page=-1
* Read: http://clarity-international.net/downloads/lwpp.pdf
* Read: "Hackbart v. Cincinatti Bengals" pp. 770-776
* Read: "Hot Coffee Spills" Section pp. 798-805

September 16th

* Introduction to Plain English Movement: basic rules
* Use in-class examples in order to simplify "legalese"
* Discuss types of negligence with respect to case readings from this and last week


September 18th

* Due: Assignment Two on Negligence
* Random selection of student's papers for mini-presentations and class debates
* Readings on Family Law, pp. 777-796