Gilbert's Audio Tape Series

Table of Contents:

Administrative Law

Tape 1

Side 1: Nature and Type of Agencies - APA; Relevance and Requirements of Procedural Due Process
Side 2: Procedural Due Process (cont.)

Side 1: Formal and Informal Administrative Adjudication - Nature of Formal Adjudication
Side 2: Formal and Informal Administrative Adjudication (cont.); Formal and Informal, Notice-and-Comment, Rulemaking

Side 1: Hybrid Rulemaking - Agency Information Gathering
Side 2: Agency Information Gathering (cont.) - External Controls on Agencies

Side 1: Preconditions of Judicial Review - Judicial Review
Side 2: Judicial Review (cont.)

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Agency & Partnership

Tape 1

Side 1: Introduction to Agency; Definition of Agency; Types of Agency Authority
Side 2: Types of Agency Authority (cont.); Duties; Capacity; Formalities; Termination of Agency; General/Special Agent; Master-Servant

Side 1: Master-Servant (cont.); Introduction to Partnership; Partnership Defined; Formation of Partnership
Side 2: Formation of Partnership (cont.); Liability for Partnership; Operations; Management

Side 1: Indemnification; Partnership Property; Duties of Partners; Authority of Partners; Partnership Interests
Side 2: Partnership Interests (cont.); Legal Nature of Partnership; Dissolution

Side 1: Expulsion; Capital Accounts; Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships
Side 2: Limited Liability Partnerships (cont.); Limited Liability Limited Partnerships; Limited Liability Companies

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Bankruptcy

Tape 1

Side 1: Overview; Jurisdiction; Code Organization
Side 2: Estates, Exclusion, Automatic Stay

Side 1: Chapter 7 - Trustees; Creditors Meetings; Claims; Exemptions
Side 2: Objections to Discharge; Secured Claims; Distribution; Priority Claims; Nondischargeable Debts

Side 1: Nondischargeable Debts (cont.); Dismissal; Discharge; Debtor Reaffirmation; Chapter 13 - Property; Trustee; Stay; Secured Creditors; Plan
Side 2: Plan Confirmation and Modification; discharge; Exceptions; Chapter 11 - Debtor in Possession; Committees; Secured Claims; Preferences

Side 1: Preferences (cont.); Exceptions; Plan; Impairment of Classes; Creditor Acceptance, Confirmation, and Cram Down
Side 2: Discharge; Jurisdiction; Core/Non-Core Proceedings; Jury Trial; Venue; Appeals

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Civil Procedure

Tape 1

Side 1: Personal Jurisdiction
Side 2: Personal Jurisdiction (cont.); Notice

Side 1: Notice (cont.); Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Side 2: Subject Matter Jurisdiction (cont.); Venue

Side 1: Venue (cont.); the Erie Doctrine; Challenging Jurisdiction and Venue; Pleadings
Side 2: Pleadings (cont.); Joinder

Side 1: Joinder (cont.)
Side 2: Discovery; Pre-Trial Adjudication; Trial & Motions

Side 1: Trial & Motions (cont.); Appeal
Side 2: Preclusion Doctrines

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Commercial Paper

Tape 1

Side 1: Definitions; Issues; Negotiability
Side 2: Negotiability (cont.); Negotiation; Hdc Rule; Defenses

Side 1: Defenses (cont.): Claims; Indorsers Liability
Side 2: Indorsers Liability (cont.); Drawers Liability; Drawee Contract

Side 1: Bank Collection; Finality; Documents of Title; Lost Instruments
Side 2: Lost Instruments (cont.); Debit and Credit Cards; Wire Transfers

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Conflict of Laws

Tape 1

Side 1: Personal Jurisdiction; Minimum Contacts
Side 2: General and Specific Jurisdiction; Purposeful Availment; Stream of Commerce

Side 1: New in Rem Jurisdiction; Forum Selection Clauses; Subject Matter Jurisdiction
Side 2: Choice of Law Approaches (First Restatement, etc.); Escape Devices

Side 1: New Approaches (Interest Analysis, Second Restatement, etc.)
Side 2: Constitutional Limitations; Choice of Law in Contracts Cases

Side 1: Choice of Law in Other Areas; Choice Between State and Federal Law (Erie)
Side 2: Full Faith and Credit; Recognition of U.S. Judgments; Exam Approach

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Constitutional Law

Tape 1

Side 1: Judicial Review; Legislative Power; Supremacy; Commerce
Side 2: Commerce (cont.); Taxing & Spending; State Regulation

Side 1: State Regulation (cont.); Federal System; Federal Courts
Side 2: Federal Courts (cont.); Separation of Powers; Civil Liberties- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

Side 1: Bill of Rights; State Action; Takings; Contracts; Due Process
Side 2: Due Process (cont.); Equal Protection; Fundamental Rights

Side 1: Fundamental Rights (cont.); Race; Aliens
Side 2: Gender; Illegitimacy; 1st Amendment Speech and Assembly; Vagueness

Side 1: lst Amendment (cont.); --prior restraint; Content; Obscenity; Commercial Speech
Side 2: Commercial Speech (cont.); Defamation; The Press; Religion

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Contracts

Tape 1

Side 1: Definitions; Issue Spotting; Formation Offer
Side 2: Formation-Offer (cont.); Acceptance; Capacity; Consideration

Side 1: Consideration (cont.); Defenses; Nonparties
Side 2: Nonparties (cont.); Terms; Construction; Parol Evidence; Conditions

Side 1: Conditions (cont.); Warranties
Side 2: Warranties (cont.); Discharge; Breach; Remedies-damages

Side 1: Remedies-damages (cont.); Quasi-contract; Specific Performance; Third-party Rights
Side 2: Third-party Rights (cont.)

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Copyright Law

Tape 1

Side 1: Justifications for a Copyright System; Fixation and Originality Requirement; Idea/Expression Dichotomy
Side 2: Dichotomy (cont.); Literary Works; Protection of Computer Software; Pictorial, Graphic and Sculptural Works; Derivative Works and Compilations

Side 1: Derivative Works (cont.); Ownership and Joint Authorship; Works for Hire; Transfer of Ownership; Duration and Renewal of Copyright
Side 2: Duration (cont.); Termination of Transfer; Publications and Notice

Side 1: Publication (cont.); Registration and Deposit; Reproduction, Adaptation & Distribution
Side 2: Performance & Display Rights; Moral Rights; Elements of Infringement; The Fair Use Defense; Remedies; Preemption of State Claims

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Corporations

Tape 1

Side 1: General Issues; Statutes and Articles; Ultra Vires Acts; Formation
Side 2: Financial Structure-bonds & stocks; Subscription

Side 1: Subscription (cont.); Watered Stock; Insider Trading; Securities; Fraud
Side 2: Fraud (cont.); Promoters; Shareholders--meetings; Voting

Side 1: Voting (cont.); Shareholder Agreements; Close Corporations; Dividends
Side 2: Dividends (cont.); Preemptive Rights; Inspection; Derivative Suits

Side 1: Shareholder Liability; Directors; Corporate Opportunity
Side 2: Officers; Fundamental Changes

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Criminal Law

Tape 1

Side 1: Essay Techniques; Jurisdiction; Mental States; Intent
Side 2: Mental State (cont.); Inchoate Crimes; Solicitation; Conspiracy

Side 1: Attempt; Impossibility; Defenses
Side 2: Defenses (cont.)

Side 1: Defenses (cont.); Battery; Assault; Homicide; Common Law Murder
Side 2: Manslaughter; First Degree & Felony Murder

Side 1: Sex Offenses; Crimes Against Property
Side 2: Extortion; Burglary; Arson; Review

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Criminal Procedure

Tape 1

Side 1: Exclusionary Rule; Arrest; Search & Seizure
Side 2: Search (cont.); Standing; Warrants

Side 1: Warrants (cont.); Warrantless Search
Side 2: Warrantless Search (cont.); Wiretapping; Confessions

Side 1: Confessions (cont.): Pretrial; Trial; Sentencing
Side 2: Death Penalty; Double Jeopardy; Self-incrimination

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Equitable Remedies

Tape 1

Side 1: Introduction; Exam Tactics; Injunctions
Side 2: Injunctions (cont.); Protectible Rights; Balancing Equities

Side 1: Balancing Equities (cont.); Defenses; Procedure
Side 2: Procedure (cont.); Contempt; Specific Performance

Side 1: Specific Performance (cont.); Rescission; Reformation
Side 2: Reformation (cont.); Constructive Trust; Equitable Lien

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Evidence

Tape 1

Side 1: Relevance
Side 2: Relevance (cont.); Character Evidence

Side 1: Character Evidence (cont.); "Mimic"; Documents; Best Evidence Rule
Side 2: Best Evidence Rule (cont.); Competency

Side 1: Dead Man Statutes; Examination; Recollection; Opinion Testimony
Side 2: Opinion Testimony (cont.); Texts; Impeachment

Side 1: Impeachment (cont.); Rehabilitation; Privileges
Side 2: Privileges (cont.); Hearsay & Nonhearsay

Side 1: Hearsay and Exceptions
Side 2: Hearsay and Exceptions (cont.)

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Family Law

Tape 1

Side 1: Pre-nuptial Agreements; Out-of-Wedlock Children; Paternity Actions; Capacity to Marry
Side 2: Capacity to Marry (cont.); Ceremonial Marriage; Common Law Marriage; Consequences of Marriage

Side 1: Consequences of Marriage (cont.); Annulment; Divorce Grounds
Side 2: Divorce Defenses; Divorce Jurisdiction; Separation Agreements; Alimony

Side 1: Alimony (cont.); Property Division; Procreation; Child Support
Side 2: Child Support (cont.); Child Custody; Termination of Parental Rights; Adoption

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Side 1: Choice of Law in the Federal System: Erie Rr and Federal Common Law
Side 2: Choice of Law in the Federal System: Erie Rr and Federal Common Law (cont.)

Side 1: Federal Jurisdiction
Side 2: Federal Jurisdiction (cont.)

Side 1: Federal-State Relations: The Eleventh Amendment, Abstention and 1983
Side 2: Federal-State Relations: The Eleventh Amendment, Abstention and 1983 (cont.)

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Federal Income Tax

Tape 1

Side 1: Intro; Tax Formula & Rates; Gross Income
Side 2: Gross Income (cont.); Realization; Exclusions

Side 1: Exclusions (cont.); Net Gain or Loss; Basis
Side 2: Basis (cont.); Spousal Transfers; Non-Recognition; Deductions

Side 1: Deductions (cont.); Loss Limitation Rules; Itemized Deductions
Side 2: Itemized Deductions (cont.); Income Assignment; Timing Issues

Side 1: Timing Issues (cont.); Capital Gains
Side 2: Capital Gains (cont.); Tax Procedure

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First Year Program

Civil Procedure. 5 tapes

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Personal Jurisdiction; Long-Arm Statutes; Constitutional Limitations; In Rem and Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Venue; Transfer; Forum Non Conveniens; Removal; Waiver; Governing Law; Pleadings; Joinder of Clains; Permissive and Compulsory Joinder of Parties; Counter and Cross Claims; Ancillary Jurisdiction; Impleader; Class Actions; Discovery; Pretrial Adjudication; Summary Judgment; Trial; Post Trial Motions; Appeals; Res Judicata; Collateral Estoppel.

Contracts. 4 tapes.

Offer; Revocation; Acceptance; Consideration; Defenses to formation; Third Party Beneficiaries; Assignment; Delegation; Conditions; Excuses; Anticipatory Repudiation; Discharge of Duty; Modifications; Rescission; Accord & Satisfaction; Novation; Breach; Damages; Remedies; UCC Remedies; Parol Evidence Rule

Criminal Law. 4 tapes.

Exam Tactics; Volitional Acts; Mental States; Specific Intent; Malice; General Intent; Strict Liability; Accomplice Liability; Inchoate Crimes; Impossibility; Defenses; Insanity; Voluntary and Involuntary Intoxication; Infancy; Self-Defense; Defense of a Dwelling; Duress; Necessity; Mistake of Fact or Law; Entrapment; Battery; Asault; Homicide; Common Law Murder; Voluntary and Involuntary Manslaughter; First Degree Murder; Felony Murder; Rape; Larceny; Embezzlement; False Pretenses; Robbery; Extortion; Burglary; Arson

Real Property. 4 tapes.

Estates-Fee Simple; Fee Tail; Life Estate; Co-Tenancy-Joint Tenancy in Common; Tenancy by the Entirety; Landlord-Tenant Relationship; Liability for Condition of Premises; Assignment & Sublease; Easements; Restrictive Covenants; Adverse Possession; Recording Acts; Conveyancing; Personal Property-Finders; Bailments; Gifts; Future Interests

Torts. 4 tapes.

Essay Exam Techniques; Intentional Torts-Assault; Battery; False Imprisonment; Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; Trespass to Land; Trespass to Chattels; Conversion; Defenses; Defamation-Libel; Slander; Defenses; First Amendment Concerns; Invasion of Right of Privacy; Misrepresentation; Negligence-Duty; Breach; Actual and Proximate Causation; Damages; Defenses; Strict Liability; Products Liability; Nuisance; General Tort Considerations.

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Future Interests

Tape 1

Side 1: Present Possessory Estates
Side 2: Present Possessory Estates (cont.)

Side 1: Rules Restricting Remainders & Executory Interests
Side 2: Rules Against Perpetuities

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Law School ABC's

Tape 1

Side 1: Introduction; Briefing
Side 2: Briefing (cont.)

Side 1: Briefing (cont.); Lectures; Outlining
Side 2: Outlining (cont.); Essay Writing; "IRAC"

Side 1: "IRAC" (cont.); Exam Writing
Side 2: Exam Writing (cont.); Review

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Law School Exam Writing

Learn the secrets of law school test taking.

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Professional Responsibility

Tape 1

Side 1: How Can the Bar Regulate Attorneys?
Side 2: Regulation (cont.); Lawyer-Client Relationship; Conflicts of Interest

Side 1: Conflict of Interest (cont.); Effective Representation; Integrity of the System; Confidences
Side 2: Confidences (cont.); Communication with Non-Clients; Trial Tactics

Side 1: Market for Legal Services; Judicial Ethics
Side 2: Judicial Ethics (cont.)

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Real Property

Tape 1

Side 1: Present Estates
Side 2: Future Interests; Re-Entry; Reversion; Remainders

Side 1: Remainders (cont.); Executory Interests; Rap
Side 2: Rap (cont.); Adverse Possession; Concurrent Estates; Landlord-Tenant

Side 1: Landlord-Tenant (cont.)
Side 2: Servitudes-Easements; Covenants; Equitable Servitudes

Side 1: Equitable Servitudes (cont.); Deeds; Recording
Side 2: Recording (cont.); Estoppel; Personal Property

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Remedies

Tape 1

Side 1: Overview, Tort Remedies
Side 2: Tort Remedies (cont.); Personal Property

Side 1: Personal Property (cont.); Real Property
Side 2: Real Property (cont.); Contract Remedies

Side 1: Contract Remedies (cont.) - Damages, Restitution
Side 2: Contract Remedies (cont.) - Recission, Reformation, Specific Performance, Property

Side 1: Property (cont.)
Side 2: Contract Remedies (cont.) - Construction, Personal Services

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