| Descript |
xliv, 747 pages ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Civil procedure: -- Jurisdiction and venue -- Law applied by the federal courts -- Pretrial procedures -- Jury trials -- Motions -- Verdicts and judgments -- Appealability and review -- Constitutional law: -- The Supreme Court's authority and the federal judicial power -- Powers of the federal government; the separation of powers -- Two limits on state power: the dormant commerce clause and congressional action -- Intergovernmental immunities; interstate relations -- The due process clause -- Equal protection -- Miscellaneous clauses -- The "state action" requirement; Congress's enforcement of the Civil War amendments -- Freedom of expression -- Freedom of religion -- Justiciability -- Contracts: -- Offer and acceptance -- Consideration -- Promises binding without consideration -- Mistake -- Parol evidence and interpretation -- Conditions, breach, and other aspects of performance -- Anticipatory repudiation and other aspects of breach -- Statute of frauds -- Remedies -- Contracts involving more than two parties -- Impossibility, impracticability, and frustration -- Miscellaneous defenses -- Criminal law and procedure: -- Actus reus and Mens rea -- Responsibility -- Justication and excuse -- Attempt -- Accomplice liability and solicitation -- Homicide and other crimes against the person -- Theft crimes -- Constitutional criminal procedure generally -- Arrest; probable cause; search warrants -- Warrantless arrests and searches -- Confessions and police interrogration -- Lineups and other identification procedures -- Formal proceedings -- Evidence: -- Basic concepts -- Circumstantial proof: special problems -- Examination and impeachment of witnesses -- Hearsay -- Hearsay exceptions and exclusions -- Privileges -- Real and demonstrative evidence, including writings -- Opinions, experts, and scientific evidence -- Burdens of proof, presumptions, and other procedural issues -- Judicial notice -- Adverse possession -- Freehold estates -- Future interests -- Concurrent ownership -- Landlord and tenant -- Easements and servitudes -- Land sale contracts, mortgages, and deeds -- Recording acts -- Rights incident to land -- Torts: Intentional torts against the person -- Intentional interference with property -- Defenses to intentional torts -- Negligence generally -- Actual and proximate cause -- Joint tortfeasors -- Duty -- Owners and occupiers of land -- Damages -- Vicarious liability -- Strict liability -- Products liability -- Nuisance -- Defamation. |
| Subject |
Bar examinations -- United States -- Study guides.
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Multistate Bar Examination |
| Other Title |
Strategies & tactics for the MBE2 |
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Strategies and tactics for the Multistate Bar Exam 2 |
| ISBN |
9781454873136 (paperback) |
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1454873132 |
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9781543806298 (epub) |
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