Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will have/be:
• Acquired substantial skills in using technical English as lawyers
• Capable of thinking about law in English
• Capable of understanding and discussing a US court decision
• Capable of applying legal reasoning in English to a set of facts

We will be doing so by studying the area of TORT law.

Syllabus

1. English legal terminology and legal English
2. Intentional Torts
3. Defenses to intentional torts
4. Negligence
5. Damages
6. Strict Liability
7. Invasion of Privacy
8. Torts to property
9. Defamation
10. Review of the course.