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
- English legal terminology and legal English
- Intentional Torts
- Defenses to intentional torts
- Negligence
- Damages
- Strict Liability
- Invasion of Privacy
- Torts to property
- Defamation
- Review of the course.