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Videos on Basic Legal Method: Briefing cases, IRAC, Referencing

These videos are optional material you may find useful/fun.
Caveat: This site==> http://www.youtube.com/user/Lawschoolsuccess is not good. It's only a giant advertisement (Werbung). Ignore that site.

HOW TO BRIEF CASES
Rememeber, in case briefing we are looking for the facts, the rule.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feucSsK_L50
This is good because he points out the link between briefing the case and the IRAC formula.
This is also about case briefing , it might be easier to follow since it is also in writing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH1XkaFD2C0&NR=1
I sent this IRAC link in the mail earlier, I think it's good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6KOsHYiL3k&NR=1
This isn't the IRAC link I sent earlier but is also good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLV_0HRLB4

This one is good: NO CONCLUSORY REASONING show me the Reasons not just the Outcome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An-1xWBRLmM&NR=1
IRAC -- I dont think this is good but you might disagree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfcUay1xx2U&feature=related
this site^ has 2 others on irac http://www.youtube.com/user/JonesCollegeJAX



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvuiFoO3Ulc
Corporation - This one is definitely relevant for my corporation course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2EhEYbk1U&feature=related
Affidavit - YouTube - This one is generally relevant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4DrWTYQD0&NR=1
Reading Cases Guide - YouTube -- It's ok, but only that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvGCAkM3XQ&NR=1
Legal Writing Skills Module 3: WRITING AND REFERENCING - It's ok, but only that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXHx5xcB6C4&NR=1
pols424: reading cases - It's ok, but only that.

http://www.youtube.com/user/LawStudySystems#p/u
Consideration (Contracts) - Not relevant to either of my courses but really well done.

I wrote these search engines while at Harvard
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hela/searchengines.html

The world legal information institute http://www.worldlii.org/
has links to free online law from a variety of jurisdictions.
As of yet there is no E.U. or German L.I.I.
I would like to build one.

Acronyms!

Abbreviations Links

http://www.abbreviations.com/acronyms/LAW
Law Abbreviations

http://www.legal-abbreviations.org/index/a.html
Legal Abbreviations that start with A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legal_abbreviations
List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://members.cox.net/govdocs/govspeak.html
GovSpeak: A Guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations

http://lib.law.washington.edu/pubs/acron.html
Acronyms & Abbreviations

http://lib.law.washington.edu/cilp/abbrev.html
Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Reviews & Legal Periodicals Indexed in

CILP


Permalinks: These will Not go stale. They are identical to the links above.

http://web.archive.org/web/20110426060944/http://www.abbreviations.com

/acronyms/LAW
Law Abbreviations

http://web.archive.org/web/20100420060404/http://www.legal-abbreviatio

ns.org/?
LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS ONLINE at Legal-Abbreviations.org

http://web.archive.org/web/20100427025104/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

/List_of_legal_abbreviations
List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://web.archive.org/web/20110721215331/http://members.cox.net/govdo

cs/govspeak.html
GovSpeak: A Guide to Government Acronyms & Abbreviations

http://web.archive.org/web/20101213234320/http://lib.law.washington.ed

u/pubs/acron.html
Acronyms & Abbreviations

http://web.archive.org/web/20110720112624/http://lib.law.washington.ed

u/cilp/abbrev.html
Bluebook Abbreviations of Law Reviews & Legal Periodicals Indexed in

CILP

Maxims of Equity, Canons of Construction, Common Law Writs

Equitable maxims, canons of constructions, and common law writs are elements of common law which will likely confuse you because
1) paralell German or French concepts may not exist
2) the language is technical legal terminology: ordinary people don't talk like this.

1) Canons of construction are interpretive principles to construe legislation.
2) Equitable maxims are procedural conditions to getting an equitable remedy.
3) Common law writs are equitable remedies.

We must first understand law versus equity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28law%29

and then we can figure out the maxims.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity

Canons of construction, in contrast are not "equity" they are "law".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_interpretation#Canons

Understanding the split between Law and Equity is crucial to figuring out Anglo-American common law.