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First Class Assignments for Fall 2008

Last Revised: 09/12/2008

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NOTE:  Not all Faculty assign first class assignments.  The assignments below are the ones we have received to date.

 

Professor

Course Title

Assignment


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All Legal Research & Writing

READINGS: Neumann & Simon, Legal Writing, Chapter 1 ("Writing and Professional Work") and Chapter 5 ("Inside a Judicial Opinion").
EXERCISE: (Chapter 5): Dissect the text of Conti v. ASPCA (pp. 27-29).


Alexander, Mark Criminal Procedure

We will be working from Saltzburg & Capra, American Criminal Procedure (8th Edition, 2007) plus the 2008 Supplement.
Class #1 Casebook pp. 32-72 & 84-85. Coverage: What is a search, what is a seizure?
Class #2 Casebook pp. 1-32 & Supplement pp. 1-16. Coverage: Basic Principles What is a search, what is a seizure (Katz and its progeny).


Ambrosio, Michael Law and Morality

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Baroni, William Election Law

Casebook 13-44; NJSA 19:4-1; IMO Absentee Ballots (from Course Materials).


  Legislation

Casebook 1-42.


Bernstein, Gaia

Information Privacy Law

Assignment

  Law & Genetics

Please read from the textbook: Andrews, Mehlman & Rothstein, Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy (second edition): pp. 7-10, 10-15, 44-53, 58-61 (notes 7-14), 61-71.


Boon, Kristen Contracts Assignment

Brown, Abbott Medical Malpractice

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Carmella, Angela Religion and the First Amendment Pages 1Pages 1-35 (chapter 1) of Griffin, Law and Religion (Foundation Press 2007).

Coleman, Carl Federal Income Taxation

Read (1) Schmalbeck and Zelenak, Federal Income Taxation (2d ed. 2007), pp. 1-24; and (2) this article: http://www.cbpp.org/3-27-08tax2.htm.


  Torts

Read Franklin, Rabin & Green, Tort Law & Alternatives (8th ed. 2006) pp.1-17.


Cornwell, Kip Criminal Procedure Assignment

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Deeney, Ray Mental Health Law

Law and the Mental Health System - Fourth Edition - Reisner, Slobogin & Rai
Pages 3 - 32 and page 38(#1)


Denbeaux, Mark Contracts

Assignment


Dornfeld, Lani Patient Rights and Public Health

Menikoff pp. 1-52.

Syllabus


Dworetsky, Samuel Patent Law and Practice Assignment

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Eisinger, Erica Civil Procedure

For Tuesday, Aug. 26, please read: Yeazell, Civil Procedure, pp. 1-12
You should read ALL the Notes & Problems and try to answer them, but please be prepared to discuss:
Notes & Problems 1, 2, & 3, p. 9
Notes & Problems 1 & 2, p. 12;

Yeazell, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure:
Rule 1, p. 13
Rule 12(b)(1), p. 38
U.S. Const. Art. III, sec. 2 (1st paragraph), p. 284
28 U.S.C. sec. 1331, p. 341
28 U.S.C. sec. 1332(a), pp. 341-42
28 U.S.C. sec. 1391(a), p. 355


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Fisher, Linda Civil Procedure

Read pp. 1-28 -- the introductory chapter -- in the Rowe/Sherry/Tidmarsh text.


Franzese, Paula Commercial Law Survey

Please note that Prof. Franzese's Commercial Law Survey class will begin on Wed., Sept. 3. Class will not meet on Aug. 25 and Aug. 27.

For the first class, please read Article 1 of the UCC, together with the following sections contained in Article 2: 2-302, 2-104, 2-105, 2-106, and
2-208.


Freamon, Bernard Evidence

Text: Rice, Evidence: Common Law and Federal Rules (5th Ed.)
Rulebook: Federal Rules of Evidence 2008 edition (West)
Supplemental: Fishman, A Student's Guide to Hearsay (3rd Ed.)
August 25: Text: pp. 1-21
Rulebook: Introduction (p. iii) and Rules 611, 614, and 102
August 27: Text: pp. 21-34
Rulebook: Rules 103 and 104


  Prisoner's Rights

Text: Branham, et. al., Cases and Materials on the Law of Sentencing, Corrections, and Prisoners' Rights (West)
August 28: Text: Chapter 10 (pp. 478-491)


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Gilhooley, Margaret Drug Regulation, Innovation and Costs Assignment

  Food and Drug Law Assignment

Glynn, Timothy Torts

For the first class, please read and be prepared to discuss the material on pp. 1-17 of the Franklin casebook.


Granne, Michael Civil Procedure

Please read and be prepared to discuss pp. 1-34 in the Casebook.


Greenberg, William Military Law

The cases listed under Item 1 in the course outline will be discussed at length at the first lecture.  It would be helpful if you will have read and considered them, although it is not necessary.

Note: You will need to have the supplemental materials to complete the first assignment which is available at the Registrar's Office.

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Hartnett, Edward Federal Courts Assignment

Hauge, Paul Environmental Law

Percival, et al., Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy (Aspen, 5th ed. 2006), pages 8 (bottom) - 15, 38-43, 49-52.


Healy, Thomas Constitutional Law I

For class on Monday Aug. 25, please read the attached handout and pages 1-15 in Constitutional Law (16th ed.) by Sullivan and Gunther.
Handout


  First Amendment

For Wednesday Aug. 27, please read pages 1-23 in First Amendment Law (3rd ed.) by Sullivan and Gunther. If you have the 16th edition of Constitutional Law by Sullivan and Gunther, you can read the same material at pages 741-63.

For Thursday Aug. 28, please read pages 24-37 (or 764-78 in the Constitutional Law book). There is also a handout for this class that will be sent to you through Blackboard.


Holsinger, John Dispute Resolution Processes Assignment

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Johnson, Kristin Business Associations

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Kaster, Laura Dispute Resolution Processes

Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law  (Aspen 2005)
Jay Folberg
Dwight Golann
Lisa Kloppenberg
Thomas Stipanowich

1. General Introduction to (Alternative) Dispute Resolution Processes            Resolving Disputes pages 1-16, 32-41, (Optional 19-31)


Kaye, Tracy Federal Income Taxation First Week's Assignment

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Lao, Marina Antitrust

This Assignment covers the first week: please read Gavil, pp. 2-16, 22-49, and 53-72.

Syllabus


  Business Associations

This assignment covers the first week of class: please read Eisenberg,
pp. 1-20, 27-57.

Syllabus


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Maldonado, Solangel Torts

Franklin, Rabin & Green, Tort Law & Alternatives (8th ed. 2006) pp. 1-17

Please note that you MAY NOT use your laptops in Torts class during the first week. At the end of the first week, we will discuss the attached article (which summarizes the reasons for the temporary laptop ban) and draft a laptop policy for the rest of the semester. I look forward to an animated discussion and drafting exercise.
Banning Laptops


Martin, Robert Law & Education

Text, Education and the Law by Stuart Biegel (Thompson/West), 2006
pp. 12-69.


 

Zoning, Planning and Land Use Policy

Text: Land Use Controls, 3rd Ed. by Ellickson and Been (Aspen Pub., 2005
pp. 46-71
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McCarthy, Robert Mass Media Law Assignment

McCauliff, Catherine First Amendment

Van Alstyne, First Amendment (3d ed. 2002) pages 1-31.


McDowell, Andrea American Legal History

For Monday's class, please read Kermit Hall, Magic Mirror, 59-78 and the three documents posted under "Class 1" on Blackboard. They are (1) the primary documents we will be discussing; (2) an introduction to those documents that you should read *first* so that you know what you are looking for; and (3) an introduction to the ideological terms "republicanism" and "liberalism."
I have also posted a syllabus.


  Property and its Limits

Carol Rose, "Property as Storytelling," 2 Yale J. Law & Humanities 37-57 (1990) (posted on Blackboard)

Volockh, Academic Legal Writing, 9-54, 63-66, 209-217.


  Jurisprudence

Please read Socrates' Apology by Plato.


McLaughlin, Denis Civil Procedure Syllabus

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Opderbeck, David Torts

Read casebook pp. 1-10, 41-55.


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Pasquale, Frank Administrative Law Assignment

  Intellectual Property

Class 1-Monday: Please read the following. Note that PDFs are posted too, but the online version will give you the pictures necessary to fully understand the Levi's story.

Tim Wu, Harry Potter and the International Order of Copyright, Slate, June 27, 2003, at http://www.slate.com/id/2084960/ - Harry Potter Article

Evelyn McDonnell, Tax Strategy Patents, at http://www.nysscpa.org/cpajournal/2008/208/essentials/p46.htm - CPA Journal
 
Michael Barbaro and Julie Creswell, Levi's Turns to Suing its Rivals, N.Y. Times, Jan. 29, 2007, at  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/business/29jeans.html - Levi's Article   

Adam Liptak, In Case About Google's Secrets, Yours are Safe, at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/technology/26privacy.html?pagewanted=print - Google Article

Class 2-Tuesday: Please read in the textbook p. 1-5, 223-248.


Pinilis, William New Jersey Practice Class is canceled for Monday, August 25th.

Politano, Frank Copyright Syllabus

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Ristroph, Alice Criminal Law

Tuesday, August 26: Dressler, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed. 2007), pp. 1-22 and Model Penal Code sec. 1.02 (in casebook Appendix).

Syllabus


  Criminal Procedure

Wednesday, August 27: Allen, Hoffman, et al, Criminal Procedure: Investigation and Right to Counsel (2005), pp. 3-17 and 77-93.

Syllabus


Romberg, Jon Contracts I Assignment

Rufolo, Pasquale Federal Income Taxation Assignment

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Saunders, Brenda Advanced Entertainment Law

Advanced Entertainment Law - with a central focus on digital entertainment issues.
Text: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig (Soft Cover) Currently available on Amazon.com and later this week in the bookstore. Additional hand-outs will supplement this text.

First class assignment: MGM v. Grokster and Amicus Brief of Computer Scientists


  Entertainment Law

Text: Entertainment Law by Burr & Henslee, plus 2008 Supplement (Thomson/West)Please read the following introductory materials: pp. 2-3; pp. 306-309; pp. 644-646; pp. 106-109.


Schecter, Jennifer Business Law Survey Assignment

Smolar, Karen Persuasion and Advocacy Class is canceled for Monday, August 25th.

Sullivan, Charles Contracts

Casebook: Blum and Bushaw, Contract Law: Cases, Discussion, and Problems (2d Edition).
The first assignment is Chapter 1, p. 1-21. Discussion will focus on the first case, Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. And it might not hurt to read the frontmatter, pp. xxiii to xxvii.


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Waldeck, Estates & Trusts Assignment

  Property II Assignment

Wefing, John Professional Responsibility

Lerman and Schrag, Ethical Problems in the Practice of Law - xxxvii - xxxix, 16 - 32, 34 - 36, 39 - 40, 46 - 53, 57 - 63.


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