POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 12/9, I distributed one handout, the excerpt from the Maine Human Rights Act regarding the award of damages. We discussed the Bunch case, and then looked at how the Maine statute deals with limitations on damages for discrimination. We then discussed the Sullivan case on p. 232 regarding "standing", and I also went over the standing portion of Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 US 497. Our exam will be from 2:45-4:00 on Tuesday, and will cover through the Sullivan case. The exam is open-book and open-note.
As I previously wrote in this blog and explained in class, I do not plan to distribute extra copies of handouts at the exam. If you feel that you should get a handout that you missed (from today, for example) you must e-mail me with that request by Monday night. If there is an emergency that makes you unable to take the exam when scheduled, you must e-mail me as soon as possible to explain the problem, and (if you have a good reason for missing the exam) we can work out an alternative time.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
December 7, 2010
POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 12/7, I distributed two handouts: one an excerpt from the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding discovery sanctions, and the other an excerpt from the Maine Rules of Evidence regarding the rules of privilege. I went over one Maine Supreme court case regarding discovery sanctions, St. Paul Insurance v. Hays, 2001 ME 71, and one regarding religious privilege, Fortin v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Maine, 2005 ME 57. We discussed the Libby, Richmond and Cody cases from the text. We will pick up Thursday with the (previously-assigned) Bunch case on p. 218. The additional reading for Thursday 12/9 is to read through p. 235 of the text. The test on Tuesday 12/14 at 2:45 will cover from the last exam through Thursday's reading. (I also cautioned the class that I do not plan to bring extra copies of all the handouts to the exam, so that everyone should make sure that they have a complete set of handouts by the end of Thursday's class.)
In class today, Tuesday 12/7, I distributed two handouts: one an excerpt from the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding discovery sanctions, and the other an excerpt from the Maine Rules of Evidence regarding the rules of privilege. I went over one Maine Supreme court case regarding discovery sanctions, St. Paul Insurance v. Hays, 2001 ME 71, and one regarding religious privilege, Fortin v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Maine, 2005 ME 57. We discussed the Libby, Richmond and Cody cases from the text. We will pick up Thursday with the (previously-assigned) Bunch case on p. 218. The additional reading for Thursday 12/9 is to read through p. 235 of the text. The test on Tuesday 12/14 at 2:45 will cover from the last exam through Thursday's reading. (I also cautioned the class that I do not plan to bring extra copies of all the handouts to the exam, so that everyone should make sure that they have a complete set of handouts by the end of Thursday's class.)
Thursday, December 2, 2010
December 2, 2010
POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 12/2, we discussed the Dorsey case on p. 199 of the text. We went through the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding service of process, and I went over three recent Maine Supreme Court cases regarding service of process: Ireland v. Carpenter, 2005 ME 98, Brown v. Thaler, 2005 ME 75, and Gaeth v. Deacon, 2009 ME 9. We will pick up next week with the Libby case and discovery sanctions. The additional reading assignment for Tuesday 12/7 is to finish reading Chapter 5 of the text.
In class today, Thursday 12/2, we discussed the Dorsey case on p. 199 of the text. We went through the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure regarding service of process, and I went over three recent Maine Supreme Court cases regarding service of process: Ireland v. Carpenter, 2005 ME 98, Brown v. Thaler, 2005 ME 75, and Gaeth v. Deacon, 2009 ME 9. We will pick up next week with the Libby case and discovery sanctions. The additional reading assignment for Tuesday 12/7 is to finish reading Chapter 5 of the text.
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