I said in class that there wasn't much to see in Bucharest, Romania. Here was my best effort on Instagram to put together a few cool scenes from the city (June 2013).
Hi everyone,
It felt so good to be back today with a plan of action in mind and a calendar made! Now I feel ready to continue as your teacher for the rest of the year. Hopefully, we will be able to cover some pretty interesting material in that time. On to the recap:
Soundtrack: “Airplanes” by B.o.B. Selected for today because of the famous Pepsi Harrier jet case.
AGENDA 11/18/13:
Tort Reports/Calendar
Pepsi Points
Contract Law PowerPoint
Leonard v. Pepsico Case Study
Homework: Read the blog! Next tort report (extra credit - see below for form) signed up to be:
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Tort Reports/Calendar: I went over the updated format for tort reports from now on. They will be for extra credit (5 points), but also have a written report component as well. Only students who do not currently have A's in the class are allowed to sign up for these (but if you have an A and your grade slips to a B, yes, you can then do it for extra credit). Here is the form you will need to fill out to do these:
This link will also be on the side of the blog and paper copies will be in class, along with the updated calendar for the class up until Winter Break.
Pepsi Points: To start off this section (before the PowerPoint and activity based on the case), I showed this actual commercial that Pepsi aired in the 1990s:
After showing the commercial, I asked students to think about how contract law might regulate the claim for a Harrier jet that somebody actually made, as I went through...
Contract Law PowerPoint: Featuring pictures from my trip in Europe this past summer! I am switching up the order of what we do, based on your class feedback. From now on, I will do PowerPoints with definitions BEFORE the assigned book work, so you will have many of the key terms written down already. If I went too fast, or you missed class, here it is to look at again:
Contract Law PowerPoint: Featuring pictures from my trip in Europe this past summer! I am switching up the order of what we do, based on your class feedback. From now on, I will do PowerPoints with definitions BEFORE the assigned book work, so you will have many of the key terms written down already. If I went too fast, or you missed class, here it is to look at again:
Next class, we will go through these concepts some more, via examples in the book and probably some other cases.
Leonard v. Pepsico Case Study: For the last part of class, I went over the specifics of the claim (again, this was an actual case) that was made against Pepsi for not selling someone a Harrier jet with the 7 million points collected via purchasing them. It is a really interesting case in contract law! I had students get into groups of four, with two on each side. If you missed class and wanted to see what we did, here it is to check out:
I enjoyed hearing everyone's perspectives on this! In the end, the courts sided with Pepsi, for the "reasonable person" standard, statute of frauds defense, and probably the public policy defense as well.
Next class, we will get into some more situations like this. See you on Wednesday!
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