My view from the 2011 Pac-12 Championship game. Quite the production, considering that the players do not get paid besides what their scholarship covers!
Hi everyone,
Hopefully today was a more interesting and easy way to complete the book work in class. I'm trying to make things even easier to follow along with, in the hopes that, come test time, it will make much more sense. Please let me know if I can clear up any of the concepts we talked about in class today! On to the recap:
Soundtrack: “Warning” by Incubus. Selected because, frequently, contracts come with warnings about what will happen if they are broken. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 11/20/13:
Tort Reports
As A Class: Chapter 23
O’Bannon v. NCAA
Homework: Read the blog! Next tort reports assigned to: Marsuk/Miles.
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Tort Reports: Ryan signed up for today's tort report and brought in this article - HuffingtonPost.com - Black College Student Arrested For Buying A Designer Belt, Barneys and NYPD Slapped With Lawsuit.
Remember that, in order to receive extra credit for doing this assignment now, you also need to fill out the report form that goes along with it (copies are in class and linked to on the upper right side of the blog). Thanks!
As A Class: Chapter 23: Because Chapter 23 was so short, I just read through it and as a class, we answer the questions. Hopefully these all made sense. Make sure to check out the PowerPoint from last class if you missed it.
O'Bannon v. NCAA: To begin this part of class, I introduced this lawsuit by some former (and a few current) athletes that had their likenesses used in video games and with other profitable enterprises with no compensation other than a scholarship. Here's the video we watched in class:
I then passed out this article from the New York Times about the settlement with EA Sports. The litigation with the NCAA is still ongoing. Please note the four questions that I had everyone answer in notebooks!
Make sure to read this and complete the questions if you were not in class today!
We did not have time in class to look at email contracts, but I did have students note the differences between Tort Law and Contract Law, which are as follows:
Next class, we will get into warranties and possibly revisit contracts for a bit.
Make sure to read this and complete the questions if you were not in class today!
We did not have time in class to look at email contracts, but I did have students note the differences between Tort Law and Contract Law, which are as follows:
Kinds of Civil Law
Tort
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Contract
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What binds individuals
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Laws of society, as defined
by statutes and precedents
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Specific Agreements
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Who is bound
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Groups of people (often,
everybody) who have a duty
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The specific individuals
who willfully enter into the agreement, thereby creating a duty for
themselves
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Next class, we will get into warranties and possibly revisit contracts for a bit.
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