Sundays are the bane of my existence. I really can only get a half day's worth of work done as family obligations keep me from putting the pedal to the floor. Plus, I don't really know how much extra work would be beneficial at this point. On Friday, I met with a Bar/Bri tutor to discuss how to stay focused and write a decent essay within a one hour time limit. I think I've figured out my problem.....Focus and Reading Carefully.
On another aside, I went and saw the Dark Knight in IMAX today. Just think of it as a crash course in Evidence (Admissibility of confessions by the Joker's henchmen), Criminal Law (Conspiracy, attempt, solicitation, mayhem, assault, battery, murder, felony murder rule, kidnapping, extortion, defenses: Insanity (I think all four tests would apply to the Joker), Crime Prevention, etc...), Criminal Procedure (Are the acts of Batman government conduct? and if so, would the arrest of a RICO suspect be invalidated in the absence of a valid warrant?), Civil Procedure (Traditional basis for jurisdiction? the physical presence of the defendant within the jurisdiction as a result of a special delivery by Batman), Torts (The Defense of Crime Prevention, the intentional torts of Assault, Battery, Vicarious Liability, Invasion of Privacy (tapping cell phones of everyone in Gotham), Trespassing, etc...),Trusts (Was there a breach of a fiduciary duty by Gotham National Bank for failing to maintain the security of the Mob's Accounts? Is the Wayne Trust a private express trust or a charitable trust?), Professional Responsibility (Did Harvey Dent breach his duty of loyalty to Gotham by taking Gordon hostage as Two-Face? Did Dent fail to disclose his private employment with the Joker to his former government employer?), Real Property (Removal of fixtures, Does Bruce Wayne have an affirmative easement for the utilities servicing his penthouse?), and Remedies (Compensatory damages in tort for the damage caused by the Bat Pod to the mall property as Batman raced through the mall while chasing the Joker, or would there be a defense of public necessity?)
As you can see, once you start studying for the bar exam, you'll find ways to review without even thinking about it.
WDR.
Yikes!
Let's not forget that most of the evidence would be thrown out considering how it was obtained and handled by the Gotham Police Department.
But, hey...sometimes a man has to take the law into his own hands.
Posted by: Michael Randall | July 21, 2008 at 11:14 PM