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About the Course

This course will give you a glimpse into six different areas of American law: Tort Law, Contract Law, Property, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Civil Procedure. You will gain insight into the complexities and dilemmas that arise from the application of law in different settings, and what is distinctive about American approaches....

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Sep 16, 2018

I enjoyed this course and it helped me to understand the basic parts of American Law. My only suggestion is to provide even more cases as examples to demonstrate the doctrines and statutes. Thank you.

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Apr 9, 2020

A great first step on understanding the basic principles of American Law, providing an insight into impact on the systems we encounter on a daily basis and how these systems have developed over time.

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By Olivia P

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Aug 20, 2022

I am happy I took this introduction course on American Law, as I got better grasp on legal fields that I never realized impacted my daily life. I always heard (from lawyer's opinions) that contract was boring by setting rules/regulations, but I come to realize it's those rules that set important boundaries and prevents unnecessary lawsuits. Though, as a consumer, I do believe the dominacy of drafting parties is unfair, as you either accept the fine print or forego the item. The Constitutional Law surprised me, realizing how much the law has changed over time, as well as the checks and balance powers has shifted, but I can apply that reasoning and notice that the modern day is not always representing that change of time. It seems the court's decisions lately are siding with their own beliefs and strictly following the Constitution, even though it is ambigious, as the founders' intentions were for the generations to choose the best fit for the current time period.

Personally, I enjoyed the professors and their teaching later in the course. I believe the examples of real court cases were helpful to understanding more thoroughly. However, my most confusing parts/concepts were learning about "pragmatism" and "substantivity." I am happy I got to retake the quizzes, as I thought they were final, which allowed me to go over my missed questions and try again. I chose to take this class, because I'm hoping to pursue a career in law when I go to college/law school, and I want to help people through the application of law. Thank you for teaching me some fundamental legal skills, and I believe these lessons will carry with me through my learning.

By Mohammed G

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Jan 19, 2018

I found them in every week of the lecture trying to approve 2 points:

1- Why is our laws great

2- why is it different from other laws

which are mainly not the things I care about.

I care about how these laws work in general and maybe some of the interesting cases that happened.

Also I felt like the course wasn't really organized, like if we have a week to understand how that law connects to that law and how that law connects to the general map of laws (made up name)

But I felt that the things we studied wasn't really connecting to each other.

but anyway generally the course did it's job, and ironically I found the sixth week the most not boring one for some reason.

By Türkan Ö

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Nov 22, 2020

Thanks a lot for this course is a lot of labor to all the teachers I've read the 2-year Associate Justice. It was very exciting and interesting for me to learn about American law. The only downside and disappointment of the course was that all the questions I asked in the discussion section were unanswered. There were no moderators, and my mind on such important matters was left in the air.

And most importantly, I have not been able to get a certificate from this course that I have devoted so much effort and time to, even though I wanted to get financial aid, because the page did not work.

By Minko T

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Jul 7, 2023

The course is very good, especially if you are a beginner in law or come from a different legal system. I would recommend that you first enroll in the course English common law by London University because it is a stepping stone to American law. I would like to see more related courses in law and especially such courses that can combine and become specializations like the specialization for European business law by Lund University (which has 3 separate courses in it and you can take any of them or all of them to get the specialization).

By Jerome F

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Oct 17, 2022

Good Introduction. Misleading on the Certificate to be received. Review of the content by Instrutor or quality person for spelling errors (this is an issue of meaning). It might have been intentional that all the stops and starts were included in the presentation but it is distracting for the listener.

Instructors had knowledge of the content they presented. The last presentation on Civil Procedure, in my opinion, provided the the best presentation and explanation of all the topics.