Foundations
Civil & Criminal
Law & Business
Entertainment Law
Famous Cases
100
The primary purpose of this is to maintain order, protect rights, and resolve disputes in a peaceful way.
What is Law?
100
This is the burden of proof required in criminal cases, meaning the jury has to be completely certain the accused committed the crime.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
100
This is the broad body of rules, statutes, and regulations that govern the formation and operation of businesses.
What is Business Law?
100
This law relates to media such as TV, film, and publishing, usually dealing with cases in the entertainment industry.
What is Entertainment Law?
100
This famous former football player was tried for the criminal case of murder in 1995.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
200
This specialized field logically follows a general business overview, dealing with how large companies are formed, run, and closed.
What is Corporate Law?
200
This type of law deals with behaviors that are harmful to society, such as theft, assault, and murder.
What is Criminal Law?
200
This type of law governs the treatment, welfare, and protection of animals.
What is Animal Law?
200
This law protects an original piece of work, like a film script or song, from being stolen by another person.
What is Copyright?
200
This rapper who was recently in the news and faced several civil lawsuits regarding assault and misconduct. (Think Baby Oil...)
Who is Diddy?
300
This type of law's main concept is compensation or solutions, not punishment.
What is Civil Law?
300
The people in a "company" are arrested for creating a fake business to make illegally obtained funds seem legitimate. (Money Laundering)
What is Criminal Law?
300
This key area of Business Law deals with legally binding agreements between parties.
What are Contracts?
300
This law is similar to Copyright but revolves around branding for companies' logos and product names.
What is Trademark?
300
These two brothers were ultimately convicted of murder after a highly publicized trial.
Who are the Menendez Brothers?
400
This type of law governs the formation, operation, and dissolution of businesses.
What is Business Law?
400
When someone sues a doctor for medical malpractice.
What is Civil Law?
400
3 State Reforms for Animal Law
What are Cage-free requirements, exhibition animal protections, inspections, license revocation, and civil penalties?
400
This key component of Entertainment Law protects against the misappropriation of a person's name for commercial benefit.
What is the Right of Publicity?
400
This disturbing case involved a serial killer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was convicted in 1992 of murdering 15 men and committing acts of cannibalism and necrophilia.
Who is Jeffrey Dahmer?
500
The vast majority of countries in the world use this legal system, often with only one judge resolving cases.
What is Civil Law?
500
The government, whether state or federal, performs this action by bringing legal action and charges against someone in court.
What is Prosecute?
500
This area of Business Law covers the protection of creative ideas, such as trademarks and patents.
What is Intellectual Property Law?
500
Along with trademarks, this type of intellectual property protection protects new inventions and technologies under Business Law.
What is a Patent?
500
The criminal conspiracy and murder charges brought against a "family" of cult followers responsible for a series of nine gruesome murders in 1969, including the killing of actress Sharon Tate.
What is the Manson Family or Who is Charles Manson?