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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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Basic introduction to American Law, equivalent to the first week or so of what would be taught in law school for each subject. Not comprehensive by any means, but it covers the basics very well.

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Excellent introduction to basic concepts in American law. Very clear lectures that are given by different faculty members for each topic. Easy to digest information even for non-lawyer types!

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By Richard K

May 26, 2017

nice overview

By Cezary P

Jan 6, 2019

Nice course.

By Kevoy L

Apr 8, 2023

Easy enough

By YES L

Apr 10, 2021

GOOD COURSE

By 布形

Sep 22, 2017

让我初步了解了美国法律

By Linfeng X

Jun 3, 2016

希望能更详细时间更长

By Aitzaz A

Jun 16, 2022

The questions asked should be in such English Language that they address audience other than US citizens too especially in Criminal Law exams. Also, Constitutional Law and Property Law video lectures could be shortened (less than 15 minuites). Tort Law and Civil Procedure were taught very well. There was less MEAT in Property Law course.

By Abhinav L

Aug 29, 2024

Course did not meet high expectations. The first two modules were good on tort and contracts law; particularly disappointing were the later modules on constitutional and criminal law.

By Mary H

Dec 7, 2022

One exam kept changing my answers

Lectures could have been better...less complicated and better presented and less run on and on, better organized.....

By Alexander P

Feb 25, 2021

Some lectures were vague and the terms were ill-defined. You are required to deduce the definition.

By valentin b

May 18, 2018

The interactive transcripts were really bad. Usefull questions and a good general knowledge

By Rui S

Feb 27, 2017

Interesting course, but a bit too basic and superficial. Teachers were engaging though.

By Nghia L

May 26, 2021

Thank you for your course, I think it can provide more practical assignments though.

By Gregory L

Jun 27, 2018

Great basic overview. Evaluations a bit too easy/forgiving.

By Aranya

Feb 6, 2023

I enjoyed the overall course and learned so much from this

By Kristopher K

Jan 11, 2016

Great Instrutors.

Great examples for understanding.

By Tanmay

Nov 30, 2015

Nice and necessary

By King Y F

Jul 22, 2017

This course would have been better if the speakers were to focus more on the distinctive features of American law. As a would-be lawyer, who studied common law in the UK and Hong Kong, I don't find this course particularly useful, as the so-called "distinctive" features of American law are actually very similar to that of the English common law.

By Michael K

Dec 13, 2015

Interesting at times but not all modules had the same level of focus on the particularities of American law, some were simply a summary of the law in that area in general without highlighting what was unique to American law in that area.

By Eduardo F

Sep 27, 2020

It was a superficial course. It doesn't teach any law about USA, just present the inicial thoughts.

By Sahabzada B O

Apr 12, 2023

the lecture on Property law are not up to the mark

By Kenneth L

Jan 13, 2018

I dropped this after the first week when the professor blatantly misrepresented the law on product liability with respect to firearms. I want to learn about the law, I don't need to be indoctrinated. Unfortunately Professor Allen is being turned loose on an unsuspecting student body and that is too bad.

By Joyce T

Jun 5, 2016

Unnecessarily stressful for a course I am auditing. It's sad, because the material is extremely interesting at the pace I can digest as opposed to the speed the course demands.

By María G M

Sep 14, 2020

It doesn't allow me to unenroll the course