First-Day Assignments

For Thursday, August 21st, please read pages 205-220 in Civil Procedure by Yeazell & Schwartz (11th ed.)

Read and Discuss Casebook 15–45.

On 8/21, we will cover Introduction to Contract Law, including Boundaries of Contract.  Please read and be ready to actively discuss in class Chapter 1 (pp. 4-31) of our Casebook.

Please read Chapter 1 in the Dressler, Thomas casebook. We will discuss this material for the first two days of classes.

Pick up and review the hard copy of syllabus (on tables in Law School lobby by student hanging files).

Summer Reading in Advance:

Please be sure to have read all of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Measure for Measure

Required Reading Assignments:

(1) 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Articles 31-32 (4 pages)

(2) Clark, Katharine & Matthew Connolly, A Guide to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying Statutes, The Writing Center, Georgetown University Law Center (April 2006-March 2018) (13-21 pages)

(3) GATT Article XX(a) (1 page)

(4) Please watch:

Featured Scholar, Big Idea Series on “East to Midwest: Asian American Perspectives in Kansas.” Essay and online presentation on From International Trade to Shakespeare’s Stage:  Asian American Angles on Law and Literature.

Big Idea with Prof. Raj Bhala, “From International Trade to Shakespeare’s Stage,” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78v7-y8M47Q

Optional Reading Assignments:

(1) Posner, Preface, pages xi-xvi; and Critical Introduction; pages 1-17

(2) Cross, Chapter 1 (Historical), pages 9-19; Chapter 2 (Jurisprudential), pages 20-45; Chapter 3 (The Basic Rules States), pages 46-67; Chapter 4 (The Basic Rules Illustrated), pages 68-111

Pick up and review the hard copy of the syllabus (on tables in Law School lobby by student hanging files).

Required Reading:

International Trade Law: A Comprehensive E-Textbook, Volume One:

Front Material

(including Preface and Introduction),

Chapters 1-17

(skim Chapters 7-8, 16-17)

Watch YouTube Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY2XVBlZ_nE

Optional Reading Assignment:

Modern GATT Law:

Preface and Introduction,

Volume II:

Chapters 56-57

Optional Video Assignment:

Video Introduction to Eight-Volume Set:

https://mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_vxc7rt6s

Volume One Video Introduction:

https://mediahub.ku.edu/media/t/1_yq8za0g0

Course casebook, Stone et al., pages 276-293

Casebook:  Geoffrey Stone et al. The First Amendment, 7th edition, 2024

Please read and be prepared to discuss the following articles in preparation for the first day of class:

Anita Allen's An Ethical Duty To Protect One's Own Privacy Alabama Law Review (Law Review Article)

Daniel Solove's "Understanding Privacy" pgs. 1-8 (Intro to Solove's book, Understanding Privacy). 

Both can be found on SSRN.

For Thursday, August 21st, please read pages 1-13 in the Modern American Remedies by Laycock and Hasen (Concise 6th edition)

Please make a list of any questions or concerns you may have about the bar exam at this point and bring the list to class.

Please read pages 1-27 in Prosser Torts Casebook 15th edition.

Answer notes 1-5 after Brown v. Kendall;

Answer notes 1, 2, 3, and 5 after Cohen v. Petty; and

Answer notes 2 and 3 after Spano v. Perini Corp

Read Chapter 1 of the textbook.