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Legal History Meets The Honors Program, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

In this article, the author discusses the "Law and Culture" course that he developed to teach in the Butler University Honors Program. The course looks at some landmark periods or events in legal history and explores how those events were the product of their culture, and how they affected their culture. Among the events or periods that the author has looked at in iterations of this course were the survival instinct on display in "Regina v. Dudley and Stephens," the Nuremberg trials, the Scopes Monkey Trial, the modern American litigation explosion, and the events surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court decision …

Three Stories And Their Morals, Robert B. Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

Fundamentally, the common law tradition is a collection of stories. Stories also become the law professor's stock in trade. We tell students stories or have them read stories in the form of cases or hypothetical situations and help them discern the morals to the stories-i.e., what the stories mean in the context of business or in their business lives? In a sense, that is what the Socratic Method is all about: analyzing stories in the form of cases and discerning their greater meaning. In this paper I will relate three true stories within the context of just-in-time production management and …

The Federal Trademark Dilution Act Of 1995: Potent Weapon Or Uphill Battle?, Erin Roth, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

Following a brief discussion of the history of trademark infringement law, the events leading to the FTDA, and an overview of the FTDA, this paper discusses the major causes of the FTDA's ineffectiveness. We will then review the application of the act, discuss its implications on the future of trademark ownership in business, and suggest improvements to the legal application of the act.

Seeing Is Believing; Or Is It? An Emperical Study Of Computer Simulations As Evidence., Robert B. Bennett, Jordan H. Leibman, Richard Fetter

Robert B. Bennett

Relying on the old adage, "seeing is believing," we conclude that the jury may give undue weight to an animated reconstruction of the accident .... It would be an inordinately difficult task for the plaintiff to counter, by cross-examination or otherwise, the impression that a computerized depiction of the accident is necessarily more accurate than an oral description of how the accident occurred. Because the expert's conclusion would be graphically depicted in a moving and animated form, the viewing of the computer simulation might more readily lead the jury to accept the data and premises underlying the defendant's expert's opinion... …

Trade Usage And Disclaiming Consequential Damages: The Implications For Just-In-Time Purchasing, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

American Law Of Real Estate, J. Reitzel, Robert Bennett, M. Garrison

Robert B. Bennett

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Civility In The Academy, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

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Dirty Little Secrets, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

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Changing The Culture, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

The Craft Of Teaching, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

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The Rise And Fall And Perhaps Rise Again Of The "Blindfold Rule" In Modified Comparative Fault Cases: A Proposed Experiment, Jordan Leibman, Robert Bennett, Richard Fetter

Robert B. Bennett

... Wyoming and Illinois are among the states that maintain systems of modified comparative fault. ... The experiment also provides a comparative measure of the economic effects of the four principal defensive rule regimes: (1) contributory-negligence-as-a-complete-defense; (2) pure comparative fault; (3) modified comparative fault under the blindfold rule; and (4) modified comparative fault under a sunshine rule. ... So, when the Wisconsin legislature, in 1931, enacted a modified comparative fault law, a blindfold rule automatically came into effect in cases where special verdicts were submitted. ... The language of section 1-7.2 of the statute closely followed the Wisconsin law with …

Using A Jury Simulation As A Classroom Exercise, Robert Bennett, Jordan Leibman, Richard Fetter

Robert B. Bennett

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The Empirical Legal Research Initiative: An Interim Report To The Academy, Robert Bennett, Jordan Leibman, Richard Fetter

Robert B. Bennett

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Writing To Learn Business Law, Robert Bennett, William Templeton

Robert B. Bennett

Just-In-Time Purchasing And The Problem Of Consequential Damages, Robert Bennett

Robert B. Bennett

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