Robert D Skeels

@rdsathene

PCL JD '18, UCLA BA '14, USN ESWS '85. Social liberation writer, attorney, public education advocate, immigrant rights activist, and Law Professor. πŸ’›πŸ»πŸ’™γ‚†γ‚‹γ‚†γ‚Š 友

Joined on Feb 9, 2018

  • Now that I'm licensed, I get even more people asking for referals. I'm going to keep adding to this list, both so that I can refer people to it, and I can use it myself. These are all people that I know, many of them were my law school instructors, fellow students, or fellow faculty members. Under that is a list of Los Angeles legal organizations for people with limited resources.* Worker's Compensation Gabriel Martinez at (323) 722-8490 Education and Disablities Law Offices of Hirji & Chau, LLP
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Introduction Like most of you, I was an activist and writer prior to enrolling. I hold a BA from UCLA and a JD from this fine institution.
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Compensatory Damages Continued Contracts for the Sale of Goods Buyer's Damages Seller does not deliver, or goods are nonconforming to contract (i.e. buyer rejects or revokes acceptance). Difference between contract price and one of market price OR cost of buying replacement goods ("cover"), plus any incidental or consequential damages. Expenses saved by seller's breach will be offset. In the case of anticipatory repudiation, damages are measured at time of breach.
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Discharges Flow of events Chart
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Mutuality There must be a binding promise by both parties
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  • β€œβ€¦he laughed at him for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders’ webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich” β€” Plutarch Solon β€œWith the stripping off of conventional barriers and props for morality and law, bourgeois society itself falls victim to direct and limitless degeneration, for its innermost law of life is the profoundest of immoralities, namely, the exploitation of man by man.” β€” Dr. Rosa Luxemburg The Russian Revolution PCL boilerplate with grading rubric, etc. included in pdf version of this syllabus. Also here. See the blog for this class. Many thanks to Alex Rodriguez, Esq. of the Law Offices of Hirji and Chau, LLP for introducing PCL to CALI.org Casebook: Calamari, John D., Cases and Problems on Contracts. 6th EDITION., St. Paul, MN: West, 2011. Print. ISBN: 9780314202857 (or equivalent)
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Assignment and Delegation In contrast to third party rights, which are defined in the contract, assignments and delegations occur after a contract is formed. A party… Assigns rights β€” performance owed to the assigning party
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  • Some suggested rules to memorize. You can use alternative rules from other sources, so long as they contain all of the legal elements found in authoritative legal sources including the Restatement (Second) of Contracts, and Article-2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Preliminary Issues Contract (K) A contract is a promise or a set of promises that the law will enforce. [1] Advertisements Advertisements are generally not considered offers, but instead are invitations to negotiate.
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Generally Not Offers
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review UCC Article 2 is UCC Sale of Goods. We use it synonymously, but sale of goods is only one thing under the UCC.
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  • With the Fall Quarter fast approaching, students and faculty are working together to solve the issue of providing book information. 1L Criminal Law Hornbook: Criminal Law, 6th Edition, 2017 - Wayne R. LaFave West Academic Publishing ISBN-13 781683288817 Criminal Law, Cases and Materials, 4th Edition, 2019 by Cynthia Lee, Angela P. Harris West Academic Publishing ISBN-13 9781683284062
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Midterm Postmortem Part II Review
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Midterm Postmortem Part II Review
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Nonmonetary and Other Remedies Specific Performance
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Damages and Remedies Monetary Remedies (aka Damages)
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Perfect Tender Rule If goods or their delivery fail to conform to the contract in any way, the buyer generally may:
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  • β€œβ€¦he laughed at him for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders’ webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich” β€” Plutarch Solon PCL boilerplate with grading rubric, etc. included in pdf version of this syllabus. Also here. See the blog for this class. Many thanks to Alex Rodriguez, Esq. of the Law Offices of Hirji and Chau, LLP for introducing PCL to CALI.org Casebook: Calamari, John D., Cases and Problems on Contracts. 6th EDITION., St. Paul, MN: West, 2011. Print. ISBN: 9780314202857 (or equivalent) Fall Quarter Syllabus Week 1 : September 2
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I UCC Breach Unlike Common Law, where we determine the materiality of the breach, the UCC has a different rule Perfect Tender Rule β€” Sale of Goods
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Breach of Contract When a promisor is under an absolute duty to perform, and their duty is not subject to discharge, they are in breach. The non-breaching party must demonstrate that they were willing, ready, and able to perform in order to bring an action for breach.
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  • PCL 1L Contracts @peoplescollolaw Part I Review Defenses to Formation Nathonas checklist (SAMI DI FUMA?)
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