Determining the Category of Theft

This flow chart exposes the distinctions between the different theft crimes and allows you to work your way, step by step, to the appropriate crime. Distinguishing between common law theft crimes is commonly tested on criminal law exams, and is tested on the bar exam,...

Strict Product Liability

This chart looks a lot like the flow chart on negligence. As you can see, the analysis of strict product liability (which arises any time the plaintiff is harmed by a defective consumer product) is very much the same as the negligence analysis, with two exceptions:...

Is There an Acceptance?

This flow chart is fairly straightforward as it walks through the acceptance analysis in the form of a checklist. The only place it gets a little bit complicated is where it applies the mirror-image rule. Remember that, in common law contracts, the terms of the...