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2009-04-22 15:38:37

[-DER-]Omega: membeR; +188|7254|Lithuania

I tried searching the web for some with no avail. I've to make a presentation on a specific case in US/English history that's interesting/controversial, etc. If possible please refrain from suggesting "obvious" cases such as the OJ Simpson murder case, Roe v. Wade, and the like.

Thanks in advance bf2s.

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2009-04-22 15:42:40

Noobeater: Northern numpty; +194|6874|Boulder, CO

Which is the one where a woman ripped off a mans testes through his trousers with her bare hands?

There is one about a group of gay guys who were into S&M (fish hooks, nettles on the genitals etc...) who recorded it and actually were charged with assault.

But as i dropped it at the end of the AS year i've forgotten it already.

EDIT: There was also one about the definition of the word 'street' after hookers were advertising themselves in private windows but heckling men as they walked past. The courts judged in favour of the government obviously.

These are all UK law btw.

Last edited by Noobeater (2009-04-22 15:44:19)

2009-04-22 15:44:44

[-DER-]Omega: membeR; +188|7254|Lithuania

Noobeater wrote:
Which is the one where a woman ripped off a mans testes through his trousers with her bare hands?

There is one about a group of gay guys who were into S&M (fish hooks, nettles on the genitals etc...) who recorded it and actually were charged with assault.

But as i dropped it at the end of the AS year i've forgotten it already.

Looking for something a little less... graphic.

2009-04-22 15:46:31

Noobeater: Northern numpty; +194|6874|Boulder, CO

[-DER-]Omega wrote:
Noobeater wrote:
Which is the one where a woman ripped off a mans testes through his trousers with her bare hands?

There is one about a group of gay guys who were into S&M (fish hooks, nettles on the genitals etc...) who recorded it and actually were charged with assault.

But as i dropped it at the end of the AS year i've forgotten it already.
Looking for something a little less... graphic.

Heh, we were taught these cases and had to memorise them and their details for the exams. (Obviously my memory is shite as i've forgotten them already after 9 months).

2009-04-22 15:47:44

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7002|London

Diane pretty: a very ill woman who wanted her husband to assist her suicide but was refused, leaving her to die a really unpleasant natural death

was a quite a big thing over here a few years back over whether or not we should allow euthanasia and all that

2009-04-22 15:48:13

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|7098|UK

Lorena Bobbitt vs state of new york

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2009-04-22 16:30:48

mcgid1: Meh...; +129|7143|Austin, TX/San Antonio, TX

For the US, the gun control cases or the cases covering how illegal drugs are controlled can make for some interesting and controversial reading. The recent case in Washington DC would probably work well. Link to news report about the case.

2009-04-22 16:38:47

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7111|United States of America

I had to know a bunch last year for AP Gov but forget most of them. I do recall this one though: Baze and Bowling v. Rees

2009-04-22 16:57:54

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7092|NT, like Mick Dundee

I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-04-22 17:04:11

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7002|London

Flecco wrote:
I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.

In the UK see: baby P and victoria climbie cases

massive negligence/abuse from the carers and a proper cockup by the health and social services

2009-04-22 17:09:14

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6897

Flecco wrote:
I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.

Wagon Mound?

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2009-04-22 17:15:03

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7111|United States of America

Actually, now that I remember, Furman v. Georgia was pretty controversial, too.

2009-04-22 17:21:22

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|7002|London

Uzique wrote:
Flecco wrote:
I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.
Wagon Mound?

i just googled that and it actually looks really interesting.

also as a side note uzique how do you so much about law? i was gonna mention it before when i noticed you were correcting people in dst. quite impressed anyhow.

2009-04-22 18:00:57

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7092|NT, like Mick Dundee

Uzique wrote:
Flecco wrote:
I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.
Wagon Mound?

Donoghue v Stevenson was the one I was referring to. It was about establishing duty of care and the neighbor principle though.

Been a few years since I've been over the stuff so I'm going to make mistakes.

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-04-22 18:41:21

[-DER-]Omega: membeR; +188|7254|Lithuania

I might look deeper into the Wagon Mound one. Thanks for your input everyone.

2009-04-22 18:50:07

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6964|Long Island, New York

Brown v. Board of Education or Plessy v. Ferguson are easy to write about.

2009-04-22 18:57:09

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6897

Aries_37 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
Flecco wrote:
I liked the case that laid the foundations for the common laws regarding negligence that are used in the UK and Aus I believe.

A nice, simple, clear fight over a core legal principle. Seems bloody obvious to us now but back then the situation wasn't covered by contract law.
Wagon Mound?
i just googled that and it actually looks really interesting.

also as a side note uzique how do you so much about law? i was gonna mention it before when i noticed you were correcting people in dst. quite impressed anyhow.

No law qualifications or training really... 100% A-Grade at A-Level, that is all.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2009-04-22 18:59:38

Flecco: iPod is broken.; +1,048|7092|NT, like Mick Dundee

Uzique wrote:
Aries_37 wrote:
Uzique wrote:
Wagon Mound?
i just googled that and it actually looks really interesting.

also as a side note uzique how do you so much about law? i was gonna mention it before when i noticed you were correcting people in dst. quite impressed anyhow.
No law qualifications or training really... 100% A-Grade at A-Level, that is all.

Didn't wanna be a lawyer?

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Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.

2009-04-22 19:45:40

argo4: Stand and Deliver; +86|6360|United States

A Civil Action is a great book about a case against a company that polluted the environment

2009-04-22 22:35:49

RAIMIUS: You with the face!; +244|7141|US

Gun Control:
DC v Heller
Nordyke v King (really good stuff about the 2nd and 14th Amendments, with a little 1st Amendment stuff thrown in!)
Presser v Illinois
US v Miller (1939)

Slaughterhouse is also interesting for the 14th Amendment

It's pretty common, but Plessy v. Ferguson is a really good example of a BAD decision.

The Miranda case would also be interesting for basic legal theory and the 4th Amendment.

Last edited by RAIMIUS (2009-04-22 22:36:56)

2009-04-22 23:48:46

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7076

The most epic case has to be:

R v Brown

Some guy poured boiling tar down another man's urethra and was charged with something like GBH (escapes my head atm). Basically the man who's wee willy got sizzled consented because he enjoyed S & M. The issue that arose was whether you could actually charge the defendant if the victim had given his consent. He was convicted on the grounds that it was morally wrong.

There's another pretty interesting case which I haven't actually read up on much and I can't remember the name but a documentary has been based on it called 'Touching the Void'.

Two men (my father climbed with one of them when he was younger) climbed up a pretty tough mountain in the Andees. They reached the summit despite bad weather appearing and on the way down, one of the climbers broke his leg on the belay trying to pass an over-hang. The other man took on the responsibility of belaying him down the mountain using 2-3 lengths of rope and did well until they approached the glacier. There was an overhang with a crevasse below and the man with a broken leg was sent flying down the ice face until eventually he was hanging under the overhang directly above the crevasse. He had no way of communicating to the other climber who was holding him in place who was slipping gradually off his belay spot after hours of waiting in the cold. He eventually decided to cut the rope which resulted in the man hanging falling in the crevasse but miraculously being able to get himself out after breaking his other leg in the fall and being stuck deep inside.

The legal debate centered around whether the person belaying Joe Simpson should have cut the rope because he had a duty of care and could he be charged for murder as a result.

I got some pretty funny contract law cases so if you want more just ask.

Last edited by ..teddy..jimmy (2009-04-23 06:00:33)

2009-04-23 01:24:58

1927: The oldest chav in the world; +2,423|7100|Cardiff, Capital of Wales

Ray Parlour v (ex) Mrs Parlour.

They got divorced, he had to give her half of his wealth and then half of everything else he earns in the future, was a landmark case I think.

2009-04-23 07:16:17

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6897

R v Fagan: established precedent of 'coincidence of actus reus and mens rea'; defendant telling a police officer "Fuck you, you can wait!" after being told to remove his vehicle that was parked conveniently on the officer's foot. The initial reversing of the car onto the officer was purely accidental, however the angry defendant's refusal to undo the damage and move the car resulted in a 'coincidence' of the act and the mental intention/recklessness. A pretty funny case as far as case facts go.

And yeah Teddy, I remember R v Brown. There's quite a few dodgy OAPA cases involving sado-masochism and all sorts of kinky homo stuff. I also remember laughing a lot at the property offences to do with burglary/robbery/theft etc. where people get arrested in various states of being stuck midway upon entering a building in a small window, etc.etc.

@Flecco: Not so much I didn't want to be a lawyer as so much as knowing I can simply do the legal professional courses afterwards. I'd rather do a genuinely interesting and enriching degree, i.e. reading literature rather than pointlessly mesmerising case-names and statutes for 3 years in a robot-like fashion. My dad and uncle are involved in law and commerce so I can easily make some sort of crossover later in life... for now I'd rather have fun . Plus, degree level law is ridiculously competitive and even my friends that have graduated from Oxford have had to really fight hard to merit places at the big (international and City) law-firms such as Allen & Overy. Just not worth the stress this early in life, in my opinion.

_{libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual}. _{http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/}

2009-04-23 08:07:20

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|7076

Uzique wrote:
R v Fagan: established precedent of 'coincidence of actus reus and mens rea'; defendant telling a police officer "Fuck you, you can wait!" after being told to remove his vehicle that was parked conveniently on the officer's foot. The initial reversing of the car onto the officer was purely accidental, however the angry defendant's refusal to undo the damage and move the car resulted in a 'coincidence' of the act and the mental intention/recklessness. A pretty funny case as far as case facts go.

And yeah Teddy, I remember R v Brown. There's quite a few dodgy OAPA cases involving sado-masochism and all sorts of kinky homo stuff. I also remember laughing a lot at the property offences to do with burglary/robbery/theft etc. where people get arrested in various states of being stuck midway upon entering a building in a small window, etc.etc.

@Flecco: Not so much I didn't want to be a lawyer as so much as knowing I can simply do the legal professional courses afterwards. I'd rather do a genuinely interesting and enriching degree, i.e. reading literature rather than pointlessly mesmerising case-names and statutes for 3 years in a robot-like fashion. My dad and uncle are involved in law and commerce so I can easily make some sort of crossover later in life... for now I'd rather have fun . Plus, degree level law is ridiculously competitive and even my friends that have graduated from Oxford have had to really fight hard to merit places at the big (international and City) law-firms such as Allen & Overy. Just not worth the stress this early in life, in my opinion.

ya... there's also the stone and dobinson case which is ridiculously descriptive and nasty. I found it pretty hilarious how high powered judges in robes and wigs use language so descriptive that you can visually picture every part of the crime however nasty, perverted or vulgar it is.

...and yea you have a point about doing english. Sometimes I wish I did something that I actually crave to learn. Law is meh..I do it because I have to.

I wish I'd taken my music one step further but that's more competitive than law

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