Comprehensive study guide and lecture series on Academy.
An overview of US criminal procedure — the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement, arrest and detention, search and seizure, the exclusionary rule, and the flow of a federal criminal case from investigation through sentencing.
A targeted review of the concepts most frequently misapplied on bar and law-school exams: arrest types and Miranda, the corroboration and hearsay rules, the non-aggravation principle on appeal, prosecutorial discretion, and the statute of limitations — with the classic wrong-answer traps identified.
Expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, the Keynesian spending multiplier and tax multiplier, the crowding-out effect, exchange rate determination and its impact on trade, Ricardo's comparative advantage, and the components of the balance of payments — with US examples throughout.
Kahneman and Tversky's Prospect Theory, loss aversion, status quo bias, nudge policy, heuristics and biases — exploring the reality of human decision-making beyond the rationality assumption of traditional economics.
Components of working capital, the cash conversion cycle (CCC), optimal cash balance models, and short-term financing instruments — the ninth lecture in the Financial Management Basics series.
Foundations of labor relations under US law, plus the most frequently missed HRM exam concepts — the ninth lecture in the Human Resource Management Fundamentals series.