Here's a fun mock trial for all you high schoolers out there! The case is based on this news article and can explore all sorts of fun topics such as implied easements on the high seas i.e. if two species with easements to go where they will in the high seas and one species keeps running over the other one, should it be considered vehicular man(whale)slaughter? Does vehicular whaleslaughter become permissable in times of an economic crisis? If all the right whales are killed, do the right whales have a case? Can the humpbacks continue the case on their behalf? Can Cheney be nailed in a wrongful death civil case because he continues to block the measure? What would be the political fallout if Denny Hastert was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution because the prosecution has a cruel sense of humor?
See, if kids can't learn to love the law through this case, then the teacher stinks. Simple as that.
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