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These questions
are not necessarily in order. Class
discussion is not linear. I might
not ask all these questions in class, but the student would be thinking about
them. Because Keeler
appears very early in most casebooks, I would ask basic questions to judge how
well students are reading cases, and to encourage them to read even more
carefully. After the first few
weeks of class, I would take for granted that students searched for the
definition of every word or phrase they did not understand.
I would also assume that they knew the procedural history of the case.
I never assume command of the facts.
Whether I would ask other questions than these depends on the
students' answers and on my assessment of their level of understanding (e.g.,
were I to note a look of puzzlement on more than a few faces, or a look of
discomfort at the facts or the issues, I would spend more time on those
questions.) The class time
devoted to discussion of Keeler and the questions arising from it could
vary from 20 to 150 minutes.
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