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NCBE和UWorld中的错题(三)

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我当年考试的时候基本是把UWorld当圣经在用,压根没有发现任何不妥之处。而现在这个系列可以写到第三篇,说明学员水平越来越高,学的也越来越细。下面都是UWorld的自编题。

以Ten months after surgery in a hospital开头的题,细心的同学发现修改诉状加入新的当事人并主张relation back的时候,已经超过了FRCP规定的90天。这是因为这个题2014年放出,当时FRCP的规定还是120天,2015年刚改成了90天。UWorld没有发现这个问题,姑且算是UWorld的锅。

以A business incorporated in State A hired an advertiser living in State B and a lawyer living in State C to help the business's advertising efforts in a foreign country开头的一个题,venue的两个优先都不合适,只能用兜底,而兜底的规则是“对任何一个被告有PJ的司法区”,所以B说因为这个司法区对两个被告都有PJ,和A说因为其中一个被告住在这个司法区,都不够好。正确的答案描述为at least one of the defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction in State B会比较好。

以A man died, leaving a will that devised his land to “my wife for life, remainder to my son and the heirs of his body. But if my son dies without children, then the land shall go to my nephew.” 开头的一个题,说这是fee tail,所以my son后面整个无效,应视为fee simple. 这是不对的,“and the heirs of his body”划掉不看,是房地产的做题技巧没错,但But开头的这句话没有办法不看。事实上这是一个fee simple subject to executory limitation,虽然归邻居没有错,但说the son持有fee simple是错误的。

以A shopping mall located near an interstate highway exit is surrounded by a paved parking area开头的一个题,讲述地主明明摆放了“NO TRESPASSING”的牌子,却反而把侵入者变成了anticipated trespasser的故事。这让地主怎么做都是错的,不放牌子说人家没警告,放了牌子说人家有期待。正确的理解参考Barbri的outline: if the owner has posted "no trespassing" signs, this might serve to convert these “anticipated” trespassers into “undiscovered” trespassers.

以A tenant entered into a one-year agreement to lease a two-bedroom home from a landlord for $1,000 per month开头的题,核心是租客违约,房东及时租出去,能否主张租金差价600块。UWorld认为多数州不将anticipatory repudiation理论运用到租约上,所以无法主张差价。MBE会避开这种实务上争议很大的题。即便如解析所说,题目也没有问“现在”房东能主张多少,房东完全可以等到原来的租约结束再主张差价,就不需要用到anticipatory repudiation理论。

以A defendant was charged with sexual assault开头的一个题,希望引入被害人先前希望和被告人发生性行为的庭外陈述。答案认为这是“specific instances of a victim's sexual behavior”,十分牵强。其实用then-existing state of mind就很好解决了hearsay的问题,如果不行,用被告人宪法权利的兜底条款也必须能选对。这题选C(because the testimony goes to the issue of consent)是没有错误的。