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With regard to the two video clips on Statute of Frauds,

1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iq48jUhFpk&list=TLgP_GrjODL-g
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNwAFgdpLJM

1) How does each video help with the public understanding of Statute of Frauds? What changes might each incorporate to a new video for better understanding?

2) How does each video help to explain what the Statute of Frauds is and how it functions as a defense to contract formation?

3) Which video does a better job of explaining the concept to the public?

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1) How does each video help with the public understanding of Statute of Frauds? What changes might each incorporate to a new video for better understanding?

One video does so in a song format while the other has an eccentric professor giving listeners a breakdown of the Statute of Frauds beginning with the fact that it has been in legal precedent for over 300 years as it was enacted by Parliament in 1677. The changes that ...

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