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Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Robert E. Kendrick
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), Robert E. Kendrick
Vanderbilt Law Review
In reviewing Cowan v.State, the Tennessee Supreme Court noted the following facts: Defendant, seeing an automobile stop at an isolated spot on a so-called "lovers' lane," approached it by way of a woods, being unseen by the two teen-age couples in the automobile until he was quite nearby. The occupants' attempt to drive away was thwarted by the defendant's exhibiting and threatening to use a pistol, warning against further escape attempts, and demanding and receiving the ignition key. He then insisted that the girls have sexual intercourse with him; and when they refused, he stated that he would not "take …
Subnormal Mentality As A Defense In The Criminal Law, John E.V. Pieski
Subnormal Mentality As A Defense In The Criminal Law, John E.V. Pieski
Vanderbilt Law Review
Although little is left of the theory which ascribed to mental deficiency causative force in criminal conduct, the entire episode taught at least two valuable lessons to modem criminologists. First, it served as a warning against superficial research and hasty conclusions, thus inducing subsequent scholars to take a more scientific approach to similar problems. Second, it aided in alerting others that, although not all or even most criminals are mentally deficient, there are an appreciable number of criminals who possess a subnormal mentality, and who must be reckoned within the criminal law. Notwithstanding that the legal profession has utilized the …
Book Reviews, Law Review Staff
Book Reviews, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Decision at Law
By David W. Peck.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.,1961. Pp. vii, 303.
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Corporation Lawyer: Saint or Sinner? By Beryl Harold Levy.
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Co., 1961. Pp. x, 175.
reviewer: Elliott E. Cheatham
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Criminal Psychology Edited by Richard W. Nice. New York: Philosophical Library, Inc., 1962. Pp. 284.
reviewer: J. Paschall Davis
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Symposium on the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 Edited by Ralph Slovenko. Baton Rouge: Claitor's Bookstore, 1961. Pp. xliv, 1237. $20.00.
reviewer: Robert N. Covington
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Handling Accident Cases, Vol. 3
By Albert Averbach.
Rochester: The Lawyers …