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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University Nov 1977

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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City Of Los Angeles Department Of Water & Power V. Manhart, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

City Of Los Angeles Department Of Water & Power V. Manhart, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Monell V. Deptartment Of Social Services Of The City Of New York, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Monell V. Deptartment Of Social Services Of The City Of New York, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Culver V. Secretary Of The Air Force: Restriction Of Servicemen's Individual Freedoms Abroad For Foreign Policy Reasons Oct 1977

Culver V. Secretary Of The Air Force: Restriction Of Servicemen's Individual Freedoms Abroad For Foreign Policy Reasons

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ua68/8/3 The Student Researcher, Vol. Iii, No. I, Phi Alpha Theta Jan 1977

Ua68/8/3 The Student Researcher, Vol. Iii, No. I, Phi Alpha Theta

Student Organizations

Publication of the Eta-Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This issue includes:

  • Bussell, Judy. The Women's Suffrage Movement: 1870-1900
  • Davenport, Beverly. RFK and Civil Rights "1961: It Had Only Just Begun"
  • Kellems, Brady. The Election Dispute of 1876
  • Lega, Mark. A.J.P. Taylor: Gadfly Historian
  • Tatum, Raymond. The Hartford Convention: Those "Wise Men of the East"


Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 81, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Jan 1977

Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records - Accession 81, Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition

Manuscript Collection

The Equal Rights Amendment South Carolina Coalition Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, flyers, newsletters, reports, newspaper clippings, mailing lists and financial records concerning the drive for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in South Carolina. The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.


Abortion Interest Movement Of South Carolina Records - Accession 67, Abortion Movement Of South Carolina Jan 1977

Abortion Interest Movement Of South Carolina Records - Accession 67, Abortion Movement Of South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The Abortion Interest Movement of South Carolina Records consist of correspondence, speeches, brochures, pamphlets, studies, newspaper clippings, and other records concerning abortion reform not only in South Carolina but in other states. The collection offers a good source of information on the movement to repeal abortion laws not only in South Carolina but also in other parts of the United States and in Europe. The Abortion Interest Movement (AIM) was organized in March, 1969 and developed as an extension of the People for Abortion Reform/Repeal. Its purpose is “to educate the citizens of South Carolina about the need for modern …


The Numbers Game - The Use And Misuse Of Statistics In Civil Rights Litigation, Marcy M. Hallock Jan 1977

The Numbers Game - The Use And Misuse Of Statistics In Civil Rights Litigation, Marcy M. Hallock

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Primary And Secondary Characteristics In Discrimination Cases, Richard Marshall Abrams Jan 1977

Primary And Secondary Characteristics In Discrimination Cases, Richard Marshall Abrams

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Privacy, Paul Marcus Jan 1977

Privacy, Paul Marcus

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Chapters Of The Civil Jury, Doug R. Rendleman Jan 1977

Chapters Of The Civil Jury, Doug R. Rendleman

Faculty Publications

The civil jury, though constitutionally protected by the seventh amendment, has remained a controversial institution throughout much of Anglo-American legal history. Our romantic ideals are questioned by critics who view the civil jury as prejudiced and unpredictable; proponents note the sense of fairness and "earthy wisdom" gained by community participation in the legal process. This debate surfaces in the process of accommodation between certain substantive goals of the law and the pre-verdict and post-verdict procedural devices courts have employed to control the jury. In this article, Professor Rendleman examines this conflict in his three "chapters" involving racially motivated discharges of …


The Duty To Decide Vs. The Daedalian Doctrine Of Abstention, Harlan S. Abrahams, Brian E. Mattis Jan 1977

The Duty To Decide Vs. The Daedalian Doctrine Of Abstention, Harlan S. Abrahams, Brian E. Mattis

Seattle University Law Review

It is the thesis of this article that the growing trend in the federal courts to refuse to exercise their assigned jurisdiction violates the doctrine of the separation of powers, and that the federal judiciary's excuses for refusing to perform their tasks do not pass constitutional muster. Specifically, this article will demonstrate that those excuses either do not rise to a level of constitutional concern sufficient to justify the trend or are based on a perversion of the admittedly constitutional concept of federalism, a concept affording the individual citizen a structural protection against arbitrary government in additionto the structural protection …