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The Reasons For Some Legal Fictions, Sidney T. Miller
The Reasons For Some Legal Fictions, Sidney T. Miller
Michigan Law Review
In this age of fact, fancy is at a discount. Consequently legal fictions, which required the play of some fancy in their beginning, have fallen not only into disuse but also into disfavor. Many of them, however, have done good work in the past, and some are doing it now. Therefore it may not prove uninstructive to consider some in a discursive way. A legal fiction is probably best defined as "a legal assumption that something is true which is, or may be, false-being an assumption of an innocent and beneficial character, made to advance the interests of justice."1 From …
Note And Comment, Edson R. Sunderland, Frederick H. Schmidt, John R. Rood, Ralph W. Aigler, Robert T. Hughes
Note And Comment, Edson R. Sunderland, Frederick H. Schmidt, John R. Rood, Ralph W. Aigler, Robert T. Hughes
Michigan Law Review
The Work of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Some Difficulties of Code Pleading; Applicability of Ordinances to the Distribution of Liquors by Social Clubs; Capias in Execution Without Prior Order or Arrest; The Degree of Care Required in the Operation of a Scenic Railway; Who Can Complain of Ultra Vires Acquisition of Real Estate by a Corporation?; The Heinrich Brunner Memorial;
Influence Of Social And Economic Ideals On The Law Of Malicious Torts, W. Gordon Stoner
Influence Of Social And Economic Ideals On The Law Of Malicious Torts, W. Gordon Stoner
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"The existence and the alteration of human institutions," says DICEY, "must in a sense, always and everywhere depend upon the beliefs or feelings, or, in other words, upon the opinion of the society in which such institutions flourish."1 Undoubtedly, law, as much as any other human institution, has felt this influence of public opinion. The political, economical and ethical ideals of a people find expression in their laws. True it is that public opinion is usually, if not always, in the lead, but in a truly happy and contented society the distance is never great. As MAINE says, in progressive …
The Struggle For A Perpetuity, John R. Rood
The Struggle For A Perpetuity, John R. Rood
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It is natural for us moderns to conceive of the right to alienate as an inseparable incident of ownership, since we have known no other condition; and in the modern books and decisions the subject is generally disposed of with the curt statement as if it were a truism. It is believed that to such as are not familiar with the history of that doctrine a review of the struggle through centuries, by which it was finally established on its present firm foundation, would not be devoid of interest.
New Doctrine Concerning Contracts In Restraint Of Trade, Jerome C. Knowlton
New Doctrine Concerning Contracts In Restraint Of Trade, Jerome C. Knowlton
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Is a covenant in restraint of a particular trade and unlimited as to space against public policy and therefore void and unenforceable? Long ago an English judge, in speaking of the making of contracts, protested against arguing too strongly upon public policy. "It is a very unruly horse, and, when once you get astride it, you never know where it will carry you."1 Right he was and is, and the judge who would keep his saddle must be a good rider, for the horse shies badly on the way at every new condition in trade and commerce, occasioned by recent …
Some Difficulties Of Code Pleading, Edson R. Sunderland
Some Difficulties Of Code Pleading, Edson R. Sunderland
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The common law system of pleading was founded upon the theory that issues of fact, representing the gist of the controversy between the contending parties to a suit, should be developed by the pleadings. In practice this was not always realized, for many fictions and legal conclusions obtained recognition as legitimate allegations, and upon them issues were formed which satisfied the courts. The most striking and familiar instance of this is found in the common counts. Here there is an allegation of indebtedness, which is a mere legal conclusion, and with this as a consideration a promise to pay is …
Note And Comment, Henry M. Bates, Edson R. Sunderland, Harry W. Isenberg, James H. Brewster
Note And Comment, Henry M. Bates, Edson R. Sunderland, Harry W. Isenberg, James H. Brewster
Michigan Law Review
The Right of Privacy at Common Law; Limitation of a Carrier's Liability for Negligence; Validity of Corporate By-Law Vesting in Directors the Discretionary Power of Denying Stockholders the Right to Examine the Corporate Books; A Single Action of Successive Actions for a Nuisance; Status of One Holding Office Under an Unconstitutional Statute; Two Recent Decisions Preventing the Presbyterian Re-Union