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Civil Law And The Common Law A World Survey, R W. Lee
Civil Law And The Common Law A World Survey, R W. Lee
Michigan Law Review
In universities and other seats of learning, where men devote themselves to the pursuit of truth, certain great events or movements in the world's history claim attention as essentially and always proper subjects of investigation. Whatever the future may bring, we can hardly suppose a time when the art of Greece, the literature of England, the religions of the East will not be studied. Nor before an assembly of lawyers is it necessary to urge the claims of a great system of law as a subject which may well engage the amplest resources of the human intellect. For many centuries …
Revocability Of Licenses - The Rule Of Wood V. Leadbitter, Ralph W. Aigler
Revocability Of Licenses - The Rule Of Wood V. Leadbitter, Ralph W. Aigler
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That a mere license purporting to create in the licensee a new right or privilege is revocable at law at the will of the licensor seems to have been definitely settled in England by Wood v. Leadbitter, 13 M. & W. 838 (1845). It was there held that the plaintiff who had entered the close of the defendant's master after the purchase of a proper ticket could be forcibly ousted, notice having been first given that he should leave. The only remedy open to the ousted ticket holder-in law at least-no excessive violence1 having been used, is to sue for …
The Liability Of The Common Carrier As Determined By The Recent Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court, Edwin C. Goddard
The Liability Of The Common Carrier As Determined By The Recent Decisions Of The United States Supreme Court, Edwin C. Goddard
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An understanding of the present day liability of the common carrier under conditions as they exist, especially in interstate shipments, is best reached by an historical journey from the early decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States to the end of the year just past.
Anomalous Growth Of The Common Law -- The Anglo-American Quest For Justice, Hugh Evander Willis
Anomalous Growth Of The Common Law -- The Anglo-American Quest For Justice, Hugh Evander Willis
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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