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Inheritance Crimes, David Horton, Reid Kress Weisbord
Inheritance Crimes, David Horton, Reid Kress Weisbord
Washington Law Review
The civil justice system has long struggled to resolve disputes over end-of-life transfers. The two most common grounds for challenging the validity of a gift, will, or trust— mental incapacity and undue influence—are vague, hinge on the state of mind of a dead person, and allow factfinders to substitute their own norms and preferences for the donor’s intent. In addition, the slayer doctrine—which prohibits killers from inheriting from their victims—has generated decades of constitutional challenges.
But recently, these controversial rules have migrated into an area where the stakes are significantly higher: the criminal justice system. For example, states have criminalized …
Books Received, Journal Staff
Books Received, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Books Received
CANADIAN CRIMINAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ASPECTS
By Sharon A. Williams and J. G. Castel
Toronto: Butterworth's, 1981. Pp. 513. $80.00.
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CASES AND MATERIALS ON SALE OF GOODS
By John Adams
London & Canberra: Croom Helm: Ltd., 1982. Pp. 174. $15.50.
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THE DEFENSE POLICIES OF NATIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Edited by Douglas J. Murray and Paul R. Viotti
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982. Pp. 525. $35.00 (cloth), $12.95 (paper)
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DOCUMENTS ON THE LAWS OF WAR
Edited by Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff
New York: the Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press, 1982. …
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Robert Bruce King
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Robert Bruce King
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Vanderbilt Law Review
Book Reviews:
Cases and Materials on Evidence, Fourth Edition. By Morgan, Maguide & Weinstein Brooklyn: Foundation Press, 1957. Pp. xxiv,880. $11.00
reviewers: Ronan E. Degnan and David W. Louisell
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Estate Planning and Taxation Two volumes. By William J. Bowe Buffalo: Dennis & Company, Inc., 1957. Vol. I, pp. lvi, 590; Vol. II,pp. viii, 614.
reviewer: James J. Lenoir
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The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law By Glanville Williams. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Pp. xi, 350. $5.00.
reviewer: David H. Vernon
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Current Legal Problems Edited by G. W. Keeton & G. Schwarzenberger London: Stevens & …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases --
Criminal Law--Habitual Criminal--Right of Accused to Counsel under Fourteenth Amendment
Divorce--Alimony Decree Terminating upon Remarriage of Wife--Effect of Annulment of Subsequent Marriage
Divorce--Statutory Modification of Domiciliary Jurisdiction--Congressional Limitation of Power of Territorial Legislature
Labor Law--Unfair Labor Practice--Primary Jurisdiction in NLRB
Life Insurance--Good Health Clause--Existence of Malady Unknown to Insured
Nuisance--Liability for Non-Trespassory Interference with the Use and Enjoyment of Land--Intentional Invasion
Wills--Holographic Codicil--Publication of an Invalid Typewritten Will
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Assault and Battery--Injury Sustained in Prize Fig
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Constitutional Law--Elections--Voting Rights of Residents of Federal Enclave where Polling Places are on Land under Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction
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Constitutional Law--Miscegenation Statutes--Statutory Prohibitions against Inter-Racial Marriages held Unconstitutional
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Criminal Law--Evidence--Admissibility of Sound Motion Pictures of Re-Enactment of Crime by Defendants
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Criminal Procedure--Use of Jury Primer Prior to Trial
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Estate Planning--Mistake as to Tax Consequences of a Gift--Requirements for Rescission
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Evidence--Impeachment of Witnesses--Warning Question on Examination as to Prior Testimony
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Interstate Commerce--Sherman Act--Applicability to Organized Baseball
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Labor Law--Constitutional Law--Validity of Prohibition on Contributions and Expenditures of Labor …