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'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler Nov 2013

'Dred Scott V. Sandford' Analysis, Sarah E. Roessler

Student Publications

The Scott v. Sandford decision will forever be known as a dark moment in America's history. The Supreme Court chose to rule on a controversial issue, and they made the wrong decision. Scott v. Sandford is an example of what can happen when the Court chooses to side with personal opinion instead of what is right.


Coase, Herbert J. Hovenkamp Oct 2013

Coase, Herbert J. Hovenkamp

All Faculty Scholarship

This brief essay considers the career, contributions, and influence of Ronald Coase, who passed away in September, 2013. Comments are welcome.


Safe To Drive? Police Powers Of Search And Seizure In The Vehicular Context, Mark Rucci May 2013

Safe To Drive? Police Powers Of Search And Seizure In The Vehicular Context, Mark Rucci

Honors College

Since their creation, automobiles have become a central facet of the American culture and psyche. As status symbols and modes of transportation their importance cannot be overstated. Americans love their cars, and the average citizen believes that he or she has legitimate privacy interests in his or her vehicle. But is this the case? For decades, The Court has struggled to balance 4th Amendment privacy rights with effective police procedure, and has thus handed down dozens of rulings on the topic, many of which often seem disparate and contradictory. In the face of such confusion, the Court’s answer has almost …


Interview Of Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., John A. Prendergast Apr 2013

Interview Of Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., Michael R. Dillon, Ph.D., J.D., John A. Prendergast

All Oral Histories

Dr. Michael Richard Dillon (1942-2020) was a Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at La Salle University in Philadelphia. He grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb just outside of Chicago, where he spent many years before opting to attend the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate and, later, his graduate and doctoral degrees. Dr. Dillon first came to La Salle in 1968, where he spent 17 years as a member of the Political Science Department under the Chair at the time, Robert Courtney. After obtaining a J.D. from Temple University, Dr. Dillon left La Salle in …


Criminal Procedure And The Supreme Court - Then And Now, David Rudstein Feb 2013

Criminal Procedure And The Supreme Court - Then And Now, David Rudstein

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


John Montgomery Ward: The Lawyer Who Took On Baseball, Christopher W. Schmidt Feb 2013

John Montgomery Ward: The Lawyer Who Took On Baseball, Christopher W. Schmidt

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


125 Years Of Law Books, 1888-2013, Keith Ann Stiverson Feb 2013

125 Years Of Law Books, 1888-2013, Keith Ann Stiverson

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


Inventing Legal Aid: Women And Lay Lawyering, Felice Batlan Feb 2013

Inventing Legal Aid: Women And Lay Lawyering, Felice Batlan

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


The Rookery Building And Chicago-Kent, A. Dan Tarlock Feb 2013

The Rookery Building And Chicago-Kent, A. Dan Tarlock

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


Privacy And Technology: A 125-Year Review, Lori B. Andrews Feb 2013

Privacy And Technology: A 125-Year Review, Lori B. Andrews

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


U.S. Antitrust: From Shot In The Dark To Global Leadership, David J. Gerber Feb 2013

U.S. Antitrust: From Shot In The Dark To Global Leadership, David J. Gerber

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


The Changing Composition Of The American Jury, Nancy S. Marder Feb 2013

The Changing Composition Of The American Jury, Nancy S. Marder

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


What's A Telegram?, Henry H. Perritt Jr. Feb 2013

What's A Telegram?, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


A "Progressive Contraction Of Jurisdiction": The Making Of The Modern Supreme Court, Carolyn Shapiro Feb 2013

A "Progressive Contraction Of Jurisdiction": The Making Of The Modern Supreme Court, Carolyn Shapiro

125th Anniversary Materials

The Supreme Court in 1888 was in crisis. Its overall structure and responsibilities, created a century earlier by the Judiciary Act of 1789, were no longer adequate or appropriate. The Court had no control over its own docket - at the beginning of the 1888 term, there were 1,563 cases pending - and the justices’ responsibilities, which included circuit riding, were impossible to meet. Shaped as it was by a law almost as old as the country itself, the Supreme Court in 1888 - and the federal judicial system as a whole - would be barely recognizable to many today. …


Chicago's "Great Boodle Trial", Todd Haugh Feb 2013

Chicago's "Great Boodle Trial", Todd Haugh

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


Chicago-Kent: 125 Years And Counting, Ralph L. Brill Feb 2013

Chicago-Kent: 125 Years And Counting, Ralph L. Brill

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


Then & Now: Stories Of Law And Progress, Lori B. Andrews, Sarah K. Harding Feb 2013

Then & Now: Stories Of Law And Progress, Lori B. Andrews, Sarah K. Harding

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


The Legacy Of In Re Neagle, Harold J. Krent Feb 2013

The Legacy Of In Re Neagle, Harold J. Krent

125th Anniversary Materials

No abstract provided.


Popular Legal Journalism In The Writings Of Maria Vérone, Sara L. Kimble Jan 2013

Popular Legal Journalism In The Writings Of Maria Vérone, Sara L. Kimble

School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Slaves To Contradictions: 13 Myths That Sustained Slavery, Wilson Huhn Jan 2013

Slaves To Contradictions: 13 Myths That Sustained Slavery, Wilson Huhn

Akron Law Faculty Publications

People have a fundamental need to think of themselves as “good people.” To achieve this we tell each other stories – we create myths – about ourselves and our society. These myths may be true or they may be false. The more discordant a myth is with reality, the more difficult it is to convince people to embrace it. In such cases to sustain the illusion of truth it may be necessary to develop an entire mythology – an integrated web of mutually supporting stories. This paper explores the system of myths that sustained the institution of slavery in the …


0809: John Taylor Collection, 1969-2007, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2013

0809: John Taylor Collection, 1969-2007, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Mr. Taylor is an attorney from Charleston, WV that fought for the legal and labor rights of workers across the United States. The majority of the people that Taylor represented were members of unions, including both the United Auto Workers [UAW] and the United Mine Workers of America [UMWA]. Taylor's clients fought to secure access to health benefits and the improvement of working conditions. A large portion of the collection centers on Black Lung cases in West Virginia. In 1982, Taylor and his colleagues organized a group of clients to travel to Washington, D.C. in order to attend the Black …


0814: C. H. Freeman Collection, 1877-1977, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2013

0814: C. H. Freeman Collection, 1877-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Papers related to the C.H. Freeman estate. Zubah and C.H. Freeman had many investments such as the Yawkey and Freeman Coal Company and the Freeman Estates. This collection contains contract agreements for property purchases of the Estates, a contour map of what seems to be the Freeman’s country residence, and correspondences between Zubah and realtors. This collection also houses some of Zubah’s family documents including old letters, registers of visitors from Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary, and Paul and Ricky Ray’s basketball documents.


International Law And The Domestic Separation Of Powers, Jean Galbraith Jan 2013

International Law And The Domestic Separation Of Powers, Jean Galbraith

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


On What Distinguishes New Originalism From Old: A Jurisprudential Take, Mitchell N. Berman Jan 2013

On What Distinguishes New Originalism From Old: A Jurisprudential Take, Mitchell N. Berman

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.