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Pritchett: The Roosevelt Court, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE ROOSEVELT COURT. By C. Herman Pritchett.

Mr. Justice Mcreynolds -- An Appreciation, R. V. Fletcher

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the course of the memorial exercises in honor of Justice McReynolds, held in the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1948, the Attorney General made the significant statement that McReynolds was neither liberal nor conservative." This observation was made in connection with the statement that the Justice, when he was appointed to the Court, was considered a liberal, and when he left the Court, a conservative. His characterization as a liberal was by reason of his experience as a prosecutor in antitrust cases; his reputation for conservatism rests upon his attitude toward legislative measures and economic …

The Law School 1948-1949, E. Blythe Stason

Michigan Law Review

Oversized enrollment again characterizes the student body of the University of Michigan Law School for the year 1948-49. Somewhat reduced from last year's record of 1107 prospective lawyers, this year the William W. Cook Law Quadrangle is accommodating 1057 future members of the bar. The beginning class of 426 students, together with 279 second year students, 339 seniors, 10 candidates for the graduate degrees, and 3 special students all add up to 1057 total. In the total are included 24 future Portias of the bar. These figures should be compared and contrasted with pre-war enrollments approximating 600-650 students. The demand …

Joughin And Morgan: The Legacy Of Sacco And Vanzetti, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE LEGACY OF SACCO AND VANZETTI. By G. Louis Joughin and Edmund M. Morgan.

White: The Federalists, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE FEDERALISTS. By Leonard D. White.

Liberty Against Government: The Rise, Flowering And Decline Of A Famous Juridical Concept, By By Edward S. Corwin, John P. Frank

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Enduring Federalist, Edited By Charles A. Beard; The Great Rehearsal, By Carl Van Doren, John P. Frank

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This department undertakes to note or review briefly current books on law and matters closely related thereto.

Historical Bases Of Federal Judicial System, John P. Frank

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, H. C. Nixon, L. Dale Coffman, George W. Stocking, Victor C. Heck, Constantine G. Belissary

Vanderbilt Law Review

TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS

The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights with An Introduction

by Charles S. Wilson, Committee Chairman.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Pp. xii, 178. $1.00..

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ROSCOE POUND

By Paul Sayre

Iowa City: College of Law Committee

State University of Iowa, 1948. Pp. 412. $4.50.

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A NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY

By Eugene V. Rostow

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948. Pp. XVI, 173. $2.50.

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THE TRADE OF NATIONS

By Michael A. Heilperin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Pp. xix, 234. $3.00.

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AMERICA'S ECONOMIC SUPREMACY

By Brooks Adams …

Vested Rights And The Portal-To-Portal Act, Ray A. Brown

Michigan Law Review

The Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 attempts, by new and retroactive definitions of what constitutes working time of an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to deprive employees of claims under that earlier act, to which the Supreme Court of the United States has held they were entitled. This article will discuss whether this can be done under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Definiteness And Particularity In Patent Claims, William Redin Woodward

Michigan Law Review

To the uninitiated the professional jargon of patents, and particularly of patent claims, is somewhat mystifying even in the most ordinary cases. The profession likes to define the elements of apparatus as "means" for this, "means" for that and "means" for the other. Words like "plurality," "predetermined" and "comminuted" find remarkably frequent use by patent attorneys. And the habit of using out-of-the-way verbiage may lead the practitioner by force of habit to pass over a simple term like "sleeping car" in favor of a more elaborate phrase like "a communal vehicle for the dormitory accommodation of nocturnal viators." But it …

Holzman: Corporate Reorganizations, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS. Their Federal Tax Status. By Robert S. Holzman.

Hastings: The Court Of Common Pleas In Fifteenth Century England, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN FIFTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND. By Margaret Hastings.

Van Doren: The Great Rehearsal, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE GREAT REHEARSAL. By Carl Van Doren.

Thomas: Portrait For Posterity, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of PORTRAIT FOR POSTERITY. By Benjamin P. Thomas.

John Marshall's Short Way With Statutes: A Study In The Judicial Use Of Legislation To Expound The Constitution, Wallace Mendelson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Electoral College And Presidential Vacancies, James Morfit Mullen

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Titles Of Legislative Acts, Carl N. Everstine

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law--Due Process And The Bill Of Rights--Self-Incrimination, F. William Hutchinson

Michigan Law Review

In the course of evolving workable doctrines which give substance and meaning to the skeletal phrase "due process of law" as used in the Fourteenth Amendment to limit state action, the Supreme Court has frequently been called on to determine the scope of the several prohibitions and guarantees of the Bill of Rights of the federal Constitution. This general problem, and more particularly the application of the Fifth Amendment self-incrimination clause to state criminal proceedings, was again presented in a recent case and resulted in a sharp division of opinion within the Court.