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The Roles Of Lawbooks, Alfred F. Conard Mar 1982

The Roles Of Lawbooks, Alfred F. Conard

Michigan Law Review

The Michigan Law Review's annual review of books provides us with an informative sample of the recently published books that are available to inform the lawyer's mind. No doubt the sample is biased by the idiosyncracies of the editors' tastes and of the reviewers' receptivity. But these biases are more likely to enhance than to diminish the significance of the selection.


On Describing Legal Research, Steven M. Barkan Mar 1982

On Describing Legal Research, Steven M. Barkan

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Fundamentals of Legal Research. 2d ed. by J. Myron Jacobstein and Roy M. Mersky


Clarifying Legal Drafting By Well-Structuring It: An Improved Version Of The Plain Language Game, Layman E. Allen Jan 1982

Clarifying Legal Drafting By Well-Structuring It: An Improved Version Of The Plain Language Game, Layman E. Allen

Other Publications

In order to be plain, language should be well-structured. This is the theory upon which the PLAIN LANGUAGE Game is based. It provides those who aspire to be legal drafters with practice in constructing well-structured statements - a useful skill for expressing clear legal norms. You have already encountered the underlining of part of the term 'well-structured', 'PLAIN LANGUAGE' and 'norm', and may be wondering about it The underlining of the first two letters of each word of a term indicates that the term is a defined term and that it is being used in its defined sense. Thus, a …


Dedication Remarks, Terrance Sandalow, Theodore St. Antoine, John Pickering, Rober Nederlander, Gunnar Bickerts, Harold Shapiro, Potter Stewart Jan 1982

Dedication Remarks, Terrance Sandalow, Theodore St. Antoine, John Pickering, Rober Nederlander, Gunnar Bickerts, Harold Shapiro, Potter Stewart

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

A selection of speeches given at the dedication of the newly built Law Library.


Panel Discussion: Commenting On Theodore Lowi's "Law, Power, And Knowledge", Francis A. Allen, Theodore J. St. Antoine, Joseph L. Sax, E. Philip Soper Jan 1982

Panel Discussion: Commenting On Theodore Lowi's "Law, Power, And Knowledge", Francis A. Allen, Theodore J. St. Antoine, Joseph L. Sax, E. Philip Soper

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Commenting on Theodore Lowi's "Law, Power, and Knowledge"

Participants: Professors Francis A. Allen, Theodore J. St. Antoine, Joseph L. Sax, and E. Philip Soper of the University of Michigan Low School


What Do Tax Limitation Votes Mean?, Daniel Rubinfeld, Paul N. Courant, Edward M. Gramlich Jan 1982

What Do Tax Limitation Votes Mean?, Daniel Rubinfeld, Paul N. Courant, Edward M. Gramlich

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

In response to the tax limitation movement which received national attention with the passage of California's Proposition 13 and which gave rise to a slate of tax limitation referends on the Michigan ballot in 1978, we began a theoretical and empirical study of the relationship between the size of state and local governing units and issues in public finance.


Appendix Iv, Michigan Journal Of International Law Jan 1982

Appendix Iv, Michigan Journal Of International Law

Michigan Journal of International Law

In this section: • Selected Works on the Rights and Status of Refugees Under United States and International Law, 1960-1980