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Freedom Of Speech And Of The Press In War Time The Espionage Act, Thomas F. Carroll Jun 1919

Freedom Of Speech And Of The Press In War Time The Espionage Act, Thomas F. Carroll

Michigan Law Review

The Imperial German Government had never made a secret of its willingness to encourage disloyalty among the citizens and subjects of Germany's enemies. It had officially announced: "Bribery of enemies' subjects, acceptance of offers of treachery, utilization of discontented elements in the population, support of pretenders and the like are permissible; indeed, international law is in no way opposed to the exploitation of the crimes of third parties."'


Book Reviews, John B. Waite, Edwin C. Goddard, Edwin D. Dickinson Jun 1919

Book Reviews, John B. Waite, Edwin C. Goddard, Edwin D. Dickinson

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this book is, to quote from the preface, "to present a clear, accurate, and impartial study of the law in the hope of offering assistance to those who are attempting to choose a career or who are about to enter upon the profession. This necessitates a review of the nature of the law, present day legal conditions, personal and educational requirements, the dangers and disadvantages incident to practice, the high professional demands made upon the lawyer, the varied fields of service open to him, his probable earnings and emoluments,--in a word, all that has a distinct and …


Retaliation And Neutral Rights, Hessel Edward Yntema May 1919

Retaliation And Neutral Rights, Hessel Edward Yntema

Michigan Law Review

The readjustment of international law to the ever-changing conditions of maritime warfare has always presented problems of extreme difficulty. Particularly is this the case, when, as in the Napoleonic wars and the recent European conflict, belligerents, falling back upon the exceptional plea of necessity, attempt to modify the rights of neutral powers to their own advantage or even to involve them in the conflict. A question of this character, namely, the extent to which a belligerent in pursuing retaliatory measures against 'alleged violations of international law by his opponent, may thereby abridge the admitted rights of neutrals, was raised in …


Book Reviews, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Mar 1919

Book Reviews, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

Michigan Law Review

Handbook of Military Law. By Austin Wakeman Scott, Professor of Law, Harvard University. Cambridge, Harvard University, 1918, pp. vii, 104.


Food And Fuel Control, William Barker Marvin Feb 1919

Food And Fuel Control, William Barker Marvin

Michigan Law Review

In the present war, nationalization of industry and centralization of control have been found necessary to an extent never before attempted. The very vastness of the armies, and of the quantities of munitions and other supplies needed to keep the strength of the armies at its highest point required that the most efficient forms of industrial organization be sought out and utilized. In a nation with a single aim and a single will, that is, in a nation so organized as to wage successfully a modern war; the individual has had to sacrifice much for the good of the whole; …