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An Address: The Constitution And The Dilemma Of Historicism, Roger S. Ruffin
An Address: The Constitution And The Dilemma Of Historicism, Roger S. Ruffin
San Diego Law Review
In thinking about the Constitution, we should keep in mind the commonplaces that lace our thinking. We must keep them in sight at both levels: content and character, commonplace and commonplaceness–else their importance may escape us. Maitland’s view that "the history of law must be a history of ideas" is one such commonplace. Another was noticed by Edward Corwin: the "commonplace that every age has its own peculiar categories of thought; its speculations are carried on in a vocabulary which those who would be understood by it must adopt . . . ." These are tow of the commonplaces of …
Parent-Child Immunity: The Case For Abolition, Christine V. Pate
Parent-Child Immunity: The Case For Abolition, Christine V. Pate
San Diego Law Review
"However repugnant it may seem that a minor child should sue his own father, it is equally repugnant that a child injured by his parent's negligence, perhaps maimed for life should have no redress for the injury he has suffered." This anomaly exists today in the majority of jurisdictions which recognize the parent-child immunity. The origins of this rule, its exceptions and its present status nationwide and in California reflect a judicial determination not to interfere with the basic unit of our society, the family.
Criminal Law At The International Border, Josph A. Milchen
Criminal Law At The International Border, Josph A. Milchen
San Diego Law Review
[G]eographical considerations are set forth to indicate the potential scope of legal problems that might arise at an international border. The mere length of the border permits imaginative speculation regarding possible violations of customs laws. Although some aspects of the law applicable at the international border are well settled, neither legislative insight nor fertile imagination nor past experience provide sufficient perception to cover the myriad situations that can arise at the border. Furthermore, new developments in related fields must be examined insofar as the border-crossing situation may affect or be affected by them. As a result, there ate the following …