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Full-Text Articles in Law
On The Need For A Uniform Choice Of Law Code, Larry Kramer
On The Need For A Uniform Choice Of Law Code, Larry Kramer
Michigan Law Review
At first blush, the notion of a uniform choice of law code seems almost paradoxical. After all, the primary mission of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) is to promote uniformity in the law, while choice of law exists only because laws are not uniform. To be sure, the Constitution of the NCCUSL limits the organization's objective to promoting uniformity "where uniformity is desirable and practicable," which leaves plenty of room for different laws and hence for choice of law. But even so, one would expect the Commissioners to devote their limited resources to reducing the …
Discretion, Rules, And Law: Child Custody And The Umda's Best-Interest Standard, Carl E. Schneider
Discretion, Rules, And Law: Child Custody And The Umda's Best-Interest Standard, Carl E. Schneider
Michigan Law Review
One barrier facing any attempt to devise a uniform law for diverse jurisdictions is the occasional - perhaps even frequent - difficulty of writing rules that will accurately guide judges. The law's ordinary solution to that difficulty is to give judges some measure of discretion. This article inquires into the nature and legitimacy of that technique. It does so by analyzing a particularly controversial provision of the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act (UMDA). Section 402 of that Act states: "The court shall determine custody in accordance with the best interest of the child." It then instructs the court to "consider …
Interpreting Codes, Bruce W. Frier
Interpreting Codes, Bruce W. Frier
Michigan Law Review
Large systematically codified bodies of law, such as the European codes or the UCC, gradually effect, or at least encourage, a different kind of legal culture, in which, as such codes are integrated within a national legal heritage, general clauses and principles become more salient within an expanded interpretive community. Because of the open texture of their rules, codes foster an altered legal posture; ancient judicial vigilance against the intrusive legislation may give way to a new ethos of cooperation in the development of law. To be sure, it remains uncertain whether the resulting law will be, in fact, "better," …
Electing Justice, Sol Wachtler
Electing Justice, Sol Wachtler
Michigan Law Review
A Review of In Pursuit of Justice: Reflections of a State Supreme Court Justice by Joseph R. Grodin
Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide For The Concerned, Denise Esposito
Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide For The Concerned, Denise Esposito
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned by Douglas J. Besharov
Icons And Aliens: Law, Aesthetics, And Environmental Change, Scott Schrader
Icons And Aliens: Law, Aesthetics, And Environmental Change, Scott Schrader
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Icons and Aliens: Law, Aesthetics, and Environmental Change by John J. Costonis
Criminal Justice In The Lower Courts: A Study In Continuity, Gerald Caplan
Criminal Justice In The Lower Courts: A Study In Continuity, Gerald Caplan
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Transformation of Criminal Justice: Philadelphia, 1800-1880 by Allen Steinberg