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A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry
A Review: Unequal Justice: Lawyers And Social Change In Modern America, Lawrence Mayberry
IUSTITIA
Unequal Justice is a social history of the legal profession from the emergence of The American Bar Association in the 1870's until the 1970's. Auerbach is a professional historian and not a member of the legal profession who writes history, nor is he a sociologist. But before his graduate work in history, the author entered and quickly left law school. The honesty with which he relates the experience and the competent research and analysis manifest in his work demonstrate that he writes this book from a perspective of understanding rather than of bitterness or indifference. In fact Auerbach's unique frame …
The Cost Of Environmental Protection: A Review, Ian T. Ball
The Cost Of Environmental Protection: A Review, Ian T. Ball
IUSTITIA
Dan Richardson's study is "an attempt to analyze present regulatory procedures in the New Jersey coastal zone, with an emphasis on the cost of these procedures to residential developers and housing consumers." Specifically, twenty-one residential developments in a coastal township were monitored from acquisition of land to final approval of the development proposal, and the costs of regulatory approvals, consulting engineering, legal, and governmental fees, as well as holding costs incurred by the developer, were itemized. The costs of the regulatory process were then broken down according to costs incurred during the local regulatory process and those costs resulting from …
A Review: The Interaction Of Law And Religion, Frona Powell
A Review: The Interaction Of Law And Religion, Frona Powell
IUSTITIA
In 1971 at Boston University, Harold J. Berman, Story Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, delivered four lectures in the series of Lowell Lectures on Theology. This book is comprised of those lectures with an introduction, postscript, and annotations. One would hope that Berman's analysis of the interaction of law and religion would provide insight into an area which is often neglected by modern jurisprudents. Unfortunately, it does not.
Those who are members of the legal profession as well as those who are not, are aware of the fact that the legal system does not always function properly. In …