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Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School
Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report, University Of Michigan Law School
UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports
This report summarizes the responses to a questionnaire sent to University of Michigan Law School alumni fifteen years after graduation.
Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School
Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report Alumni Comments, University Of Michigan Law School
UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports
This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.
Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report Preface, University Of Michigan Law School
Class Of 1957 Fifteen Year Report Preface, University Of Michigan Law School
UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports
This preface describes changes at the University of Michigan Law School between the time the class of 1956 came to the Law School (1954) and the time of the survey (1972).
Symbolic Logic: A Razor-Edged Tool For Drafting And Interpreting Legal Documents, Layman E. Allen
Symbolic Logic: A Razor-Edged Tool For Drafting And Interpreting Legal Documents, Layman E. Allen
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A large amount of the litigation based on written instruments-whether statute, contract, will, conveyance or regulation-can be traced to the draftsman's failure to convey his meaning clearly. Frequently, of course, certain items may purposely be left ambiguous, but often the question in issue is due to an inadvertent ambiguity that could have been avoided had the draftsman clearly expressed what he intended to say. In this Article it is suggested that a new approach to drafting, using certain elementary notions of symbolic logic, can go a long way towards eliminating such inadvertent ambiguity. This new approach makes available to draftsmen …