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Verdict According To Conscience: Perspectives On The English Criminal Trial Jury 1200-1800, Thomas A. Green
Verdict According To Conscience: Perspectives On The English Criminal Trial Jury 1200-1800, Thomas A. Green
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This book treats the history of the English criminal trial jury from its origins to the eve of the Victorian reforms in the criminal law. It consists of eight free-standing essays on important aspects of that history and a conclusion. Each chapter addresses the phenomenon that has come to be known as "jury nullification," the exercise of jury discretion in favor of a defendant whom the jury nonetheless believes to have committed the act with which he is charged. Historically, some instances of nullification reflect the jury's view that the act in question is not unlawful, while in other cases …
Atoms And The Law, E. Blythe Stason, Samuel D. Estep, William J. Pierce
Atoms And The Law, E. Blythe Stason, Samuel D. Estep, William J. Pierce
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Early in 1951 a group of interested members of the faculty of The University of Michigan Law School conceived the idea of a research project, the purpose of which would be to investigate the principal unique legal problems being created and likely to be created in the future by peaceful uses of atomic energy. The group planned the preparation and publication of a series of manuscripts which might ultimately emerge as one or more printed volumes dealing with the legal problems affecting this new form of energy. Many phases of the subject were scrutinized, including the rule-making and licensing powers …
Nonprofit Corporation Statutes: A Critique And Proposal, Ralph E. Boyer
Nonprofit Corporation Statutes: A Critique And Proposal, Ralph E. Boyer
Michigan Legal Studies Series
The nonprofit corporation has become an important factor in the social and economic life of the American people. The American predisposition to organization and affiliation has led to an enormous number of such organizations, which in itself is a significant factor. Further, many nonprofit corporations have become national and international entities yielding tremendous economic and political influence. In spite of these factors, however, these organizations have largely escaped the serious study and academic analysis so generously bestowed upon the regular business corporation. This study is directed at an analysis of the legal framework within which such organizations operate. Its aim …
A National Incorporation Law, Horace L. Wilgus
A National Incorporation Law, Horace L. Wilgus
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Horace L. Wilgus argues that corporations need to be regulated on the national level.