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Bills And Notes -- 1960 Tennessee Surveys, B. Gilreath

Vanderbilt Law Review

The fact that there was only one reported Tennessee decision during the survey period for 1958, none in 1959 and again only one for 1960, is a high tribute to the settled condition of the law of negotiable instruments, and the knowledge and wisdom of the lawyers of that state. When the law on any subject is settled and known men can make their contracts and engage in their transactions with security; uncertainty breeds doubt, confusion, strife, litigation and loss.

Book Reviews, Lee S. Greene (Reviewer), Earl F. Murphy (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Index Digest of State Constitutions:

This is a revision of the first edition of Index Digest of State Constitution prepared in 1915 for the use of the New York State Constitutional Convention of that year. Both the first and the present second edition were prepared by the Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University. The editor of the present volume was Richard A. Edwards, who worked with the aid of associate editors James L. Blawie and Marilyn B. Blawie. Over forty years have passed since the first Index Digest appeared.This has been a period of some rewriting of state constitutions,considerable …