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The Governor's Private Eyes, Tamar Frankel
The Governor's Private Eyes, Tamar Frankel
Faculty Scholarship
In his inaugural speech on January 3, 1967, Florida Governor Claude Kirk declared a War on Crime. For this purpose he announced the creation of a unique War on Crime Program. Its activities were to include a Citizen's Awareness Program, but its main function was directed to the investigation of crimes. As the Program's director, the Governor appointed Mr. George Wackenhut, the president of the Wackenhut Corporation, a large private investigation firm. Mr. Wackenhut agreed to provide his services for one dollar a year; his corporation was simultaneously retained to supply the Program with the necessary administrative facilities and investigative …
The Control Test For Limited Partnerships, Alan L. Feld
The Control Test For Limited Partnerships, Alan L. Feld
Faculty Scholarship
Under the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, a limited partner may become generally liable if "in addition to the exercise of his rights and powers as a limited partner, he takes part in the control of the business." Although the Act is now over fifty years old, no satisfactory standard of "control" has been enunciated, and no definition of the "rights and powers" of a limited partner has been forthcoming. Mr. Feld examines the ambiguities in the statutory language and the dilemma in which they place counsel seeking to advise his clients, and concludes that the Act is due for an …
Conspiracy: The Trial Of The Boston Five, Harold Goodman
Conspiracy: The Trial Of The Boston Five, Harold Goodman
Commentaries
Courtroom 3, on the twelfth floor of the Post-Office Building in Boston, is a somber, reflective, room. Everywhere this is a sense of containment, of a sterility come too soon. It permeates throughout, from the bland walls painted a muted yellow to the two tiny lamps on either side of the judge's bench (their light subdued) to, yes, even this, the map of the United States, at the front of the room, with its signal legend -- JUSTICE IS THE GUARANTEE OF LIBERTY. On the whole, courtroom 3 has a sober and tired look about it.