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The Legal Issue Spring 1967, The Catholic University Of America, Columbus School Of Law
The Legal Issue Spring 1967, The Catholic University Of America, Columbus School Of Law
The Legal Issue
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William Sampson And The Codifiers: The Roots Of American Legal Reform, Maxwell Bloomfield
William Sampson And The Codifiers: The Roots Of American Legal Reform, Maxwell Bloomfield
Scholarly Articles
The transition from colony to nation involved difficult readjustments in the thinking and behavioral patterns of the American people, and nowhere were the inherent tensions more evident than in the field of law. Prior to the revolution, Americans had willingly accepted the legal principles and practices of the mother country, although modifying them somewhat to suit the more fluid social and economic environment of the New World. But the achievement of political independence from England soon led to demands that all other ties with the former metropolis be severed as well.
Radical agitators in various states thus urged the complete …
Columbus School Of Law, The Catholic University Of America, Alan P. Gelfuso, Kevin P. Tighe
Columbus School Of Law, The Catholic University Of America, Alan P. Gelfuso, Kevin P. Tighe
Miscellaneous Historical Documents
A short article in the Student Law Journal by two law students detailing the experience of law school at CUA in the mid 1960's.
The Legal Issue Winter 1967-68 V8 N1, The Catholic University Of America, Columbus School Of Law
The Legal Issue Winter 1967-68 V8 N1, The Catholic University Of America, Columbus School Of Law
The Legal Issue
No abstract provided.
Effective Instructions To The Federal Jury In Civil Cases: A Consideration In Microcosm, George P. Smith Ii
Effective Instructions To The Federal Jury In Civil Cases: A Consideration In Microcosm, George P. Smith Ii
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One of the most intriguing topics of current conversation among today's experienced, as well as inexperienced, trial lawyers is the preparation and use of jury instructions. This interest is initiated within the law school setting, where professors teaching courses in evidence and procedure will invariably seek to impart in one lecture-or implicitly consider throughout the entire course-what they consider to be the rationale for effective and successful jury instructions. Yet it has only been recently that the federal bench has expressed itself with convincing clarity on this timely matter. Previously, unrecorded comments and ideas concerning the preparation of jury instructions …
Private Etsel’S Million Dollar Accident, Michael F. Noone Jr.
Private Etsel’S Million Dollar Accident, Michael F. Noone Jr.
Scholarly Articles
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The Development Of The Right Of Assembly: A Current Socio-Legal Investigation, George P. Smith Ii
The Development Of The Right Of Assembly: A Current Socio-Legal Investigation, George P. Smith Ii
Scholarly Articles
It will be the purpose of this article to assay the historical evolution of the freedom of assembly, noting first its development in England and later in America and finally its current position in the twentieth century. Even though the rights of free speech, association, and religion are inescapably drawn into case discussions of freedom of assembly, effort will be made to confine the consideration to the pertinent assembly problems. In addition to considering the fundamental legal propositions embodied in this right, as well as its raison d'etre, thought and discussion will be given to the sociological interpretations of the …