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Law & Society: Its Research, Richard O. Lempert

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Writing in 1968 on research in the then infant discipline of law and social science, Harry Kalven noted with some pride the growing body of book-length work in the area. While the "relevant" bookshelf in Kalven's office was "still well under five feet," there had for Kalven "been nothing like [these books] previously, and their existence mark[ed] a major change in the relationship of law and science." Today, when I look around my office, I see 11 relevant bookshelves, which is only a small fraction of what has been produced.

The Unnecessary Doctrine Of Necessaries, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note argues that neither the traditional nor the modem necessaries doctrines are justifiable in contemporary society. Part I investigates the practical effects of both the traditional and contemporary necessaries doctrines and demonstrates that neither is an effective mechanism for providing support to a needy spouse. While a more successful support remedy might be devised to replace modem and traditional versions of the necessaries rule, Part II shows that yet another reformulation would not be worthwhile because the theoretical underpinnings of the doctrine are faulty. There is no persuasive evidence to establish the existence of the narrow support problem the …

The Second Generation Of Immigrants, Henry G. Schermers

Michigan Law Review

During the 1960s, many workers from the Mediterranean region migrated to more northerly regions of Europe. Often they brought their wives, and children were born in the host country. The situation of these children, the "second generation" of immigrants, deserves our attention.

In many respects the offspring who make up this second generation of immigrants are closer to their country of residence than to the country of their parents. Yet the desirability of integrating these young people into the country where they were born and live may be questioned. If they are able to speak their parents' language, they could …

Turning Away From Law?, David M. Trubek

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Politics of Informal Justice, Volume 1: The American Experience; Volume 2: Comparative Studies by Richard L. Abel and Justice Without Law? by Jerold S. Auerbach

Education For Self-Government: Reassessing The Role Of The Public School In A Democracy, Charles R. Lawrence Iii

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Compelling Belief: The Culture of American Schooling by Stephen Arons

The Home Front: Notes From The Family War Zone, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Home Front: Notes from the Family War Zone by Louise Armstrong

Legal Education And The Reproduction Of Hierarchy: A Polemic Against The System, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy: A Polemic Against the System by Duncan Kennedy

Over The Wire And On Tv: Cbs And Upi In Campaign '80, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Over the Wire and On TV: CBS and UPI in Campaign '80 by Michael J. Robinson and Margaret A. Sheehan

New Perspectives On Prisons And Imprisonment, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of New Perspectives on Prisons and Imprisonment by James B. Jacobs

Only Judgment: The Limits Of Litigation In Social Change, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Only Judgment: The Limits of Litigation in Social Change by Aryeh Neier

Values And Assumptions In American Labor Law, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law by James B. Atleson

Legal Education: Its Causes And Cure, Marc Feldman, Jay M. Feinman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law School: Legal Education in America From the 1850s to the 1980s by Robert Stevens