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Michigan Law Review

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On Describing Legal Research, Steven M. Barkan Mar 1982

On Describing Legal Research, Steven M. Barkan

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Fundamentals of Legal Research. 2d ed. by J. Myron Jacobstein and Roy M. Mersky


What Should The American Law Institute Do?, Hessel E. Yntema Feb 1936

What Should The American Law Institute Do?, Hessel E. Yntema

Michigan Law Review

It will generally be agreed, I believe, that the creation of the American Law Institute in 1923 was one of the most hopeful events in the recent legal history of this country. The plan for the Institute, as formulated in the impressive report which motivated its establishment, was well-conceived, broad-visioned, and based upon a comprehensive analysis of the chief defects in the legal system of the United States. This plan was significant in at least three important respects. In the first place, it defined an ambitious and, in some respects, a unique task for the Institute to accomplish; the report …


The Needs Of A Law School, Henry M. Bates Nov 1925

The Needs Of A Law School, Henry M. Bates

Michigan Law Review

A wide and remarkable experience, sound judgment, fine legal scholarship, and great intellectual ability have combined to make Mr. Cook's gift and his plan for this School unique in the annals of legal e4ucation. Beautiful and satisfying as are the buildings which he has erected, still more important and still more likely to produce good results for law and the administration of justice, is the plan into which he has put so much thought.


The Next Task Of The Law School, James Parker Hall Nov 1925

The Next Task Of The Law School, James Parker Hall

Michigan Law Review

When, last December, I first saw these beautiful buildings, I could only exclaim: "It is a dream--a wonderful dream come true!" There was nothing original about this exclamation. You have all said or thought the same thing every time you have approached this quadrangle. In my mouth this trite but spontaneous utterance was but part of the res gestae of being conducted through the group by Dean Bates, the proud and intimate spirit of this architectural magnificence. And now, when I am privileged to return and to share in the dedication to the high service of man of this miracle …