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Bulletin Of Information 1979–1980, University Of Notre Dame, Law School, Volume 75 Number 3, University Of Notre Dame

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Notre Dame Law School

4 Notre Dame Law School

5 Foreign Law Study

7 Joint Degree Programs

7 Requirements for Admission and Graduation

10 Fees and Expenses

11 Financial Aid Program

The Law Program

14 Student Activities

16 Curriculum

16 Course Descriptions

Appendix

26 Officers of Administration

26 The Law School Faculty

27 London Faculty

27 Practice Court Judges

28 Faculty Profiles

33 Endowed Chairs

33 The Thomas J. White Chair in Law

33 The John N. Matthews Chair in Law

33 The Center for the Study of Civil Rights

33 The Thomas and Alberta White Center for Law, Government …

Report Of The Dean 1978–1979, David T. Link

1975–1999: David T. Link

Dean David Link provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the state of Notre Dame Law School as it closes the 1978–1979 academic year. The nine elements covered in his report include: goals, students, faculty, administration, curriculum, physical facility, national law programs, alumni support, and resources.

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134th University of Notre Dame Commencement and Mass Program

Legal Counseling And Lawyers' Fees: A Quadrilogue, Thomas L. Shaffer, Louis M. Brown, Robert S. Redmount, Larry D. Soderquist

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Discusses the relationship between legal counseling and lawyers' fees. Attitudes of lawyers toward legal counseling; Area of legal counseling related to human needs and human interactions; Usefulness of counseling time.

State Sovereignty--A Polished But Slippery Crown, Kenneth F. Ripple, Douglas W. Kenyon

Journal Articles

During the past decade, the Supreme Court has decided two notable cases which have had, it is certain, the effect of greatly enhancing both the theoretical and the practical significance of the tenth and eleventh amendment-based concept of "state sovereignty." As a consequence, there has been an acceptance, at least in the "conventional wisdom," of the proposition that the star of "state sovereignty"—long dulled since Mr. Justice Stone's famous remark in United States v. Darby—is now on a steadily ascending course at the hands of a Court clearly concerned about restoring a sense of balance in "Our Federalism." Analysis—and prognostication—in …

Aussergesetzliche Masstabe In Der Rechtspreching Des Supreme Court Der Vereinigten Staaten, Donald P. Kommers, Kenneth Ripple

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Zweck der folgenden Ausführungen ist die Darlegung der Bedeutung außergesetz licher Urteilsmaßstäbe in der amerikanischen Verfassungsrechtsprechung. Dabei sollen vor allem diejenigen Urteilskriterien untersucht werden, die den größten Einfluß auf das amerikanische Verfassungsrecht haben dürften; sie sollen im Kontext des gegen wärtigen case law untersucht werden.

Abortion—Whose Decision?, Geoffrey J. Bennett, Christina M. Lyon

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Major Points

• The decision in Paton v. Trustees of B.P.A.S.
• Does a husband's "veto power" exist in English Law?
• The rights of the Foetus in English Law
• The rights of the "illegitimate father"
• The American position
• Some reflections

The Case For An Income Tax, Alan Gunn

Journal Articles

Recent studies by the US Treasury Department and the Meade Committee in Britain have one thing in common. They recommend a progressive tax on personal consumption as an alternative to the income tax and discuss of the practical problems of substituting consumption for income as the tax base. These studies suggest that replacing the income tax with an expenditure tax is now being considered a serious possibility. Advocates for the expenditure tax base their arguments on considerations of equity, administrative convenience and economic efficiency. The article examines the merits of these arguments, with a focus on four important non-economic issues …

Emerging Issues With Respect To Merger Enforcement Standards, Daniel F. Kolb, Edward W. Large, David Boies, Thomas Dieterich, Malcolm R. Pfunder, Joseph P. Bauer

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I think we are particularly fortunate in the panelists who have assembled for this discussion. And I want to introduce each of them in a moment. Let me first just take a brief bit of time to describe for you what we hope to do today, which is to focus on what we think, within the general scope of merger standards, is the most important issue that we are facing at this time.

We think the key issue is the new legislation that has been proposed in Congress, which is aimed squarely at putting a limit on the size of …

Per Se Illegality Of Concerted Refusals To Deal: A Rule Ripe For Reexamination, Joseph P. Bauer

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Section 1 of the Sherman Act proscribes [e]very contract, combination . . . or conspiracy, in restraint of trade. Early Supreme Court cases interpreting this provision held that it required a determination by the trier of fact of the reasonableness of the challenged conduct in each case — an approach which came to be known as the rule of reason. In subsequent cases, however, the Court has held that certain conduct is unreasonable per se. That is, once a court has determined that such conduct has taken place, it is foreclosed from undertaking an inquiry into the reasonableness of that …

Is An Interest Deduction For Personal Debt A Tax Expenditure?, Alan Gunn

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In the United States, generally all interest payments are deductible. In Canada, by contrast, only interest that is incurred for a business purpose is deductible. In both countries, however, the deduction for interest paid on debts connected with the acquisition of a personal asset is commonly analyzed and defended as if it were a tax expenditure. Thus, in the United States the "Deductibility of Mortgage Interest on Owner-Occupied Homes" (which constitutes about 60 per cent of all deductions for interest paid) and the "Deductibility of Interest on Consumer Credit" are included in all published tax expenditure lists. In Canada, the …

Abortion—The Female, The Foetus And The Father, Geoffrey J. Bennett, Christina M. Lyon

Journal Articles

The recent case of Paton v. Trustees of B.P.A.S. raised an issue never previously canvassed before an English court, namely: does a husband have any rights in English law to prevent his wife having a lawful abortion within the terms of the Abortion Act 1967? Apart from its interest as a case of first impression in an area of the law which has never been devoid of controversy, the case raised directly or by implication fundamental questions about the control of family life and the rights and duties of those in any way connected with it. Should the final decision …

Advocacy As Moral Discourse, Thomas L. Shaffer

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Advocacy at its best is a form of reconciliation. It reconciles the advocate with those whose champion he proposes to be. It reconciles the advocate with his hearers. It reconciles the person whose cause is advocated with the persons who hear advocacy. It brings to community life a new sense of the interests of those the community neglects. It seeks to make things better. It is moral discourse.

This article will examine advocacy in two contexts. The first is advocacy to an institution, conducted in the name of justice or the welfare of the community; one might call this first …

The Practice Of Law As Moral Discourse, Thomas L. Shaffer

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The beginning and end of a lawyer's professional life is talking with a client about what is to be done. I My claim here is that this is a moral conversation. I will suggest three ethical orientations which seem to govern the conversation, and then weigh the adequacy of each of the three orientations.

Hope In The Life Of Thomas More, Thomas L. Shaffer, Stanley Hauerwas

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The seduction of power is as perennial as the threat of power spurned. Power is a medium for good and evil. Lawyers and politicians and their victims—Nixon and his cronies, for examples—come and go; but the moral problems of how to use power, how to live with it and leave it behind, remain.

One way to look at the moral problem of power is to ask how a virtuous person uses power, and lives close to power, without losing the sense of self which is necessary to negotiate the temptations of power. We propose to ask that question with respect …