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A Jurisdictional Perspective On New York Times V. Sullivan, Howard M. Wasserman

Faculty Publications

New York Times v. Sullivan, arguably the Supreme Court's most significant First Amendment decision, marks its fiftieth anniversary next year. Often overlooked in discussions of the case's impact on the freedom of speech and freedom of the press is that it arose from a complex puzzle of constitutional, statutory, and judge-made jurisdictional and procedural rules. These kept the case in hostile Alabama state courts for four years and a half-million-dollar judgment before the Times and its civil rights leader co-defendants finally could avail themselves of the structural protections of federal court and Article III judges. The case's outcome and …

Civil Rights Plaintiffs And John Doe Defendants: A Study In § 1983 Procedure, Howard M. Wasserman

Faculty Publications

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Code Civil Précédé De La Constitution Belge, Jean Servais, E. Mechelynck

Civil Codes (1800-1923)

Avec des notes de concordance et de jurisprudence utiles a l’interprétation des textes.

At head of title: Collection des Codes Belges.

Extrait des Codes belges et lois usuelles en vigueur en Belgque, 12e. edition

Civil Code D’Haïti, Louis Borno

Civil Codes (1800-1923)

Annoté, Avec une conférence des articles entre eux et leur correspondance avec les articles du Code civil français, précédé de la Constitution du 9 Octobre 1889, et suivi d'un appendice contenant les principales lois ayant trait au Code civil d’Haïti.