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Supplementing The Functional Test Of Prosecutorial Immunity, Anthony J. Luppino Jan 1982

Supplementing The Functional Test Of Prosecutorial Immunity, Anthony J. Luppino

Faculty Works

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Virginia Laws Affecting Churches - Restated, J. Rodney Johnson Jan 1982

Virginia Laws Affecting Churches - Restated, J. Rodney Johnson

University of Richmond Law Review

Twenty-five years ago, the late William T. Muse, then Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law, observed that although there was considerable law in Virginia relating to churches this law was widely scattered throughout the statutes and the cases. To remedy this state of affairs, Dean Muse wrote a concise but complete summary of these laws. In the quarter-century that has elapsed since Dean Muse's article was published, Virginia has adopted a new constitution, many church-related statutes have been enacted and a number of church-related cases have been decided, some of which have refined established principles and others …


Distributive And Paternalist Motives In Contract And Tort Law, With Special Reference To Compulsory Terms And Unequal Bargaining Power, Duncan Kennedy Jan 1982

Distributive And Paternalist Motives In Contract And Tort Law, With Special Reference To Compulsory Terms And Unequal Bargaining Power, Duncan Kennedy

Maryland Law Review

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Legal Malpractice In Virginia: Tort Or Contract?, R. Paul Childress Jr. Jan 1982

Legal Malpractice In Virginia: Tort Or Contract?, R. Paul Childress Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

A client who attempts to recover from an attorney does so because the client feels that the attorney has acted negligently. The concepts of standard of care, negligence, and damages are usually associated with actions in tort. However, while an examination of applicable Virginia law reveals that concepts usually associated with tort apply to legal malpractice, the presence of elements of negligence does not always equal tort.