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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, T. E. P.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Constitutional Law--Application of Privilege against Self-Incrimination to Denaturalization Proceedings

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Constitutional Law--Implied Immunity--Federal Contractor not Subject to State Licensing Requirements

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Evidence--Confession of Co-Conspirator Admissible under Proper Instructions in Joint Trial

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Federal Jurisdiction--Injunctions--Judicial Code Section 2283 is Inapplicable to Injunctions sought by the United States

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Judgments--Res Judicata--Voluntary Absence of Insured Constitutes Extrinsic Fraud

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Labor Law--Unemployment Insurance--Double Affirmation Clause Held Unconstitutional

View By A Judge Sitting In Lieu Of A Jury, R. W. F.

West Virginia Law Review

As stated by Dean Thomas P. Hardman in his article on the evidentiary effect of views, the question whether a judge may have a view and whether what the judge observes upon a view is usable as substantive evidence, has never been judicially decided in West Virginia. However, recently in the case of Westover Volunteer Fire Department v. Barker2 hereinafter referred to as the principal case, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia was, to a very limited extent, presented with those questions. Because there are today a great number of cases in which the judge sits as the …

Rules Of Evidence -- Substantive Or Procedural?, Edmund M. Morgan

Vanderbilt Law Review

It hardly needs stating that the definition of a legal word or term depends upon the purpose for which it is to be defined. If in framing a generalization designed to state a rule or make a discrimination applicable in a specific topic or field of the law, the courts use specified terms, it by no means follows that they intend those terms to be understood in the same sense in generalizations dealing with problems in another topic or field. The words, substance or substantive and procedure or procedural, have been used most frequently in three separate situations: (1) in …

Book Reviews, Robert N. Cooks (Reviewer), Kenneth B. Hughs (Reviewer), Jess Halstead (Reviewer), Walter P. Armstrong, Jr. (Reviewer), Howard J. Graham (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Current Legal Problems 1956 Edited by G. W. Keeton and G. Schwarzenberger London: Stevens & Sons, 1956. Pp. vii, 275. $5.55

reviewer: David F. Maxwell

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Some Problems of Proof under the Anglo-American System of Litigation By Edmund Morris Morgan. New York: Columbia University Press, 1956. Pp. xii, 195. $3.50

reviewer: Charles T. McCormick

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Effective Drafting of Leases with Check List and Forms By Milton N. Lieberman Newark: Gann Law Books, 1956. Pp. viii, 974

reviewer: Robert N. Cooks

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The Law and One Man Among Many By Arthur E. Sutherland Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1956. Pp. ix, …

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, G. W. H. Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Conflict of Laws--Alimony may be Awarded Wife after Husband obtains Ex Parte Divorce

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CONFLICT OF LAWS--FORUM NON CONVENIENS APPLIED FOR PROTECTION OF LOCAL INTERESTS

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--IMPAIRMENT OF CONTRACT--EXISTING AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP CONTRACT MAY BE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE GENERAL WELFARE

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CRIMINAL LAW--BIGAMY--GOOD FAITH BELIEF THAT ACCUSED WAS DIVORCED IS A DEFENSE TO A CHARGE OF BIGAMY

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EVIDENCE--RELEVANCY--ADMISSION OF HABIT EVIDENCE TO SHOW DUE CARE

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FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT--SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT--GOVERNMENT'S LIABILITY FOR SKYLARKING AIRCRAFT

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INCOME TAXATION--RESERVE WITHHELD BY FINANCE COMPANY AND CHARGEABLE WITH AMOUNT OF DISHONORED NOTES NOT ACCRUABLE AS INCOME TO INDORSER

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Medical-Legal Relations - The Brighter Side, C. Joseph Stetler

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Prejudicial Error: Admissions And Exclusions Of Evidence In The Federal Courts, Robert W. Gibbs

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.