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Legal Opinions On Secondary Sales Of Stock, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer Dec 1985

Legal Opinions On Secondary Sales Of Stock, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer

Scott T. FitzGibbon

[Later versions appear in Columbia Business Law Review, 1988, no.1:149-160, and in Business Opinions, 335-77. New York, Practicing Law Institute, 1988.]

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Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion That Stock Is Duly Authorized, Validly Issues, Fully Paid And Nonassessable, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer Dec 1985

Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion That Stock Is Duly Authorized, Validly Issues, Fully Paid And Nonassessable, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer

Scott T. FitzGibbon

[Also appears in Opinion Letters of Counsel 1987, 377-412. New York: Practicing Law Institute, 1987.]

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Attempting The Impossible: The Emerging Consensus, Ira P. Robbins Dec 1985

Attempting The Impossible: The Emerging Consensus, Ira P. Robbins

Ira P. Robbins

Impossible attempts are situations in which an actor fails to consummate a substantive crime because he is mistaken about attendant circumstances. Professor Robbins divides mistakes regarding circumstances into three categories: mistakes of fact, mistakes of law, and mistakes of mixed fact and law. Courts and commentators disagree primarily over the identification and treatment of mixed fact law cases. Professor Robbins surveys each category of mistake. He then examines the objective, subjective, and hybrid approaches to dealing with the mixed fact/law category. The objective approach requires an objective manifestation of the actor's intent before conviction is allowed. The subjective approach permits …

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