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Fascism And Monopoly, Daniel A. Crane May 2020

Fascism And Monopoly, Daniel A. Crane

Michigan Law Review

The recent revival of political interest in antitrust has resurfaced a longstanding debate about the role of industrial concentration and monopoly in enabling Hitler’s rise to power and the Third Reich’s wars of aggression. Proponents of stronger antitrust enforcement argue that monopolies and cartels brought the Nazis to power and warn that rising concentration in the American economy could similarly threaten democracy. Skeptics demur, observing that German big business largely opposed Hitler during the crucial years of his ascent. Drawing on business histories and archival material from the U.S. Office of Military Government’s Decartelization Branch, this Article assesses the historical …


The Outcome Of Influence: Hitler’S American Model And Transnational Legal History, Mary L. Dudziak Jan 2019

The Outcome Of Influence: Hitler’S American Model And Transnational Legal History, Mary L. Dudziak

Michigan Law Review

Review of James Q. Whitman's Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law.


Why Europe Rejected American Judicial Review - And Why It May Not Matter, Alec Stone Sweet Aug 2003

Why Europe Rejected American Judicial Review - And Why It May Not Matter, Alec Stone Sweet

Michigan Law Review

In this Article, I explore the question of why constitutional review, but not American judicial review, spread across Europe. I will also argue that, despite obvious organic differences between the American and European systems of review, there is an increasing convergence in how review actually operates. I proceed as follows. In Part I, I examine the debate on establishing judicial review in Europe, focusing on the French. In Parts II and III, I contrast the European and the American models of review, and briefly discuss why the Kelsenian constitutional court diffused across Europe. In Part IV, I argue that despite …


Legal Orientalism, Teemu Ruskola Oct 2002

Legal Orientalism, Teemu Ruskola

Michigan Law Review

Fifty years ago comparative law was a field in search of a paradigm. In the inaugural issue of the American Journal of Comparative Law in 1952, Myres McDougal remarked unhappily, "The greatest confusion continues to prevail about what is being compared, about the purposes of comparison, and about appropriate techniques." In short, there seemed to be very little in the field that was not in a state of confusion. Two decades later, referring to McDougal's bleak assessment, John Merryman saw no evidence of progress: "few comparative lawyers would suggest that matters have since improved." And only a few years ago, …


Revenge For The Condemned, Sara Sun Beale, Paul H. Haagen May 1996

Revenge For The Condemned, Sara Sun Beale, Paul H. Haagen

Michigan Law Review

A Review of V.A.C. Gatrell, The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868


It Isn't About Duck Hunting: The British Origins Of The Right To Arms, David B. Kopel May 1995

It Isn't About Duck Hunting: The British Origins Of The Right To Arms, David B. Kopel

Michigan Law Review

A Review of To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right by Joyce Lee Malcolm


English Law In The Age Of The Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation Of Governance And Law, Daniel B. Kosove May 1995

English Law In The Age Of The Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation Of Governance And Law, Daniel B. Kosove

Michigan Law Review

A Review of English Law in the Age of the Black Death, 1348-1381: A Transformation of Governance and Law by Robert C. Palmer


"Am I, By Law, The Lord Of The World?": How The Juristic Response To Frederick Barbarossa's Curiosity Helped Shape Western Constitutionalism, Charles J. Reid Jr. May 1994

"Am I, By Law, The Lord Of The World?": How The Juristic Response To Frederick Barbarossa's Curiosity Helped Shape Western Constitutionalism, Charles J. Reid Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600: Sovereignty and Rights in the Western Legal Tradition by Kenneth Pennington


Medieval Iceland And Modern Legal Scholarship, Richard A. Posner May 1992

Medieval Iceland And Modern Legal Scholarship, Richard A. Posner

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland by William Ian Miller


Justice, Mercy, And Late Medieval Governance, Pat Mccune May 1991

Justice, Mercy, And Late Medieval Governance, Pat Mccune

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Kingship, Law, and Society: Criminal Justice in the Reign of Henry V by Edward Powell


Roman Law As A Political Agenda, Mathias Reimann May 1991

Roman Law As A Political Agenda, Mathias Reimann

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Legacy of Roman Law in the German Romantic Era by James Q. Whitman


From Blackstone To Bentham: Common Law Versus Legislation In Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Oldham May 1991

From Blackstone To Bentham: Common Law Versus Legislation In Eighteenth-Century Britain, James Oldham

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Province of Legislation Determined: Legal Theory in Eighteenth Century Britain by David Lieberman


Women And Law In Classical Greece, Craig Y. Allison May 1991

Women And Law In Classical Greece, Craig Y. Allison

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Women in Law in Classical Greece by Raphael Sealey


Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer May 1989

Trial By Ordeal, Robert C. Palmer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Trial by Fire and Water: The Medieval Judicial Ordeal by Robert Bartlett


Transfers Of Property In Eleventh-Century Norman Law, William John Gallagher May 1989

Transfers Of Property In Eleventh-Century Norman Law, William John Gallagher

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Transfers of Property in Eleventh-Century Norman Law by Emily Zack Tabuteau


Human Rights And International Relations, Sandip Bhattacharji May 1988

Human Rights And International Relations, Sandip Bhattacharji

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Human Rights and International Relations by R.J. Vincent


The Triumph Of Justice, Stephan Landsman May 1987

The Triumph Of Justice, Stephan Landsman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Affair: The Case of Alfred Dreyfus


Crime And The Courts In England 1660-1800, Frank C. Shaw May 1987

Crime And The Courts In England 1660-1800, Frank C. Shaw

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Crime and the Courts in England 1660-1800 by J.M. Beattie


Conscience And The Law: The English Criminal Jury, Robert C. Palmer Apr 1986

Conscience And The Law: The English Criminal Jury, Robert C. Palmer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Verdict According to Conscience by Thomas Andrew Green


Euthanasia For Sale?, A.W. Brian Simpson Apr 1986

Euthanasia For Sale?, A.W. Brian Simpson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Easing the Passing: The Trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams by Patrick Devlin


The Trials Of Israel Lipski, Blaine G. Renfert Apr 1986

The Trials Of Israel Lipski, Blaine G. Renfert

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Trials of Israel Lipski by Martin L. Friedland


Their Litigious Society, A.W. Brian Simpson Feb 1985

Their Litigious Society, A.W. Brian Simpson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Whilton Dispute, 1264-1380: A Social-Legal Study of Dispute Settlement in Medieval England by Robert C. Palmer


The Well-Ordered Police State: Social And Institutional Change Through Law In The Germanies And Russia, 1600-1800, Michigan Law Review Feb 1985

The Well-Ordered Police State: Social And Institutional Change Through Law In The Germanies And Russia, 1600-1800, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Well-Ordered Police State: Social and Institutional Change Through Law in the Germanies and Russia, 1600-1800 by Marc Raeff


Law On The Installment Plan, Bruce W. Frier Feb 1984

Law On The Installment Plan, Bruce W. Frier

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Ulpian by Tony Honoré


The Medieval English County Court, Stephen D. White Mar 1983

The Medieval English County Court, Stephen D. White

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The County Courts of Medieval England, 1150-1350 by Robert C. Palmer


Roman Law Influence On The Civil Law, Charles Donahue Jr. Mar 1983

Roman Law Influence On The Civil Law, Charles Donahue Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Making of the Civil Law by Alan Watson


A Comparative Perspective On Legal Evolution, Revolution, And Devolution, Laura Nader Mar 1983

A Comparative Perspective On Legal Evolution, Revolution, And Devolution, Laura Nader

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Courts--A Comparative and Political Analysis by Martin Shapiro, and Lawsuits and Litigants in Castile, 1500-1700 by Richard L. Kagan


The Feudal Framework Of English Law, Robert C. Palmer Apr 1981

The Feudal Framework Of English Law, Robert C. Palmer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Legal Framework of English Feudalism by S.F.C, Milsom


Social Research And The Use Of Medieval Criminal Records, Edward Powell Mar 1981

Social Research And The Use Of Medieval Criminal Records, Edward Powell

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Society and Homicide in Thirteenth-Century England by James Buchanan Given, and Crime and Conflict in English Communities, 1300-1348 by Barbara A. Hanawalt


Incapacitating The Habitual Criminal: The English Experience, Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Roger Hood Aug 1980

Incapacitating The Habitual Criminal: The English Experience, Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Roger Hood

Michigan Law Review

In this Article, Sir Leon Radzinowicz and .Dr. Roger Hood trace 150 years of unsuccessful English efforts to identify, sentence, and reform habitual criminal offenders. The Supreme Court's recent decision in Rummel v. Estelle has publicized habitual offender statutes in the United States. But Rummel primarily addressed the constitutionality, rather than the desirability, of a state habitual offender statute. This Article examines the broader policy questions common to habitual offender programs in both the United Stales and Great Britain. It describes the tension between liberal tradition and the state's desire to incapacitate those who repeatedly threaten life or property.