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Articles 31 - 51 of 51
Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Social Justice And The Law, Elaine R. Jones
Social Justice And The Law, Elaine R. Jones
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mandatory Guidelines: The Oxymoronic State Of Sentencing After United States V. Booker, Hon. Graham C. Mullen, J. P. Davis
Mandatory Guidelines: The Oxymoronic State Of Sentencing After United States V. Booker, Hon. Graham C. Mullen, J. P. Davis
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bureaucratization And Balkanization: The Origins And Effects Of Decision-Making Norms In The Federal Appellate Courts, Stefanie A. Lindquist
Bureaucratization And Balkanization: The Origins And Effects Of Decision-Making Norms In The Federal Appellate Courts, Stefanie A. Lindquist
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ireland 1880-2005: A Constitutional Perspective, Sir David Williams
Ireland 1880-2005: A Constitutional Perspective, Sir David Williams
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Promissory Estoppel: The Life History Of An Ideal Legal Transplant, Joel M. Ngugi
Promissory Estoppel: The Life History Of An Ideal Legal Transplant, Joel M. Ngugi
University of Richmond Law Review
This article hopes to accomplish three things. First, it will revisit the historical origins of the doctrine of promissory estoppel in the American law of contracts and the role that Samuel Williston, the Chief Reporter of the Restatement (First) of Contracts ("First Restatement") played in the evolution of the doctrine. The dominant theory is that Williston conceptualized the new promissory estoppel doctrine in a way that retarded and blunted the doctrine shortly after its birth. This theory is adhered to by both critics and proponents of the expansion of promissory estoppel as a ground of promissory obligation. According to both …
To Preserve, Protect, And Defend The Constitution Of The United States, Ronald J. Bacigal
To Preserve, Protect, And Defend The Constitution Of The United States, Ronald J. Bacigal
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribute To Judge Merhige, Orran L. Brown
Tribute To Judge Merhige, Orran L. Brown
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Judges: Exploring The Roles Of Judicial "Intuition" And "Activism" In American Law, Rodney A. Smolla
Let Us Now Praise Famous Judges: Exploring The Roles Of Judicial "Intuition" And "Activism" In American Law, Rodney A. Smolla
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Federal Judicial Selection: The First Decade, Maeva Marcus
Federal Judicial Selection: The First Decade, Maeva Marcus
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bork Was The Beginning: Constitutional Moralism And The Politics Of Federal Judicial Selection, Gary L. Mcdowell
Bork Was The Beginning: Constitutional Moralism And The Politics Of Federal Judicial Selection, Gary L. Mcdowell
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Brown And The Future, Oliver W. Hill Sr.
Reflections On Brown And The Future, Oliver W. Hill Sr.
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla
A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Declaration Of Independence In Constitutional Interpretation: A Selective History And Analysis, Charles H. Cosgrove
The Declaration Of Independence In Constitutional Interpretation: A Selective History And Analysis, Charles H. Cosgrove
University of Richmond Law Review
In 1845, antislavery constitutionalist Lysander Spooner argued that the Declaration of Independence was originally a legal constitution with a direct bearing on how one ought to interpret the status of slavery under the Constitution of 1787. In 1889, the congressional act establishing the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington required that their state constitutions "not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence," as if the two documents were of a piece. In 1995, attorney Christopher Darden argued to the jury in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial that slain victims Nicole …
Reluctant Charity: Poor Laws In The Original Thirteen States, William P. Quigley
Reluctant Charity: Poor Laws In The Original Thirteen States, William P. Quigley
University of Richmond Law Review
The poor laws of the original thirteen states can best be described as reluctant public charity. Assistance was provided to some of the poor but, when provided, was strictly rationed to those local residents considered worthy of help. Visitors, strangers and nonresident poor people were not helped and were legally run out of town. Poor relief for the locals was frequently given in ways that were demeaning and destructive to families. Poor people were always expected to work, and even poor children were taken from their families by the authorities and apprenticed to others. Poor adults that could work were …
Participatory Government And Communal Property: Two Radical Concepts In The Virginia Charter Of 1606, Finbarr Mccarthy
Participatory Government And Communal Property: Two Radical Concepts In The Virginia Charter Of 1606, Finbarr Mccarthy
University of Richmond Law Review
On April 26, 1607, about one hundred English men landed on the Atlantic shore of North America near Jamestown, Virginia. There they established the foundation for what would become the first permanent English colony in America. These men, and the men and women who followed in the next decade, left as their legacy a society that combined a rudimentary form of popular government with a system of private property. But these settlers established that society only after conducting seventeen turbulent years of social experiments. Had those experiments conducted in that Virginia swamp turned out differently, we might now live under …
University Of Richmond Law Review
University Of Richmond Law Review
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Silvery Anniversary, History, Elizabeth B. Lacy
A Silvery Anniversary, History, Elizabeth B. Lacy
University of Richmond Law Review
No abstract provided.
The History Of Legal Education In Virginia, W. Hamilton Bryson
The History Of Legal Education In Virginia, W. Hamilton Bryson
University of Richmond Law Review
The English Inns of Court in London had ceased to perform their educational functions in the middle of the seventeenth century. For the next hundred years or so, there was no formal or organized instruction of the English common law. Lawyers, both barristers and solicitors in England and in America, learned their profession as best they could in unstructured situations. They learned by serving as apprentices or clerks to practicing lawyers, by the independent reading of law books, and by observation in the courtroom itself.
Census Of Law Books In Colonial Virginia By William Hamilton Bryson, E. Lee Shepard
Census Of Law Books In Colonial Virginia By William Hamilton Bryson, E. Lee Shepard
University of Richmond Law Review
A decade ago Stanley Katz asserted that the eighteenth century American lawyer exhibited "a surprising familiarity with contemporary English law and a high degree of technical competence," and challenged legal historians to reappraise traditional views of the colonial bar. To a great extent this task has been undertaken, but the legal history of early Virginia still languishes. Anxious to rectify this situation, Professor W. Hamilton Bryson of the University of Richmond School of Law has compiled a "census" of law books in early Virginia, hoping to "shed some light on the law which shaped the lawyers who shaped the nation."
Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr. - Strict Constructionist Weathers The Storm, Paul K. Campsen, P. Christopher Guedri, Jennings G. Ritter Ii, Edward H. Starr Jr.
Judge Robert R. Merhige, Jr. - Strict Constructionist Weathers The Storm, Paul K. Campsen, P. Christopher Guedri, Jennings G. Ritter Ii, Edward H. Starr Jr.
University of Richmond Law Review
On August 27, 1967, Robert R. Merhige, Jr., was commissioned as a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, the embarkment upon what many members of the legal community have labeled a controversial judicial career. However, examination of Judge Merhige's numerous decisions reveals that his image as a disputatius public figure has been more than a function of his flare for vehemently enforcing pronouncements and policies of the Supreme Court. The man, who created fervor throughout this state and the South with his publicly chastised busing decisions of the early 1970s, has been a victim of …
Knowledge And Politics, And Law In Modern Society- By Roberto Mangabeira Unger, James M. O'Fallon
Knowledge And Politics, And Law In Modern Society- By Roberto Mangabeira Unger, James M. O'Fallon
University of Richmond Law Review
Professor Unger has given us two striking books, which present an ununusual problem for the reviewer. The great run of books, as the great run of thought, falls into established conventions. They are concerned with elucidating aspects of the convention of which they partake, or challenging competing conventions. Reviewer and reader will usually be aware of the general outlines of the convention, leaving the reviewer with the relatively simple tasks of placing the work within the appropriate convention, and making such critical remarks as appear warranted.