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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Equality In International Law, Arnold D. Mcnair
Equality In International Law, Arnold D. Mcnair
Michigan Law Review
Under this title 1 propose to discuss the present position of the old doctrine of the Equality of States, to consider whether it has been helpful in the development of international society, and what prospect there is of that society finding in international law an instrument wherewith to bring about less inequality between States than at present exists.
Natural Law In American Constitutional Theory, Fowler Vincent Harper
Natural Law In American Constitutional Theory, Fowler Vincent Harper
Michigan Law Review
Natural law has had many meanings and diversified interpretations. Whether in the form of jus naturale, the law of nature, the law of reason, lex naturalis, lex aeterna, natural justice, or due process of law; natural law, in the broadest sense, has evolved as the needs of a particular civilization and the endeavors of its legal scholars have directed. It is significant, however, that as a philosophy of law, natural law continues to thrive, although the particular system which one community constructs may be abandoned by succeeding generations. Periods of growth in the law have been frequently accompanied …
A Rational Theory For Joinder Of Causes Of Action And Defences, And For The Use Of Counterclaims, William Wirt Blume
A Rational Theory For Joinder Of Causes Of Action And Defences, And For The Use Of Counterclaims, William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
In discussing, first, the joinder of actions it will be convenient to consider three groups or classes of cases:
Class I : Where one plaintiff (or joint plaintiffs) unites in a single proceeding two or more causes of action against one defendant (or joint defendants).
Class 2: "Where two or more plaintiffs, each having a cause of action against the same party (or parties), unite their causes of action in one proceeding.
Class 3: Where one plaintiff (or joint plaintiffs) having several causes of action, each against a different party, unites them in one proceeding.
In considering each group or …
The Early Liability Of A Bailee, Norman F. Arterburn
The Early Liability Of A Bailee, Norman F. Arterburn
Michigan Law Review
All discussion of the origin of the absolute liability of a common carrier of goods naturally harks back to the earliest conception of a bailment and its related remedies. We have had two diametrically opposed views urged as to the first liability of the ordinary bailee. Justice Holmes and numerous other authorities take the view that the liability in the' first instance was absolute in the case of all bailees. Professor Beale is the exponent of the opposing view, that such liability was qualified to such an extent that it amounted in fact, only to negligence liability. An interpretation of …
The Primitive Character And Origin Of The Bonorum Possessio, George M. Bush
The Primitive Character And Origin Of The Bonorum Possessio, George M. Bush
Michigan Law Review
The Bonorum Possessio, or Praetorian inheritance or succession, is one of the most important, complicated and difficult sections in the study of the Private law of Rome. This subject is not well known to students of Roman law, although so far it has been the object of much research on the part of many German and a few French, scholars.