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From Legal Transplants To Legal Formats, Alan Watson Jul 1995

From Legal Transplants To Legal Formats, Alan Watson

Scholarly Works

Most of the time rulers and governments in the Western world as a whole were little interested in making private law. Instead, the task devolved upon some group of the legal elite who became in effect subordinate law makers without having been given power to make law. Thus, Roman jurists as such were private individuals with no ties to government: they made law when their opinions came to win approval from other jurists. English judges in the Middle-Ages and later were appointed to decide cases: the tradition long was that they found the law but did not make it. Continental …


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


Economic Reform And Economic Reality, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 847 (1995), Judith Thornton Jan 1995

Economic Reform And Economic Reality, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 847 (1995), Judith Thornton

UIC Law Review

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Constructing A New Political Process: The Hegemonic Presidency And The Legislature, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 787 (1995), John P. Willerton, Alexsei A. Shulus Jan 1995

Constructing A New Political Process: The Hegemonic Presidency And The Legislature, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 787 (1995), John P. Willerton, Alexsei A. Shulus

UIC Law Review

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The Liability Of Blood Banks And Manufacturers Of Clotting Products To Recipients Of Hiv-Infected Blood: A Comparison Of The Law And Reaction In The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, And Australia, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 465 (1994), Joseph Kelly Jan 1995

The Liability Of Blood Banks And Manufacturers Of Clotting Products To Recipients Of Hiv-Infected Blood: A Comparison Of The Law And Reaction In The United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, And Australia, 27 J. Marshall L. Rev. 465 (1994), Joseph Kelly

UIC Law Review

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An Introduction To Foreign Investment Laws In The People's Republic Of China, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 471 (1995), John Zhengdong Huang Jan 1995

An Introduction To Foreign Investment Laws In The People's Republic Of China, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 471 (1995), John Zhengdong Huang

UIC Law Review

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China On The Horizon: Exploring Current Legal Issues, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 639 (1995), Preston M. Torbert Jan 1995

China On The Horizon: Exploring Current Legal Issues, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 639 (1995), Preston M. Torbert

UIC Law Review

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Post-Soviet Organized Crime And The Rule Of Law, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 827 (1995), Louise Shelley Jan 1995

Post-Soviet Organized Crime And The Rule Of Law, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 827 (1995), Louise Shelley

UIC Law Review

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Development Of The Democratic Institutions & (And) The Rule Of Law In The Former Soviet Union: A Round Table Discussion, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 865 (1995), Elena Bonner Jan 1995

Development Of The Democratic Institutions & (And) The Rule Of Law In The Former Soviet Union: A Round Table Discussion, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 865 (1995), Elena Bonner

UIC Law Review

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Nationalism, Ethnic Strife And Human Rights, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 769 (1995), Elena Bonner Jan 1995

Nationalism, Ethnic Strife And Human Rights, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 769 (1995), Elena Bonner

UIC Law Review

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Reinventing The Russian State: Problems Of Constitutional Implementation, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 775 (1995), Robert Sharlet Jan 1995

Reinventing The Russian State: Problems Of Constitutional Implementation, 28 J. Marshall L. Rev. 775 (1995), Robert Sharlet

UIC Law Review

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