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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Revenge For The Condemned, Sara Sun Beale, Paul H. Haagen
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
Aspects Of Reception Of Law, Alan Watson
Aspects Of Reception Of Law, Alan Watson
Scholarly Works
In most places at most times borrowing is the most fruitful source of legal change. The borrowing may be from within the system, by analogy - from negligence in torts to negligence in contract, for instance - or from another legal system. The act of borrowing is usually simple. To build up a theory of borrowing on the other hand, seems to be an extremely complex matter. Receptions come in all shapes and sizes: from taking over single rules to (theoretically) almost a whole system. They present an array of social phenomena that are not easily explained: from whom can …
Women In The Courts: An Old Thorn In Men's Sides, Nikolaus Benke
Women In The Courts: An Old Thorn In Men's Sides, Nikolaus Benke
Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
This article was inspired by the work of a series of state task forces on women in the courts. It examines the subject from a historical perspective, comparing ancient Rome, mainly during the period from the first century B.C. to the third A.D., with the United States, from its prerevolutionary beginnings to the present. The article's focus is gender bias against women acting in official court functions.
Rising Temperatures: Rising Tides, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Rising Temperatures: Rising Tides, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Transboundary environmental problems do not distinguish between political boundaries. Global warming is expected to cause thermal expansion of water and melt glaciers. Both are predicted to lead to a rise in sea level. We must enlarge our paradigms to encompass a global reality and reliance upon global participation.
Land Registration And Land Reform In South Africa, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 809 (1996), F.G.T. Radloff
Land Registration And Land Reform In South Africa, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 809 (1996), F.G.T. Radloff
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.
America's Shifting Fascination With Comparative Corporate Governance, Edward B. Rock
America's Shifting Fascination With Comparative Corporate Governance, Edward B. Rock
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte
If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte
UIC Law Review
No abstract provided.