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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Perjury: An Anthology, Richard H. Underwood
Perjury: An Anthology, Richard H. Underwood
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Professor Underwood takes an in-depth look at the occurrence of perjury from ancient Rome to the O.J. Simpson trial. This journey through time provides insight into the motives of perjurers, the difficulties involved in catching them; and the alarming frequency with which they succeed, unchastised.
Law Reports From A Non-Colony And A Penal Colony: The Australian Manuscript Decisions Of Sir Francis Forbes As Chief Justice Of Newfoundland, Bruce Kercher
Dalhousie Law Journal
The author reports on the existence and contents of a manuscript copy of a selection of judgments by Sir Francis Forbes while he was Chief Justice of Newfoundland from 1817-1822. The manuscript found its way into the State Library of New South Wales sometime after Forbes' translation to New South Wales as its first Chief Justice in 1823. The author comments on the insights these manuscript reports afford of the early legal history of Newfoundland as it developed into a British colony. In particular, he draws attention to the significance of twenty-nine judgments in the manuscript but not available in …
Characterization Of Limitation Statutes In Canadian Private International Law: The Rocky Road Of Change, John P. Mcevoy
Characterization Of Limitation Statutes In Canadian Private International Law: The Rocky Road Of Change, John P. Mcevoy
Dalhousie Law Journal
Prior to the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Tolofson v. Jensen limitations statutes were characterized, prima facie, as procedural for purposes of Canadian private international law. The principal authority for this characterization was the 1835 case of Huber v. Steiner in which an action was brought on a promissory note made in France in 1813 and payable in 1817. The defendant argued that the French Code de commerce applied and that the right of action was extinguished by the provision that "all actions ... prescribe themselves by five years reckoning from the day of protest ..... Tindal C.J. recognized …
Home Dance, The Hopi, And Black Mesa Coal: Conquest And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson
Home Dance, The Hopi, And Black Mesa Coal: Conquest And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson
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Plessy V. Ferguson – 100 Years Later, Hon. John Minor Wisdom
Plessy V. Ferguson – 100 Years Later, Hon. John Minor Wisdom
Washington and Lee Law Review
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The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
The Public Lands And The National Heritage, Charles F. Wilkinson
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