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Estoppel And Crown Privilege In English Administrative Law, Bernard Schwartz
Estoppel And Crown Privilege In English Administrative Law, Bernard Schwartz
Michigan Law Review
Perhaps the most anachronistic doctrine in Anglo-American public law is that of sovereign immunity. Under it, the State is placed in a privileged position of immunity from the principles of law which are binding upon the ordinary citizen, unless it expressly consents to be bound by such principles. In Anglo-American law the infallibility attributed to the King in the days when he was personally sovereign has been more recently recognized in the State, which the Crown now merely personifies. Thus, even today, and even in the American democracy, the basic principle of public law is that the King can do …
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Michigan Law Review
"How to inform the judicial mind, as you know, is one of the most complicated problems,'' said Justice Frankfurter during argument of the school segregation cases. And as law deals more and more with issues of great public consequence the judiciary's need for knowledge increases. Much of this knowledge is within the realm of what are called the social sciences.
Although jurisprudents and social scientists have long complained of a gulf between law and social science, little notice has been given to the recent, recurrent collaboration between the two at the trial level. In a variety of cases social scientists' …
The Wills Branch Of The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
The Wills Branch Of The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this article to examine the history and origin of the wills branch of the worthier title doctrine, to ascertain the extent of its application and the manner of its application, to determine the legal consequences flowing therefrom, and to consider the desirability of its continued existence.