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Normalizing "Erie", Suzanna Sherry
Normalizing "Erie", Suzanna Sherry
Vanderbilt Law Review
This Article argues that the Erie doctrine should be normalized by bringing it into line with ordinary doctrines of federalism. Under ordinary federalism doctrines-such as the dormant commerce clause, implied preemption, federal preclusion law, and certain special "enclaves" of federal common law courts will displace state law to protect federal interests even when neither Congress nor the Constitution clearly articulates those interests. But under the Eric doctrine, the Supreme Court has mandated exactly the opposite approach: state law trumps federal interests unless those interests have been legislatively codified. This striking anomaly has not been noticed, in part because the voluminous …
Book Notes, Law Review Staff
Book Notes, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
A TREASURY OF LEGAL QUOTATIONS Selected by Paul C. Cook New York:Vantage Press, 1961. Pp.181. $5.00
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COLONIAL JUSTICE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS Edited by Joseph H. Smith Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. Pp.ix, 426. $7.50.
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THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES: ITS BUSINESS, PURPOSES, AND PERFORMANCE By Paul A. Freund Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1961. Pp.224. $1.35.
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A LAWYER'S VERSUS. By Irving J. Siegal New York: Vantage Press, 1960. Pp.40. $2.00.
Book Reviews, Henry L. Mcclintock (Reviewer), John W. Green (Reviewer), Leon D. Hubert, Jr. (Reviewer), Wallace Mendelson (Reviewer)
Book Reviews, Henry L. Mcclintock (Reviewer), John W. Green (Reviewer), Leon D. Hubert, Jr. (Reviewer), Wallace Mendelson (Reviewer)
Vanderbilt Law Review
Some Problems of Equity
By Zechariah Chafee, Jr.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Law School, 1950. Pp. xv, 441. $4.50
reviewer: Henry L. McClintock
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Four Score Forgotten Men
By Tom W. Campbell
Little Rock: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1950. Pp. 424
reviewer: John W. Green
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Uniform Code of Military Justice, Explanation, Comparative Text and Commentary
By Frederick Bernays Wiener
Washington, D. C.: Combat Forces Press, 1950. Pp. 275. $3.50.
reviewer: Leon D. Hubert, Jr.
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Dred Scott's Case
By Vincent C. Hopkins
New York: Fordham University Press, 1951, Pp. 213. $4.00.
reviewer: Wallace Mendelson