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The Taming Of A Duty--The Tort Liability Of Landlords, Olin L. Browder

Michigan Law Review

For one inclined to reform the first-year curriculum in law schools the most simple and comprehensive solution is to expand the treatment of the law on landlord and tenant, and only then break up into the traditional basic subjects to deal with matters not previously covered. Thereby one could embrace all the traditional first-year subjects except Criminal Law, and a good deal more as well.

The other side of this conceit is that one who approaches the modem law of landlord and tenant from traditional property perspectives encounters particular problems that arise from the margins, or along the frontal thrust, …

Litigation Implications Of The Chicago O'Hara Airport Crash Of American Airlines Flight 191, 15 J. Marshall L. Rev. 273 (1982), John J. Kennelly

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Torts - Damages - Procedure Of Discounting Damage Awards To Present Value Abandoned Under Federal Law In Order To Account For The Effect Of Future Inflation, Tracy M. Blake

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Deelche V. Jacobsen: Recovering From Community Property For A Separate Tort Judgment, Joseph R. Mcfaul

Seattle University Law Review

This note critically analyzes deElche against the historical background of community property statutes and evaluates its effect on previous case law that subverted community property principles, resulting in injustice to either the victim or the tortfeasor’s spouse. While deElche does not explicitly overrule these cases, it casts doubt on their current vitality. This note also responds to the dissent’s criticisms, and discusses the scope of the deElche decision.