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Wrongful Death-Bases Of The Common Law Rules, T. A. Smedley Jun 1960

Wrongful Death-Bases Of The Common Law Rules, T. A. Smedley

Vanderbilt Law Review

One of the oft-sung glories of the English common law is the vitality of its many rules which evolved originally from ancient custom, usage, tradition and experience. This truly amazing vitality has the virtue of imbuing the law with stability, of providing legal sanction for established commercial practices, of protecting vested property interests, and of furnishing some measure of predictability of decisions. Unfortunately, it also serves to perpetuate the force of some rules far beyond the period of their usefulness and to maintain their influence after the reason for their existence has been long forgotten.'Such was the case in regard …


Evidence--Personal Injury Cases--Blackboard Summation, F. C. B. Jun 1960

Evidence--Personal Injury Cases--Blackboard Summation, F. C. B.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Application Of The Cost And Value Theories In Measuring Contractor's Liability, William M. Dishman Jr. Jan 1960

Application Of The Cost And Value Theories In Measuring Contractor's Liability, William M. Dishman Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Some Notes On The Malayan Law Of Negligence, A. E. S. Tay, J. H. M. Heah Jan 1960

Some Notes On The Malayan Law Of Negligence, A. E. S. Tay, J. H. M. Heah

Cleveland State Law Review

In the annals of the spread of the common law to other lands and other ways, Malaya may deserve a modest place, but, as the selection here no doubt shows, so far it has made no significant contribution to the intellectual content of that law. It has neither produced nor harboured a Cardozo or a Dixon. At best, its judges have applied common law principles simply but soundly; they have never, at least in tort, been subtle or illuminating. Its legal history is of interest for its own sake; its legal achievement awaits us in the future, not in the …


Personal Injury Damages In Products Liability, Graham L. Fricke Jan 1960

Personal Injury Damages In Products Liability, Graham L. Fricke

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Personal Injury Damages In Products Liability, Graham L. Fricke Jan 1960

Personal Injury Damages In Products Liability, Graham L. Fricke

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.