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Protection Of Privacy Of Computerized Records In The National Crime Information Center, Stuart R. Hemphill

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The purpose of this article is to describe the social benefits and costs of the NCIC and to indicate the need for a program of operational controls to temper the system's impact on the balance between individual privacy and law enforcement needs. Various approaches which could be incorporated into a program of safeguards are introduced and briefly analyzed. Finally, the article discusses several overall design issues which should be considered in the construction of an adequate program of safeguards. Particular emphasis is placed on the NCCH file since it is the major source of the tensions underlying the issues addressed.

Developments In Evidence Of Other Crimes, Nickolas J. Kyser

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

If the defendant in a criminal trial has a record of other offenses or is suspected of a number of crimes although charged with only one, the admissibility of evidence of these other offenses can be crucial. Admissibility depends in part on the purpose for which the evidence is offered. For instance, the prosecution is severely limited in its use of evidence of character. Until the defendant submits evidence of his good character, the subject cannot be raised and even after character is put in issue particular acts are not allowed to show character. The defendant's prior convictions may be …

A Jury Experiment Reanalyzed, Shari Seidman Diamond

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Researchers in the behavioral sciences have watched with some pride as the courts have given increased attention to social science studies. Judicial interest in empirical studies is a desirable development but one not quite free of danger. The courts are not yet fully accustomed to dealing critically with such evidence. The United States Supreme Court ruled recently, in Colgrove v. Battin, that six-member juries in civil cases meet the seventh amendment requirement of trial by jury. This decision was not surprising in light of Williams v. Florida, in which the Court ruled that six jurors were sufficient to …

The Politics Of Federal Judicial Administration, Paul D. Carrington

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Politics of Federal Judicial Administration by Peter Graham Fish

Review Of Crime And Public Order In England In The Later Middle Ages, Thomas A. Green

Reviews

Slowly but surely the history of English criminal law is being rewritten. Abundant monographs, articles and introductions to texts have appeared in the past couple of decades; many more are on the way. Work has gone ahead on the substantive law of crimes, on the procedures of the criminal law and its institutions andmore tentatively-on the social history of English criminal law. While medievalists have led the way, work is now being undertaken by early modern and modern historians as well.

November 2, 1973, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Stockdale •Ex LIBRIS •Letters •Prof Pref •Notices •Placement News •Grid Picks

Letter From The Law Clinic, Alfred F. Conard

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

"Are you really going to work in the law clinic?" For several months, I heard this question delivered with diverse intonations from the lips of colleagues and friends.

It exploded with shocked incredulity from Yves, who believes clinical work is just another avenue of escape - like pass/fail grading - from the rigor of learning the law. (Yves and other personages mentioned here are purely imaginary, and any identification with actual characters, living or dead, would be false and malicious.) It was intoned with a sigh of despond by Moe, who believes that clinics lower the student's sights from "what …

July 19, 1973, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Legal Aid Notes •New Residency Rules Adopted •Econews •New Honda Engine Can Meet U.S. Anti-Pollution Rules •1973 Summer Film Showcase

Legal Knowledge Of Michigan Citizens, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This empirical study of the legal knowledge of Michigan citizens arose in response to the paucity of research in the area, especially in Michigan, where no such study had previously been conducted, and the contradictory findings of those earlier studies that had been conducted. Its findings may have implications for future efforts to educate the public and may provide some clues as to whether and why certain segments of the population are deficient in legal knowledge.

The Virtuous Prosecutor In Quest Of An Ethical Standard: Guidance From The Aba, H. Richard Uviller

Michigan Law Review

Among his other endeavors, the public prosecutor strives to maintain an upright stance in the stained halls of criminal justice. He correctly senses that the people demand more of him than diligent, workmanlike performance of his public chores. Virtue is the cherished ingredient in his role: the honorable exercise of the considerable discretionary power with which our legal system has endowed his office. Daily, the ethical fibre of the prosecutor is tested -and through him, in large measure, the rectitude of the system of justice.

Here, I shall discuss only three of the many ethical problems along the prosecutor's way: …

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Subject Index of Articles, Comments, Notes, and Recent Developments Appearing in Leading Law Reviews

Front Matter, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

No abstract provided.

The Crimes Of Politics: Political Dimensions Of Criminal Justice, Francis A. Allen

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

In the preface to his indispensable, if sometimes exasperating, volume on Political Justice, Professor Otto Kirchheimer canvassed the various contributions to the literature of his subject. "Finally", he wrote, "there are the legal theorists, whose intellectual efforts stand in inverse ratio to their influence on actual practice.

The Codicil

Yearbooks & Class Year Publications

Yearbook of the Class of 1973.

Class Of 1973 Five Year Report Alumni Comments, Part 4, University Of Michigan Law School

UMLS Alumni Survey Class Reports

This addendum is a compilation of alumni responses to the open-ended comments sections.

Um Notes, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Law applications up, admissions are down; Michigan, Brussels establish student and faculty exchange; National group works for uniform laws; Students work in international law; Two law grads named Supreme Court clerks; Prof. Siegel explains new corporate laws; New faculty additions have varied interests; Prof. Kauper revises law casebook; Law journal studies effects of jury size

Program From The Twenty-Second Thomas M. Cooley Lectures, University Of Michigan Law School

Cooley Lecture Materials

The program from the twenty-second Thomas M. Cooley lectures, held April 4-6, 1973, at the University of Michigan Law School. The lecture series was "Income Taxatoin and Political Rhetoric" by Boris I. Bittker.

The Interrelationship Between Excusionary Subdivision Control - A Second Look, Roger A. Cunningham

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The thesis of this article is that the conclusion set out above is both oversimplified and inaccurate. Contrary to the author's contention in his Journal article, there are "viable distinctions between zoning and subdivision control," and consequently the major exclusionary techniques available to suburban communities through "zoning" are simply not available in connection with "subdivision control." Dramatic attempts at racial exclusion through subdivision control are likely to be infrequent. Although subdivision regulations, like zoning ordinances and building codes, require expenditures by land developers which increase the cost of housing and thus tend to exclude the poor, the effect of subdivision …

Minimum Wages For Prisoners: Legal Obstacles And Suggested Reforms, James J. Maiwurm, Wendy S. Maiwurm

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The growing literature on prisoners' rights has not yet focused on inmates' demands for minimum wages and the justification for such demands. This article explains why statutory minimum wage coverage should be extended to inmates, discusses the judicial treatment of prison labor and the minimum wage question, advocates adoption of legislation now pending in Congress, and suggests further legislative reform necessary to implement the minimum wage proposal. Many conditions in our prison system are undoubtedly more harmful and degrading than lack of meaningful wages. This article focuses on only one feasible reform, not on the priorities of prison reform in …

Legal Rights In A Juvenile Correctional Institution, Matthew L. Myers

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article focuses on the effect on juvenile correctional institutions of the erosion of the "hands-off" doctrine and the introduction of procedural safeguards in the juvenile justice system. In so doing, the article examines the difficulties inherent in any attempt to reform institutional practices and procedures to accommodate the goals of the juvenile correctional model. In the juvenile context, the extent to which fundamental rights need or may be abrogated to allow the institution freedom to rehabilitate and treat its inmates is crucial. Therefore, this article examines three areas involving fundamental constitutional rights: imposition of punitive segregation, freedom of communication, …

Disqualifications For Interest Of Lower Federal Court Judges: 28 U.S.C. § 455, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Disqualification of a judge occurs when he is ineligible by law to sit in a particular case. At the Supreme Court level, disqualification is a personal decision of the individual justice, who seldom records the reasons for his decision. Thus, there is little material on the Court's disqualification practices that can be subjected to legal analysis. However, substantial case law on disqualification has developed in the lower federal courts, where the decision of a trial judge to sit or step down in a case may appear in the trial record and is subject to review by a court of appeals. …

Report To The President Of The University For The Year 1971-72, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Report to the President of the University from the Dean of the Law School.

December 1, 1972, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Life… and Death •Letters •Ethics Lectures •Prose •Big Sis •What are You Doing in Law School?

November 3, 1972, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Burgoyne •4 More •Letters •Sins of Omission •MIAP II •Schedule •The Winner •Fall II •1st Yr. Vote •Jethmalani •Movies •Newswatch •Notes from Underground •From the "Virginia Bar News" •Investor's Page •Pigskin Piddlers

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Subject Index of Articles, Comments, Notes, and Recent Developments Appearing in Leading Law Reviews

October 27, 1972, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•No Show •Placement Blues •Shock Therapy •Where Have all the Flowers Gone •ABA Plot Bites the Dust •MIAP •Notes on Congress •Sports •The Winner •Board of Education Meeting •Law Students Facing a Job Shortage •Electronic Voting in the House of Representatives •Center for Law and Social Policy •The International Law Society •Ratty Red-Dog's Fabulous Friday Football Pole

The University Of Michigan Bulletin Law School 1973-1974, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Law School Calendar; The Regents of the University; Administrative Officers and Members of the Faculty; Introduction; The Law Quadrangle; Library Facilities; Requirements for Admission; Advanced Legal Studies; Requirements for Graduation; Admission to the Bar; The Law Curriculum; Concurrent Graduate Programs; Officer Education Programs; Legal Writing and Advocacy (Case Clubs); Michigan Law Review; The Journal of Law Reform; Order of the Coif; The Lawyers Club; Law Student Senate; Black Law Student Alliance; Women Law Students Association; Law Wives Association; International Law Society; Legal Aid Society; Inmate Assistance Program; Legislative Aid Bureau; Research Program; Michigan Legal Publications; Legislative Research Center; Institute of …

Friesen, Gallas & Gallas: Managing The Courts, William A. Mcrae Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Managing the Courts by Ernest C. Friesen, Edward C. Gallas, and Nesta M. Gallas

Books Received, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A List of Books Received by Michigan Law Review

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Subject Index of Articles, Comments, Notes, and Recent Developments Appearing in Leading Law Reviews