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Two Kinds Of Legal Rules: A Comparative Study Of Burden-Of-Persuasion Practices In Criminal Cases, George P. Fletcher

Faculty Scholarship

Good men everywhere praise the presumption of innocence. And be they Frenchmen, Germans, or Americans, they agree on the demand of the presumption in practice. Both here and abroad, the state's invocation of criminal sanctions demands a high degree of proof that the accused has committed the offense charged. To express the requisite standard of proof, common lawyers speak of the prosecutor's duty to prove his case beyond a reasonable doubt. And Continental lawyers invoke the maxim in dubio pro reo – a precept requiring triers of fact to acquit in cases of doubt.

The French speak of the presomption …

The Consent Problem In Wiretapping & Eavesdropping: Surreptitious Monitoring With The Consent Of A Participant In A Conversation, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

The extent to which American society should permit wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping has been considered by judges, legislators and scholars for many years, although this consideration has yet to result in legal rules that respond rationally and consistently to the conflicting demands of privacy and effective law enforcement. Constitutional analysis has, until very recently, relied on concepts like "physical invasion of a constitutionally protected area," producing distinctions with little relation to underlying social values; statutory restrictions on wiretapping have been much more severe than those imposed on eavesdropping, though the latter, particularly in light of the rapidly developing technology, poses …

In Memoriam, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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Lawyer's Role In Resistance, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

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Language And Law In Ethiopia, Fassil Abebe, Stanley Z. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to introduce our readers to the problems of legal terminology in Ethiopia's codes and to explain what the Faculty of Law has been attempting to achieve in this area; second, to give some specific examples, drawn from the procedural codes, of these language problem.

Transatlantic Attitudes Toward Self-Incrimination, Kevin H. Tierney

Faculty Scholarship

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Georgia’S Urgent Need For A Modern Corporation Statute, F. Hodge O'Neal

Faculty Scholarship

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Wiretapping And Bugging: Striking A Balance Between Privacy And Law Enforcement, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

The conflict between individual privacy and the needs of law enforcement occurs at a number of points in our system of criminal justice. It is not unique to wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping, but the competing claims in that area do have their own special character. They are qualitatively different from those in regard to, say, confessions. The kinds of crimes and criminals affected are different, as are the relevant assertions about individual freedom.

Law enforcement officials, almost to a man, consider wiretapping and eavesdropping valuable weapons in the fight against crime. They are most helpful in regard to consensual crimes …

Book Review, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Constitutionality Of Subdivision Control Exactions The Quest For A Rationale, John D. Johnston Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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A Plea For A Uniform Parole Evidence Rule And Principles Of Contract Interpretation, Joseph Perillo

Faculty Scholarship

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Knowledge As A Factor In Determinig Priorities Under The Uniform Commercial Code , Carl Felsenfeld

Faculty Scholarship

Before the Uniform Commercial Code, a second secured party could not perfect his interest over a prior unperfected interest if he had knowledge of that prior interest. The Code, in contrast, promulgates a basic "first-to-file" priority rule in section 9-312(5). In this sharp departure from prior law, the knowledge factor is omitted. Other sections of Article 9, however, allude to certain aspects of the pre-Code knowledge requirements. Mr. Felsenfeld analyses the difficulties and incongruities which may arise from this lack of explicitness with regard to knowledge of prior security interests. He concludes that the courts may and should reconcile such …

Limitations On The Uses Of Behavioral Science In The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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The Heart Cases In Workmen’S Compensation: An Analysis And Suggested Solution, Arthur Larson

Faculty Scholarship

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Limitations On Contract Termination Rights—Franchise Cancellations, Ernest Gellhorn

Faculty Scholarship

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Compensation For Victims Of Violent Crimes: An Analysis, Robert E. Scott

Faculty Scholarship

Spurred by the implementation of plans in Great Britain, New Zealand, and California; and by various other federal and state proposals, the concept of state compensation to victims of violent crimes has recently become the subject of wide public interest and intensive legal debate. In essence, the concept envisages some scheme by which the victims of crimes of violence can be compensated for any losses resulting from their criminally inflicted injuries.

Before any proposals based on this conception are adopted they should be shown to have a valid theoretical framework, supported by sound legal principles, with an effective and efficient …

The Individual And The Public Service Enterprise In The New Industrial State, Joseph R. Grodin, Matthew O. Tobriner

Faculty Scholarship

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Contracts, Charles L. Knapp, James W. Carroll, James A. Clarkson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The American Bar Foundation's Research Program For 1967, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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President's Crime Commission Report, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Corporate Principal Place Of Business: A Resolution And Revision, J. Clifton Fleming Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Review Of H.L.A. Hart, The Morality Of The Criminal Law, Oxford University Press (1965), Stanley Z. Fisher

Faculty Scholarship

This slim volume contains the text of two lectures given by Professor Hart at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1964. The first lecture, "Changing Conceptions of Responsibility," expresses concern at the turn in which the "liberal" criminal law reform movement in England has taken in connection with the law of criminal responsibility. Professor Hart takes issue with the stand of a leading reformer, Lady Wootton, who advocates abolition of the mens rea prerequisite to penal liability. In her view, the mental state of a harm-doer is relevant not to determining his penal liability (conviction), but only to the decision …

The Public Responsibility Of The Historian, James Hood

Faculty Scholarship

Transcript of a faculty lecture, The Public Responsibility of the Historian.

The Law Of Humanitarian Intervention: U.S. Policy In Cuba (1898) And In The Dominican Republic (1965), David S. Bogen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Symposium: Student Rights And Campus Rules, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Future Interests, Bertel M. Sparks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Close Corporation And The Colorado Lawyer, F. Hodge O'Neal, Lanty L. Smith

Faculty Scholarship

http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ucollr39&div=24&collection=journals

Developments In Contract Liability Of Trusts And Trustees, John D. Johnston Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

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Some Ruminations About Remedies In Consumer-Credit Transactions , Carl Felsenfeld

Faculty Scholarship

The draftsmen of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (herein- after the Credit Code) have thus far directed most of their time and effort to establishing a permissive pattern within which creditors give and debtors receive credit. Spokesmen for both sides, as well as distinguished neutral parties, have carefully described the terms under which credit may be granted, the rates that may be charged, and many other elements of the credit transaction. These statutory requirements will significantly influence the size and scope of the debtor community and will undoubtedly set the future pattern for consumer-credit transactions. Thus, these permissive, or authorizing, …

Vice Presidential Succession: In Support Of The Bayh-Celler Plan , John D. Feerick

Faculty Scholarship

In the April, 1965, issue of the South Carolina Law Review there appeared an article by Professor George D. Haimbaugh, Jr., entitled "Vice Presidential Succession: A Criticism of the Bayh-Cellar [sic] Plan."' Professor Haimbaugh sought to demonstrate what he claimed was the "unreality" of certain arguments advanced in favor of the vice presidential succession feature of the proposed twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution. The arguments to which he addressed himself were "that this constitutional change is urgently needed, that the presidential initiative is necessary to insure continuity of executive policy, and that the requirements of congressional ratification will secure a …