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Foreword: The Books Of Justices, Linda Greenhouse
Foreword: The Books Of Justices, Linda Greenhouse
Michigan Law Review
For this Michigan Law Review issue devoted to recently published books about law, I thought it would be interesting to see what books made an appearance in the past year’s work of the Supreme Court. I catalogued every citation to every book in those forty opinions in order to see what patterns emerged: what books the justices cited, which justices cited which books, and what use they made of the citations. To begin with, I should define what I mean by “books". For the purposes of this Foreword, I excluded some types of reading matter that may have a book-like …
Rule-Oriented Realism, Emily Sherwin
Rule-Oriented Realism, Emily Sherwin
Michigan Law Review
In his new book The Law and Ethics of Restitution, Hanoch Dagan undertakes to explain and justify the American law of restitution. He offers a broad theoretical account of this poorly understood subject, designed not only to fortify the substantive law of restitution but also to clarify the role and methodology of courts in developing the field. Dagan's book also provides lively discussion of the role of restitution in some of the most highly publicized legal developments of recent years. Those who think of restitution as an obscure branch of "legal remedies" may be surprised to read about the …
Seagle: Men Of Law From Hammurabi To Holmes, Merrill N. Johnson S.Ed.
Seagle: Men Of Law From Hammurabi To Holmes, Merrill N. Johnson S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A Review of MEN OF LAW FROM HAMMURABI TO HOLMES. By William Seagle.
Fortescue's De Laudibus: A Review, Max Radin
Fortescue's De Laudibus: A Review, Max Radin
Michigan Law Review
In this opus perfectissimum, Dr. Chrimes, whose book, English Constitutional Ideas in the Fifteenth Century, marks him as the man best fitted for the task, has filled one of the gaps which existed in the scientific examination of the sources of English law. We have Mr. Nicholl's Britton and Professor Woodbine's Glanvil and his still unfinished Bracton, Mr. Ogg's edition of Selden's Dissertatio, and the Hughes-Crump-Johnson edition of The Dialogue on the Exchequer. All these are admirable. There are left only St. Germain and Fleta, both of which cry aloud for an editor of the quality …