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Comparison Evidence In Obscenity Trials, Marguerite Munson Lentz
Comparison Evidence In Obscenity Trials, Marguerite Munson Lentz
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Article critiques the approach endorsed in Hamling, particularly regarding the Court's failure to consider how the presentation of proof in an obscenity trial affects the defendant's constitutional rights. The Article urges that relevant comparison evidence should be admissible despite the risk of confusion or the opportunity to present expert testimony, and furthermore, that a court should be required to make explicit its findings regarding the relevancy of comparison evidence. Part I of the Article demonstrates the constitutional significance to the obscenity defendant of evidence, particularly comparison exhibits, bearing on prevailing community standards. Part II considers the assessment of …
The Social And Political Challenge Of Inflation: An Economist's View, Harold T. Shapiro
The Social And Political Challenge Of Inflation: An Economist's View, Harold T. Shapiro
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Special Issue of the Journal of Law Reform has been nourished, at least in an emotional sense, by this same concern. The editors of the Journal apparently share the widespread frustration regarding what seem to increasing numbers of citizens as the largely intractable nature of the country's current economic ills. There is a certain apprehension that we may not be able to develop solutions to our lagging productivity, to our continuing inflation and unemployment, to our energy "problem," or to a host of other "economic" issues currently outstanding on the national agenda: unemployment of young people and minorities, environmental …
Preface, Journal Of Law Reform
Preface, Journal Of Law Reform
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
This Special Issue of the Journal of Law Reform explores the relationship between law and a troubled United States economy. Persistent inflation, declining productivity, plant closings in basic industries, and a host of other economic ills have forced the legal system to respond in at least two fundamental ways. First, the law has been called upon to solve economic crises. Wage-price controls and aggressive antitrust enforcement present two examples of this more activist role. Secondly, the law has had to adapt to a fluctuating economic landscape. In areas such as antitrust, pension, and bankruptcy law, courts and legislatures have had …