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Leaps And Bounds, Nestor M. Davidson Jan 2010

Leaps And Bounds, Nestor M. Davidson

Michigan Law Review

Imagine how stunted our understanding of the federal government would be without any detailed scholarly examination of the U.S. Constitution itself. As remarkable as that sounds, that is essentially the problem that Gerald Frug and David Barron have set out to remedy for local governments in their superb City Bound. In the book, Frug and Barron take a comprehensive, empirical look at the legal frameworks under which cities and other local governments operate, providing an invaluable roadmap for understanding the hidden architecture of legal constraints that-largely without notice-are shaping America's urban future. Why this kind of analysis has rarely been …


Daedalean Tinkering, Sean J. Griffith Jan 2006

Daedalean Tinkering, Sean J. Griffith

Michigan Law Review

Part I of this Review describes Skeel's account of corporate scandal, focusing on the central theme of excessive risk-taking. Part II examines Skeel's most original policy proposal-the creation of an investor insurance scheme to protect against excessive risk. Although the proposal takes up only a few pages of the book, it targets the books' core concern-the risk of corporate fraud. In evaluating the proposed investor insurance regime, this Review raises a set of objections based on cost and administrability and argues that an insurance regime would be duplicative of existing mechanisms that effectively spread the risk of financial fraud. Part …


Virtue: Survey Of Metropolitan Courts: Detroit Area, Stephen H. Clink Apr 1951

Virtue: Survey Of Metropolitan Courts: Detroit Area, Stephen H. Clink

Michigan Law Review

A Review of SURVEY OF METROPOLITAN COURTS: DETROIT AREABy Maxine Boord Virtue.


Virtue: Survey Of Metropolitan Courts: Detroit Area, Stephen H. Clink Apr 1951

Virtue: Survey Of Metropolitan Courts: Detroit Area, Stephen H. Clink

Michigan Law Review

A Review of SURVEY OF METROPOLITAN COURTS: DETROIT AREABy Maxine Boord Virtue.


Mcgowan: Trust Receipts, Michigan Law Review Apr 1948

Mcgowan: Trust Receipts, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of TRUST RECEIPTS. By George B. McGowan.


Law Enforcement In Colonial New York: A Review, Albert J. Harno Dec 1944

Law Enforcement In Colonial New York: A Review, Albert J. Harno

Michigan Law Review

This book is a landmark in American legal history. Legal scholars have long lamented the fact that there was no authoritative work on colonial law. Historians have, to be sure, taken excursions into the field, but for the most part this, until the study here reviewed, was virgin territory. The undertaking called for more than the gifts of a historian. It demanded the talents and insight of a legal historian. The authors are legal historians. Professor Goebel particularly is a well-known figure in the field of legal history. The study covers a limited field; it is restricted to criminal procedure …


Book Reviews Apr 1931

Book Reviews

Michigan Law Review

Six brief book reviews of various law topics.


The Laws And Liberties Of Massachusetts, Randolph G. Adams Dec 1930

The Laws And Liberties Of Massachusetts, Randolph G. Adams

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS reprinted from the copy of the 1648 edition in the Henry E. Huntington Library, with an Introduction by Max Farrand.