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Niemeyer On Law Without Force, Josef L. Kunz
Niemeyer On Law Without Force, Josef L. Kunz
Michigan Law Review
Whereas Lauterpacht tried to determine the function of law in the international community, Niemeyer investigates the function of politics in international law. His book is on politics, but it is theoretical in its treatment and not political. The book not only represents an ambitious work, but is certainly interesting and stimulating. As to his ideas, Niemeyer derives from Herman Heller, to whom the book is dedicated. Heller's theory of the States is not a legal, but a sociological, a functional theory of the modern, occidental State as it developed since the Renaissance, a theory which stands halfway between Kelsen's "pure …
Douglas On Democracy And Finance -- A Review, Arthur A. Ballantine
Douglas On Democracy And Finance -- A Review, Arthur A. Ballantine
Michigan Law Review
A book by a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States would be important under any circumstances. Such a publication is of special significance when its author is the youngest member of the Court, with many years of service ahead, and is endowed with unusual character, ability and earnestness of purpose. In these days of change such a book supplies valuable insight into the mental processes and attitude that will enter deeply into the shaping of our institutions.
Paul's Studies In Federal Taxation, Third Series -A Review, Josiah Willard
Paul's Studies In Federal Taxation, Third Series -A Review, Josiah Willard
Michigan Law Review
This Third Series of Mr. Paul's Studies in Federal Taxation is a welcome addition to the literature on the subject. Too few members of the tax bar reduce their views on the subject to writing, and many of those who do apparently feel that they must never concede any merit to a contention of the treasury on any doubtful point, for fear that such a concession will be used against them by some treasury attorney in the future. On the other hand, many academic writers on the subject tend to assume that every decision in favor of the taxpayer represents …
Glenn On Fraudulent Conveyances And Preferences, Fred T. Hanson
Glenn On Fraudulent Conveyances And Preferences, Fred T. Hanson
Michigan Law Review
Professor Glenn's new two volume work on Fraudulent Conveyances and Preferences is much more than a revised edition of his previous book. The treatment of preferences is new and the material in the old book is revised and expanded. This expansion is particularly evident in his dealing with commercial financing devices--consignments, trust receipts, after-acquired property clauses, and freehanded mortgages of goods and accounts--which he now views also from the standpoint of preference.