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Wills, Trusts And Estates (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law, 1998-99), J. Rodney Johnson
Wills, Trusts And Estates (Annual Survey Of Virginia Law, 1998-99), J. Rodney Johnson
Law Faculty Publications
In its 1999 Session, the General Assembly enacted legislation dealing with wills, trusts, and estates that added, amended, or repealed a number of sections of the Code of Virginia in its 1999 Session. In addition, there were eleven Supreme Court of Virginia opinions and one Bankruptcy Court opinion in the period covered by this review that involved issues of interest to the general practitioner as well as the specialist in wills, trusts, and estates. This article reports on all of these legislative and judicial developments.
The Imminent Demise Of Interspousal Tort Immunity, Carl W. Tobias
The Imminent Demise Of Interspousal Tort Immunity, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
During the decade of the 1980s, I extensively explored the doctrine of interspousal tort immunity in the United States. I examined the origins and development of the concept; how the notion survived intact in every jurisdiction throughout the nation until 1914; the first successful efforts to abolish immunity during the teens; the slow pace of abrogation in the five decades between 1920 and 1970; and the steady decline of the doctrine thereafter. Indeed, only a small number of states in the country still retain any form of interspousal tort immunity, even though some jurisdictions evince concern about certain issues involving …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Administrative Procedure, John Paul Jones
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Administrative Procedure, John Paul Jones
Law Faculty Publications
Since the last report on developments in Virginia's law of administrative procedure,' both her General Assembly and her courts have been busy making new law. This year's General Assembly revamped the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), and made adjustments to laws regulating the periods in which agencies must decide certain types of licensing cases and promulgate certain procedural regulations. Meanwhile, the courts of the Commonwealth were active in the field, addressing open questions concerning the following subjects: rulemaking, due process, evidence, timeliness, and judicial review.