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Humanistic Legal Education, Cheri Weismantel

About the Law School

Thomas Shaffer is the new dean at Notre Dame's Law School and he has thoughts to share about the role of legal education in shaping future lawyers.

"We are beginning to find something unique by way of educational focus, something hopeful. It is a kind of humanistic legal education in Thomas More's understanding of humanism....We are beginning to find at Notre Dame Law School the possibility of a people-centered professional school." (Thomas L. Shaffer, Dean of ND Law School).

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 13, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 12, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 11, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Bulletin Of The University Of Notre Dame The Law School 1971, Volume 69, Number 3, University Of Notre Dame

Bulletins of Information

The Notre Dame Law School, established in 1869, is the oldest Catholic law school in the United States. In keeping with its character as a national law school, the program of instruction is designed to equip a student to practice law in any jurisdiction; and the School numbers among its graduates members of the bar in every state of the Union. It is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

PURPOSE

Drawing inspiration, as it does, from the Christian tradition, The Law School, while aiming first of all at technical …

126th University Of Notre Dame Commencement And Mass Program, University Of Notre Dame

Commencement Programs

126th University of Notre Dame Commencement and Mass Program

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 10, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 09, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 08, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 07, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 06, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 05, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 04, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum, Vol. 1, No. 03, Notre Dame Law School Student Bar Association

Dooley's Dictum

Dooley' Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame

A publication of the Student Bar Association

Report Of The Dean 1968–1971, William Burns Lawless

1968–1971: William B. Lawless Jr.

Dean William B. Lawless Jr. summarizes and comments upon the 1968–1971 academic years at Notre Dame Law School. Topics include: the reinspection report, centennial celebration, law center concept, student recruitment and admission policies, faculty, London programs, other programs and innovations, and a schedule of events for the centennial celebration.

Dean's Desk And Related Publications For The Academic Years 1971-1975, Thomas L. Shaffer

1971–1975: Thomas L. Shaffer

The Dean's Desk contains:

Dooley's Dictum: A Newspaper of, by and for the Fighting Irish Lawyers of Notre Dame (March 26, 1971; September 8, 1971; October 11, 1971; October 18 1971;

Dean's Desk (July 1, 1971 through May 2, 1975)

Thirteen Rules For Academic Meetings, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

This comment presents Thomas L. Shaffer’s thirteen rules for academic meetings.

Politics And Jurisprudence In West Germany: State Financing Of Political Parties, Donald P. Kommers

Journal Articles

The relationship between political parties and representative government has been an important consideration in the constitutional jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Federal Constitutional Court has gone further than any other constitutional tribunal in the West to promote a free and competitive party system, and the Court’s decisions affecting the status of parties under the Basic Law, especially those having to do with party finance, are a marvelous illustration of the interplay between politics and law. The Federal Constitutional Court’s decision in 1966 to invalidate a federal plan for subsidizing political parties is a good example of the …

Men And Things: The Liberal Bias Against Property, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

When a property teacher sets out to learn about the human facts in his subject—if, for instance, he wants to learn about the behavioral aspects of the law of the dead (wills, trusts, future interests and death taxation)—he will be discouraged by the fact that psychological literature has a great deal to say about sex, and even quite a bit about death, but almost nothing about property.

There are a couple of metaphysical essays by Jean-Paul Sartre, and, from the founders of psychoanalysis, the theory that our concern about property begins at the potty chair. But for the most part …

Equal Protection For The Child In The Womb, Charles E. Rice

Journal Articles

During 1971, the drive for liberalized abortion laws stalled after achieving rapid successes in the preceding four years. The law in most American states still allows abortion only where, it is necessary to save the life of the mother. Since 1967, however, sixteen states have relaxed their laws to provide that abortions may now be performed in varying situations where the life of the mother is not at stake. Some states, such as New York, allow abortions virtually on request. In other states, laws forbidding abortion have been declared unconstitutional by the courts. During 1971, no further liberalization was enacted …

Dedication In Memory Of William Dewey Rollison, Thomas L. Shaffer, G. Robert Blakey, Charles M. Boynton, Robert E. Sullivan

Journal Articles

William Dewey Rollison, Professor of Law Emeritus: University of Notre Dame 1897-1971

Codification, Reform, And Revision: The Challenge Of A Modern Federal Criminal Code, John L. Mcclellan

Journal Articles

The four chief factors influencing the quality of American justice were identified by Dean Roscoe Pound as personnel, administration, procedure, and the substantive law. It is certain that better judges, prosecutors, and enforcement officers, better organization of courts, better administrative methods, and more adequate administrative personnel must come first in any effective program for the improvement of our nation's system of criminal justice. At the same time, the men who staff that system will be guided by an authoritatively prescribed criminal procedure, and they will be giving effect to an authoritatively prescribed criminal law. An archaic code of procedure and …

Some Observations On The Supreme Court's Use Of Property Concepts In Resolving Fourth Amendment Problems, Fernand N. Dutile

Journal Articles

There is a tendency among lawyers and laymen alike to consider "property rights" wholly distinct from "human rights", and to disparage the former in favor of the latter. To a large extent the tendency has been appropriate. One of the happiest chapters of recent times has been the effort to champion human values even at the expense of restricting the individual's use of his "own" property. The public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the increase in aesthetic zoning, the extension of landlords' responsibilities with respect to leased properties and the expansion of consumer protection highlight the law's …

Judicial Review In Italy And West Germany, Donald P. Kommers

Journal Articles

This is a comparative study of the constitutional courts of Italy and West Germany. These institutions, established in the 1950's, have settled hundreds of constitutional disputes. And their caseloads continue to rise in volume. The time seems ripe, therefore, briefly to review the work of these tribunals and to relate this work to the condition of constitutional democracy in the two polities. It should be remarked that this is not fundamentally a study in constitutional jurisprudence. The main purpose of this article is to see how judicial review has actually operated, what its effects have been, and what its future …