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Declaratory Judgments- Extension Of Protection Against Injuries To Personality

Michigan Law Review

The widespread acceptance of the declaratory judgment as a statutory supplement to common law and equitable remedies has raised some searching questions as to the relation between right and remedy in Anglo-American law. The declaratory judgment can operate in anticipation of specific wrongs that would be a basis for ordinary legal or equitable relief. It does not depend for its efficacy on the use of the familiar remedies of law and equity - that is, on damages, specific restitution in replevin and ejectment, and the injunction and specific enforcement in equity. The question may therefore be asked whether the development …