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False Witness: A Lawyer's History Of The Law Of Perjury, Richard H. Underwood Oct 1993

False Witness: A Lawyer's History Of The Law Of Perjury, Richard H. Underwood

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

From Cain to Potiphar's Wife to the pig and chicken laws of the Lex Salica of Clovis I, Professor Underwood examines the role of the false witness throughout history. Take a voyage extraordinaire and encounter some of history's most notorious perjurers.


Transforming History In The Postmodern Era, G. Edward White May 1993

Transforming History In The Postmodern Era, G. Edward White

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Transformation of American Law, 1870-1960: The Crisis of Legal Orthodoxy by Morton J. Horwitz


Civil Liberties And Civil War: The Great Emancipator As Civil Libertarian, Paul Finkelman May 1993

Civil Liberties And Civil War: The Great Emancipator As Civil Libertarian, Paul Finkelman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties by Mark E. Neely, Jr.


Repossession: Of History, Poverty, And Dissent, Martha Minow May 1993

Repossession: Of History, Poverty, And Dissent, Martha Minow

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Dispossessed: America's Underclasses from the Civil War to the Present by Jacqueline Jones


"Take This Job And Shove It": The Rise Of Free Labor, Jonathan A. Bush May 1993

"Take This Job And Shove It": The Rise Of Free Labor, Jonathan A. Bush

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Invention of Free Labor: The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870 by Robert J. Steinfeld


A Tale Of Two Rivers, Carol M. Rose May 1993

A Tale Of Two Rivers, Carol M. Rose

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Green Cathedral: Sustainable Development of Amazonia by Juan de Onis and Nature Incorporated: Industrialization and the Waters of New England by Theodore Steinberg


Confirming The Constitution: The Role Of The Senate Judiciary Committee, Stephen Wermiel Jan 1993

Confirming The Constitution: The Role Of The Senate Judiciary Committee, Stephen Wermiel

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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Land Of Fire, Land Of Conquest: The Colorado Plateau And Some Questions For Its Future, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1993

Land Of Fire, Land Of Conquest: The Colorado Plateau And Some Questions For Its Future, Charles F. Wilkinson

Publications

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The Romance Of Revenge: Capital Punishment In America, Samuel R. Gross Jan 1993

The Romance Of Revenge: Capital Punishment In America, Samuel R. Gross

Articles

On February 17, 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive terms of life imprisonment for killing and dismembering 15 young men and boys (Associated Press 1992a). Dahmer had been arrested six months earlier, on July 22, 1991. On January 13 he pled guilty to the fifteen murder counts against him, leaving open only the issue of his sanity. Jury selection began two weeks later, and the trial proper started on January 30. The jury heard two weeks of testimony about murder, mutilation and necrophilia; they deliberated for 5 hours before finding that Dahmer was sane when he committed these …