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The Promise Of The Future--And Vice Versa: Some Reflections On The Metamorphosis Of Contract Law, Charles L. Knapp

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Contracts by E. Allan Farnsworth

Jacobs: Law Writers And The Courts, Richard. A. Edwards

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Law Writers and the Courts. By Clyde E. Jacobs

Book Reviews, Edwin D. Dickinson, Herman Oliphant

Michigan Law Review

The British Year Book of International Law, 1920-1921. Editor, Cyril M. Picciotto. Editorial Committee, Sir Erle Richards, Prof. A. Pearce Higgins, Sir John Macdonell, Sir Cecil Hurst, and, E. A. Whittuck. London: Henry Fioude and Hodder & Stoughton, x92o. Pp. viii, 292.

Book Reviews, Herman W. Oliphant, Ralph W. Aigler

Michigan Law Review

The Law of Contracts. Samuel Williston, Weld Professor of Law in Harvard University. New York. Baker, Voorhis & Co., 192o. In four volumes. Vol. I, pp. xxiii, 1155, Vol. II, pp. xxi, 1157-2329

Cases On The Law Of Damages, Floyd R. Mechem

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Note to the Second Edition: “The following selection of cases in the law of Damages has been made primarily for use in connection with the lectures upon that subject given in the Law department of the University of Michigan. The purpose has been particularly to supply illustration of the application of principles referred to in the lectures, and partly to supplement the lectures by rounding out the view of certain fields not otherwise completely developed.”

Note to the Third Edition: “While the general features remain the same, the number of cases in this edition has been considerably increased in the …

A Treatise On The Law Of Sale Of Personal Property, Volume I, Floyd R. Mechem

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When this task was undertaken the writer believed that there was a real need for an American book upon the law of Sale. In the long time that he bas been at work, various contributions to the subject have been made by others, so that it is possible that the need, if it ever existed, has long since been supplied. The writer, however, whether wisely or unwisely, has persisted in his undertaking, and if bis work shall prove to have a value in some degree commensurate with the labor spent upon it, he will be content.

A Treatise On The Law Of Sale Of Personal Property, Volume Ii, Floyd R. Mechem

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When this task was undertaken the writer believed that there was a real need for an American book upon the law of Sale. In the long time that he bas been at work, various contributions to the subject have been made by others, so that it is possible that the need, if it ever existed, has long since been supplied. The writer, however, whether wisely or unwisely, has persisted in his undertaking, and if bis work shall prove to have a value in some degree commensurate with the labor spent upon it, he will be content.

Cases On The Law Of Agency, Floyd R. Mechem

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The following collection of cases has been prepared, at the request of several leading educators, to accompany the writer’s treatise on the law of agency, the purpose being to illustrate the text by object lessons gathered from the reports. Nothing in the way of annotation has been attempted, beyond an occasional reference to similar cases, as it is thought that the text of the treatise supplies all that is needed in that direction. To make a selection of cases from the great number upon the subject is a difficult task and one in reference to which opinions will necessarily differ. …