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Civil Rights Of The Mentally Ill In Ohio, Robert L. Tuma

Cleveland State Law Review

Mental illness is principally a medical problem, but there are basic legal considerations to be observed, and these considerations should not be impatiently brushed aside as "mere technicalities" of legal procedure. On the other hand, legal provisions relating to hospitalization of mental patients should be viewed by legislators, lawyers, and judicial officials as mechanism for prompt and effective care and treatment, for safeguarding civil rights, and for protecting the community. All these aspects are important and undue concern for one aspect should not work to the detriment of the others. Moreover, in actual practice, no legal provision should defeat the …

The Association And The Desegregation Controversy, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The National Labor Relations Act And Racial Discrimination, Michael I. Sovern

Faculty Scholarship

When the United States Commission on Civil Rights completed its recent study of discrimination in employment, its findings began on the same depressing note sounded by virtually every student of the problem since the end of slavery:

[N]egro workers are still disproportionately concentrated in the ranks of the unskilled and semiskilled in both private and public employment. They are also disproportionately represented among the unemployed because of their concentration in unskilled and semi-skilled jobs-those most severely affected by both cyclical and structural unemployment-and because Negro workers often have relatively low seniority. These difficulties are due in some degree to present …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Civil Rights--Civil Rights Act of 1871--"Under Color of Law" Defined

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Conflict of Laws--Characterization--Amount of Damages in Wrongful Death Action Held to be Procedural and thus Controlled by Law of the Forum

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Criminal Law-Insanity--Third Circuit Adopts A New Test for Criminal Responsibility

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Criminal Law--Smith Act--Membership Clause Requiring Active Membership in Communist Party and Specific Intent To Use Violence Held Not To Violate the First or Fifth Amendments

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Criminal Procedure--Evidence-States May Not Constitutionally Use Evidence Obtained by Illegal Search and Seizure in Criminal Cases

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Evidence--Hearsay--Old Newspaper Article Admitted as Evidence of Facts Contained on Grounds of Necessity …

Transcript Of Statewide Tv-Radio Talk To The People Of Florida On Race Relations, Leroy Collins

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Booklet: Transcript of race relations talk by Governor LeRoy Collins delivered over statewide TV - radio network Sunday, March 20, 1960, 5:30 -6:00 p.m. PALMM

Natural Rights And The Founding Fathers-The Virginians, Chester James Antieau

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Equal Protection And The Race Problem, J. F. W. Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Criminal Procedure--Right To Counsel Prior To Trial, G. D. G.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Merging Concepts Of Liberty And Equality, Richard B. Wilson

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Changing Attitudes Toward Freedom, John Lord O'Brian

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Freedom Of Attention For Transit Riders, William C. Beatty

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Western Union Telegram To Mr. Virgil D. Hawkins, Registrar

Documents

During his struggle to gain entry to the University of Florida College of Law, Mr. Hawkins never applied to Florida A & M for law school. Nevertheless, he was notified, by telegram, that his "application for admission" was approved and he was given instructions to register for classes for the fall semester, 1951.

Rutledge And Civil Liberties, W. Howard Mann

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The "Anti-Hate" Act, Lloyd C. Wampler

Indiana Law Journal

Indiana Legislation, 1947

The Privilege Of A Negro Citizen To Vote In A Primary

Indiana Law Journal

Notes and Comments: Constitutional Law

The Virginia Bill Of Rights, Leonard C. Helderman

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.