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A Comment On The Burger Court And "Judicial Activism", Robert F. Nagel Jan 1981

A Comment On The Burger Court And "Judicial Activism", Robert F. Nagel

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Neutrality Of Adherence To Precedent, Robert L. Birmingham Jan 1971

The Neutrality Of Adherence To Precedent, Robert L. Birmingham

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War, Anthony D'Amato Jan 1970

Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War, Anthony D'Amato

Faculty Working Papers

One of the most singular pieces of legislation in American constitutional history passed the Massachusetts legislature in 1970, and was signed into law. It provided that, except for an emergency, no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that has not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the US Constitution. A conflict between state law and national policy was created.


Unconstitutional Conditions Upon Public Employment: New Departures In The Protection Of First Amendment Rights, Harold H. Bruff Jan 1969

Unconstitutional Conditions Upon Public Employment: New Departures In The Protection Of First Amendment Rights, Harold H. Bruff

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Tentative Emergence Of Student Power In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1969

The Tentative Emergence Of Student Power In The United States, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


What's Wrong With Baker V. Carr?, Robert Lancaster Oct 1962

What's Wrong With Baker V. Carr?, Robert Lancaster

Vanderbilt Law Review

The decision of the majority of the Supreme Court in Baker v. Carr, the recently decided Tennessee Reapportionment Case, may well turn out to be one of the landmark decisions of American jurisprudence. If by reason of apathetic acquiescence such a judicial intrusion is permitted to go unchallenged and undebated, our federal system of limited and constitutional government may be further weakened. Although the balance of power as between the states and the national government has shifted and this shift has been reflected in and furthered by judicial interpretation of our Constitution, it seems questionable that such a far-reaching and …


Book Review. Wechsler, H., Principles, Politics, And Fundamental Law, Ralph F. Fuchs Jan 1962

Book Review. Wechsler, H., Principles, Politics, And Fundamental Law, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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What Is Happening In The Conflict Of Laws: Three Supreme Court Cases, Wendell Carnahan Apr 1953

What Is Happening In The Conflict Of Laws: Three Supreme Court Cases, Wendell Carnahan

Vanderbilt Law Review

An answer to the topical inquiry is "A great deal" but full explanation of the general answer to a very big question cannot be attempted in a single article. Instead, attention will be directed primarily to the opinions in three cases decided on the same day by the Supreme Court of the United States. These cases present problems in the segments of conflict of laws dealing with principles of forum non conveniens and full faith to a statute,' jurisdiction over a foreign corporation and a combination of choice of laws rules and judicial recognition of an alimony award. These cases …


Book Reviews, Carl B. Swisher, Elvin E. Overton (Reviewer), Jay Murphy (Reviewer), Charlotte Williams (Reviewer), Alexander Holtzoff (Reviewer) Apr 1951

Book Reviews, Carl B. Swisher, Elvin E. Overton (Reviewer), Jay Murphy (Reviewer), Charlotte Williams (Reviewer), Alexander Holtzoff (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Book Reviews

LIONS UNDER THE THRONE

By Charles P. Curtis, Jr.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947. Pp. xviii, 368. $3.50

MR. JUSTICE BLACK: THE MAN AND His OPINIONS

By John P. Frank (Introduction by Charles A. Beard)

New York: Knopf Company, 1949.Pp. xix, 357. $4.00

ON UNDERSTANDING THE SUPREME COURT

By Paul A. Freund

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1949. Pp. vi, 130. $3.00

MELVILLE VESTON FULLER: CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES, 1888-1919

By Willard L. King

New York: Macmillan Company, 1950. Pp.394. $5.00

CHIEF JUSTICE STONE AND THE SUPREME COURT

By Samuel J. Konefsky (Prefatory Note by Charles A. …


Our Dual Form Of Government, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1927

Our Dual Form Of Government, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.