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Clark Memorandum: Spring 1992, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School Apr 1992

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1992, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum


Advice And Consent In Theory And Practice, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1992

Advice And Consent In Theory And Practice, Roger J. Miner '56

Federal Court System and Administration

No abstract provided.


Preserving The Past, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 1992

Preserving The Past, Roger J. Miner '56

Legal History

No abstract provided.


The Judicial Prerogative, Thomas W. Merrill Jan 1992

The Judicial Prerogative, Thomas W. Merrill

Faculty Scholarship

In John Locke's account of separation of powers, the executive is not limited to enforcing the rules laid down by the legislature. The chief magistrate also exercises the prerogative, a power "to act according to discretion for the public good, without the prescription of the law and sometimes even against it. "Locke explained that such a discretionary power is required because "it is impossible to foresee and so by laws to provide for all accidents and necessities that may concern the public, or make such laws as will do no harm, if they are executed with an inflexible rigor on …


Alvin B. Rubin: Man Of The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr. Jan 1992

Alvin B. Rubin: Man Of The Law, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.