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Direct Democracy In America, Sherman J. Clark

Michigan Law Review

The phrase "laboratories of democracy," as applied to the states, seems most often to mean something more like "democratic laboratories" - democratic testing grounds for various approaches to social problems. What sort of welfare reform will be most effective? Let Wisconsin try out Plan A, while Michigan experiments with Plan B. What combination of tort liability rules will achieve desired levels of compensation and deterrence? Let the states experiment with strict liability, comparative negligence, or various nofault schemes. It is also true, however, that the states are literally laboratories of democracy - arenas in which democratic institutions are themselves experimented …

The Digests Of Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman

Law Faculty Publications

Published case law in Pennsylvania dates from the colonial period and constitutes one of the largest collections of court decisions in American law. Digests have long stood as an important tool for those conducting research in this material, with the first appearing not long after the cases themselves. Mr. Fishman helps to document the history of Pennsylvania digests by reviewing their publication, beginning with the early nineteenth century to the present. A bibliography is appended.

Computer-Assisted Legal Research, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett, Nancy Mcmurrer, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Chapters in Books

• Introduction
• Reasons to Use CALR
• Types of CALR
• Online Services: Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw
• CD ROM Products
• Bulletin Board Systems
• Internet

Fundamentals Of Legal Research In Washington, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Chapters in Books

• Introduction and General Research Texts
• Secondary Sources
• Statutes
• City and County Codes
• Administrative Regulations
• Case Law
• Case Finding Tools
• Attorney General Opinions
• Citator Services
• Citation Format
• Appendix: Office of Reporter Style Sheet

Washington Practice Materials, Nancy Mcmurrer

Librarians' Chapters in Books

• Introduction
• Encyclopedic Sources
• Deskbooks, Manuals, Treatises, and Self-Help Sources
• Continuing Legal Education Materials and CLEDEX
• Litigation Aids
• Ethics Opinions
• Directories
• Current Awareness

Administrative Decisions And Materials, Cheryl Rae Nyberg

Librarians' Chapters in Books

• Introduction
• Administrative Agencies' Functions and Procedures
• Multi-Agency Sources of Administrative Decisions
• Agency-Specific Sources
• Agency Decisions at a Glance

Legislative History And Bill Tracking, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett

Librarians' Chapters in Books

• Researching Legislative History in Washington
• Legislative Bill Tracking

The Reports Of The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman

Law Faculty Publications

The history of court reporting in Pennsylvania dates from the early days of the Republic and the establishment of Pennsylvania as a Commonwealth. Mr. Fishman helps to document that history by reviewing the publication of the reports of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from the early nominative reports of the mid-eighteenth century to the present. A bibliography is appended.

The History Of Statutory Compilations In Pennsylvania, Joel Fishman

Law Faculty Publications

Pennsylvania was the last state in the country to codify its statutes. Mr. Fishman reviews the various editions of unofficial compilations of Pennsylvania laws that have been published from the early eighteenth century to the present. A bibliography is appended.

American Family Law In The Age Of Aids: An Annotated Bibliography, 24 J. Marshall L. Rev. 625 (1991), John R. Austin, Rebecca S. Trammell

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Practice Materials: A Select Annotated Bibliography, Joel Fishman, Marc Silverman

Law Faculty Publications

The authors provide an annotated listing of Pennsylvania legal publications, including both primary source materials and treatises focusing on Pennsylvania law.

Legislative History In Washington, Arthur C. Wang

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment begins with an examination of court usage of Washington State legislative history and illustrates the lack of consistent judicial standards for acceptance of evidence of legislative intent. It then describes a systematic process that lawyers may use to identify and obtain relevant legislative history in Washington, and at the same time, points out defects in the record-keeping system. It concludes with recommendations to the Washington State Legislature to improve the accessibility and usefulness of state legislative history. Adoption of these recommendations would not only aid the legal researcher, but also provide the legislature with a better means to …

Legal Opinion Letters And Texas Usury Laws., Albert H. Hiller, G. Christopher Scruggs

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.

House Bill No. 92. Private Acts Of The Tennessee 99th General Assembly, Tennessee General Assembly

Establishment of Washington County Cooperative Law Collection

Passed in May 19, 1977, House Bill no.92 of the 99th General Assembly provides ongoing funding from Washington County, Tennessee for the establishment and maintenance of the Washington County Cooperative Law Library. Located in East Tennessee State University's Sherrod Library, the Cooperative Law Collection provides an openly accessible and free law library to the citizens of Northeast Tennessee.

Steinheimer: Michigan Negotiable Instruments And The Uniform Commercial Code, Douglass G. Boshkoff

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Michigan Negotiable Instruments and the Uniform Commercial Code. By Roy L. Steinheimer.

Stason, Estep & Pierce: Atoms And The Law, David F. Cavers

Michigan Law Review

A Review of ATOMS AND THE LAW. By E. Blythe Stason, Samuel D. Estep, and William J. Pierce.

Edson R. Sunderland's Role In Michigan Procedure, Jason L. Honigman

Michigan Law Review

More than any other individual, Professor Edson R. Sunderland has had a tremendous impact upon the Michigan law of procedure. The procedural reforms which he urged and molded into the Michigan law of procedure have been in use for nearly half a century, and to this day are the framework for our procedural laws.

Freeman: Responsibility Of States For Unlawful Acts Of Their Armed Forces, Brunson Macchesney

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Responsibility of States for Unlawful Acts of Their Armed Forces. By Alwyn V. Freeman.

Rhyne: Municipal Law, Robert E. Fryer

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Municipal Law. By Charles S. Rhyne.

A Supplement To "Constitutionality Of Marketable Title Acts"-1951-1957, Ralph W. Aigler

Michigan Law Review

An article bearing the title, "Constitutionality of Marketable Title Acts," was published in December 1951. It was there pointed out that such legislation, of which the Michigan act is an example, should be found to be within constitutional limits. It was recognized, however, that direct authority was scarce and that cases that might be deemed pertinent were conflicting.

Burns Annotated Indiana Statutes: Supplement Of 1929, By Benjamin F. Watson, W. E. Treanor

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Vanishing Rights Of The States, By James M. Beck, Paul L. Sayre

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, Volumes' i to 22 inclusive, January 6, 1847, to October 7, 1915; by Wade Warren Thayer, Attorney General of Hawaii, 1913-1914, Secretary of Hawaii, 1914- Honolulu, 1916, pp. xvi, 9o7.

Recent Decisions

Michigan Law Review

Agency--Ratification--Knowledge Necessary; Agency--Undisclosed Principal--Defence Against Agent; Bailments--Action by Bailee against Third Person; Bankruptcy--Homestead Exemption--State Law not Enforced; Bankruptcy--Homestead Exemption; Bills and Notes--Cashier's Check--Indorsed for Illegal Consideration; Carriers--Street Railway--Track Used by Another Company; Chattel Mortgage--Sufficiency of Description; Conflict of Laws--Statute of Frauds--Statute Affecting Remedy--Representations as to Another's Credit; Constitutional Law--14th Amendment--Class Legislation--License Law; Evidence--Physical Examination of Plaintiff in Personal Injury Suit; Insurance--Construction of Terms of Indemnity Policy; Insurance--Agreement to Issue New Policy--Effect of Failure to Surender Old Policy and Make Demand Within Time Stipulated; Landlord and Tenant--Covenant for Re-Entry--Re-Entry by Ejectment Only--Summary Proceedings; Landlord and Tenant--Covenant Not to Assign--Runs with the …

Local Government In The United States, Thomas M. Cooley

Book Chapters

Professor Cooley offers the readers of the Commentaries a brief statement regarding laws of the United States in local jurisdictions: "To present completely local government as it exists in the United States would require a volume.... What we shall say, therefore, will be aimed at an explanation of certain general features, which are to be met with in all the states, and of some of the most important peculiarities."

A Digest Of The Reported Cases Contained In The Michigan Reports, Thomas M. Cooley

Books

"In preparing the following Digest, brevity and convenience of use have been kept in view, rather than perfection of arrangement as a mere work of art; and the object of the compiler will be fully attained if he has succeeded in placing before the Profession of the State a convenient Index to the books of Reports....

"Seventeen volumes of Reports are embraced in this Digest; all of them official and authoritative, being prepared by Reporters appointed by the Courts under authority of law."

Brief Of T.M. Cooley, Cook And Waldron V. Hillsdale, 1859, Thomas M. Cooley

Other Publications

Mr. Cooley writes this Brief as counsel for the Complainants. Cook & Waldron own a grist mill and the Village of Hillsdale feels that the owners "voluntarily" gave leave for a public way to be conducted through the property. Cook & Waldron disagree.