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Draftsman: Formulation Of Policy, Carl Schier Jan 1968

Draftsman: Formulation Of Policy, Carl Schier

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Most low income families rent their living accommodations; for them the lease arrangement is a precarious one at best. It is generally a periodic tenancy from week to week or month to month with the agreement rarely reduced to writing. If the allocation of rights and duties between the parties is spelled out by them at all, it is quite one-sided and normally delineates only what the tenant may and may not do. When there is no written agreement or when the writing is silent as to the obligations of the parties, the common law of landlord and tenant controls, …


Defamation During Congressional Investigations: A Proposed Statute, J. Dennis Hynes Jan 1966

Defamation During Congressional Investigations: A Proposed Statute, J. Dennis Hynes

Publications

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"Congress Shall Make No Law…":Ii, O. John Rogge Feb 1958

"Congress Shall Make No Law…":Ii, O. John Rogge

Michigan Law Review

The framers of the federal bill of rights by the First and Tenth Amendments sought to deny Congress power over utterances unless they were connected with criminal conduct other than advocacy. Any power over such utterances was to reside in the states. However, the Supreme Court departed from the framers' intent.

One of the factors in this development was the emergence of an undefined federal police power. This occurred largely under the commerce and postal clauses. It began over a century ago. As early as 1838 Congress passed a law requiring the installation of safety devices upon steam vessels. Beginning …


Lawyers And The Legislative Process, Charles B. Nutting Jun 1952

Lawyers And The Legislative Process, Charles B. Nutting

West Virginia Law Review

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The Balance Sheet Of Law And Religion, Frank E. Horack Jr. Jan 1946

The Balance Sheet Of Law And Religion, Frank E. Horack Jr.

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Social Politics And Modern Democracies, John F. Sly Dec 1931

Social Politics And Modern Democracies, John F. Sly

West Virginia Law Review

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Divorce Laws And The Increase Of Divorce, Evans Holbrook Jan 1910

Divorce Laws And The Increase Of Divorce, Evans Holbrook

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Along with the condemnation of the divorce evil has gone a very general disposition to condemn our divorce laws as being responsible for the evil. The committee on resolutions of the Congress on Uniform Divorce Laws in its report to the Congress at its adjourned session in Philadelphia, November 13, 1906, speaks of the "many evils engendered by the lax and unphilosophic system prevailing in many of the states."3 On this phase of the question also our late president gave his views in his special message to Congress on January 30, 1905, in the following words: "There is a wide-spread …