Author: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821416618
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The History of Michigan Law offers the first serious survey of Michigan's rich legal past. Michigan was among the first states to admit African-Americans and women to its law schools and was the first governmental entity to abolish the death penalty. Additionally, the state, unlike its midwestern neighbors, did not enact racial exclusion laws in the post-Civil War era. Michigan has also played a leading role in developing modern rape laws, in protecting the environment, and in assuring the right to counsel for those accused of crimes. The story of Michigan's legal development includes high profile cases such as the Dr. Ossian Sweet murder trial, the cross-district busing case Milliken v. Bradley, and the affirmative action cases brought against the University of Michigan Law School.The History of Michigan Law documents and analyzes, as well, Michigan legal develpments in environmental history, civil rights, and women's history. This book will serve as the entry point for all future studies that involve the law in Michigan. With 2005 marking the bicentennial of the establishment of the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as the bicentennial of the creation of the Michigan Territory, The History of Michigan Law has appeal beyond the legal community to scholars and students of American history. ABOUT THE EDITORS---Martin Hershock is an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is author of The Paradox of Progress: Economic Change, Individual Enterprise and Political Culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 (Ohio, 2003) Paul Finkelman is Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. He is the author of many articles and books, including His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid and the Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference.
The History of Michigan Law
Author: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821416618
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The History of Michigan Law offers the first serious survey of Michigan's rich legal past. Michigan was among the first states to admit African-Americans and women to its law schools and was the first governmental entity to abolish the death penalty. Additionally, the state, unlike its midwestern neighbors, did not enact racial exclusion laws in the post-Civil War era. Michigan has also played a leading role in developing modern rape laws, in protecting the environment, and in assuring the right to counsel for those accused of crimes. The story of Michigan's legal development includes high profile cases such as the Dr. Ossian Sweet murder trial, the cross-district busing case Milliken v. Bradley, and the affirmative action cases brought against the University of Michigan Law School.The History of Michigan Law documents and analyzes, as well, Michigan legal develpments in environmental history, civil rights, and women's history. This book will serve as the entry point for all future studies that involve the law in Michigan. With 2005 marking the bicentennial of the establishment of the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as the bicentennial of the creation of the Michigan Territory, The History of Michigan Law has appeal beyond the legal community to scholars and students of American history. ABOUT THE EDITORS---Martin Hershock is an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is author of The Paradox of Progress: Economic Change, Individual Enterprise and Political Culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 (Ohio, 2003) Paul Finkelman is Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. He is the author of many articles and books, including His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid and the Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821416618
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The History of Michigan Law offers the first serious survey of Michigan's rich legal past. Michigan was among the first states to admit African-Americans and women to its law schools and was the first governmental entity to abolish the death penalty. Additionally, the state, unlike its midwestern neighbors, did not enact racial exclusion laws in the post-Civil War era. Michigan has also played a leading role in developing modern rape laws, in protecting the environment, and in assuring the right to counsel for those accused of crimes. The story of Michigan's legal development includes high profile cases such as the Dr. Ossian Sweet murder trial, the cross-district busing case Milliken v. Bradley, and the affirmative action cases brought against the University of Michigan Law School.The History of Michigan Law documents and analyzes, as well, Michigan legal develpments in environmental history, civil rights, and women's history. This book will serve as the entry point for all future studies that involve the law in Michigan. With 2005 marking the bicentennial of the establishment of the Michigan Supreme Court, as well as the bicentennial of the creation of the Michigan Territory, The History of Michigan Law has appeal beyond the legal community to scholars and students of American history. ABOUT THE EDITORS---Martin Hershock is an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He is author of The Paradox of Progress: Economic Change, Individual Enterprise and Political Culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 (Ohio, 2003) Paul Finkelman is Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of Law. He is the author of many articles and books, including His Soul Goes Marching On: Responses to John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid and the Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference.
The People's Lawyer
Author: Frank J. Kelley
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814341330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The nation’s longest-serving attorney general tells the story of a life that spanned two centuries and a career that helped transform consumer protection and public interest law. After several years as a small-town lawyer in Alpena, Frank J. Kelley was unexpectedly appointed Michigan’s attorney general at the end of 1961. He never suspected that he would continue to serve until 1999, a national record. During that time, he worked with everyone from John and Bobby Kennedy to Bill Clinton and jump-started the careers of dozens of politicians and public figures, including U.S. Senator Carl Levin and Governors James Blanchard and Jennifer Granholm. In The People’s Lawyer: The Life and Times of Frank J. Kelley, the Nation’s Longest-Serving Attorney General, Kelley and co-author Jack Lessenberry reflect on the personal and professional journey of the so-called godfather of the Michigan Democratic Party during his incredible life and thirty-seven years in office. The People’s Lawyerchronicles Kelley’s early life as the son of second-generation Irish immigrants, whose father, Frank E. Kelley, started out as a Detroit saloon keeper and became a respected Democratic Party leader. Kelley tells of becoming the first of his family to go to college and law school, his early days as a lawyer in northern Michigan, and how he transformed the office of attorney general as an active crusader for the people. Among other accomplishments, Kelley describes establishing the first Office of Consumer Protection in the country, taking on Michigan’s public utility companies, helping to end racially restrictive real estate practices, and helping to initiate the multibillion-dollar Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in 1998. Kelley frames his work against a backdrop of the social and political upheaval of his times, including the 1967 Detroit riots, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. All those interested in American history and legal history will enjoy this highly readable, entertaining account of Kelley’s life of public service.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814341330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The nation’s longest-serving attorney general tells the story of a life that spanned two centuries and a career that helped transform consumer protection and public interest law. After several years as a small-town lawyer in Alpena, Frank J. Kelley was unexpectedly appointed Michigan’s attorney general at the end of 1961. He never suspected that he would continue to serve until 1999, a national record. During that time, he worked with everyone from John and Bobby Kennedy to Bill Clinton and jump-started the careers of dozens of politicians and public figures, including U.S. Senator Carl Levin and Governors James Blanchard and Jennifer Granholm. In The People’s Lawyer: The Life and Times of Frank J. Kelley, the Nation’s Longest-Serving Attorney General, Kelley and co-author Jack Lessenberry reflect on the personal and professional journey of the so-called godfather of the Michigan Democratic Party during his incredible life and thirty-seven years in office. The People’s Lawyerchronicles Kelley’s early life as the son of second-generation Irish immigrants, whose father, Frank E. Kelley, started out as a Detroit saloon keeper and became a respected Democratic Party leader. Kelley tells of becoming the first of his family to go to college and law school, his early days as a lawyer in northern Michigan, and how he transformed the office of attorney general as an active crusader for the people. Among other accomplishments, Kelley describes establishing the first Office of Consumer Protection in the country, taking on Michigan’s public utility companies, helping to end racially restrictive real estate practices, and helping to initiate the multibillion-dollar Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in 1998. Kelley frames his work against a backdrop of the social and political upheaval of his times, including the 1967 Detroit riots, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, and the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. All those interested in American history and legal history will enjoy this highly readable, entertaining account of Kelley’s life of public service.
Michigan State Bar Journal
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ISBN:
Category : Bar associations
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bar associations
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Michigan State Bar Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bar associations
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bar associations
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Defending Drinking Drivers
Author: Patrick T. Barone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949517293
Category : Drinking and traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This edition of Defending Drinking Drivers provides new text, tips, and case analysis on dozens of topics including:Breath Test Well Below Legal Limit Relevant to the Question of Whether Individual Was Intoxicated. §121.4.1The Prosecutor Need Only Prove that Driver's Ability, not Actual Driving, Was Impaired by Alcohol. §121.4.2Lack of Proximate Cause Leads to Dismissal of Aggravated DUI. §159.2Victim's Comparative Negligence Not Relevant in Proximate Cause Determination. §159.3.Lack of Evidence of Impairment Leads to DUI "Less Safe" Dismissal for Lack of Evidence. §161.1Glazed Dilated Eyes, Odor and Slow Driving Sufficient to Prove Impairment by Marijuana. §161.3.State Fails to Establish Temporal Connection Between Operation and Intoxication. §204.4Use of Prior Police Reports to Attack Officer's Credibility. §401.2.1Substitute Breath Test Witness Violates Confrontation Clause. §516.3.1Pulling Alongside Stopped Vehicle with Flashers on Constitutes Seizure; Community Caretaker Exception Not Applicable. §536.3.4.1Touching or Crossing Lane Markers Does Not Create a Reasonable Articulable Suspicion. §536.8.9Officer's Mistake of Law Regarding Taillights Not Objectively Reasonable. §536.8.10.1Warrantless Entry into Curtilage of Home Invalid. §536.9.3.1Birchfield Suggests that Arrestee's Urine Is More Like Blood than Breath and Warrant Is Required to Collect and Test. §538.3.1Withdrawal of Consent Results in Blood Test Suppression. §538.3.1Lack of Consent or Probable Cause Leads to Suppression of Blood Test and Dismissal of Aggravated DUI. §538.15DUI Fee Paid to Forensic Lab Violates Due Process and Renders Blood Test Inadmissible. §538.16Blood in the Mouth from Deployed Airbags. §547.12Prior Leg Injury and SFST Conditions Compromise Probable Cause Determination. §562.6Using Spectrograms During Voir Dire to Dial in on Jurors' Thoughts and Opinions. §618Defendant's Belligerent Behavior Does Not Relieve Officer of Obligation to Read Implied Consent Rights. §829.3
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949517293
Category : Drinking and traffic accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This edition of Defending Drinking Drivers provides new text, tips, and case analysis on dozens of topics including:Breath Test Well Below Legal Limit Relevant to the Question of Whether Individual Was Intoxicated. §121.4.1The Prosecutor Need Only Prove that Driver's Ability, not Actual Driving, Was Impaired by Alcohol. §121.4.2Lack of Proximate Cause Leads to Dismissal of Aggravated DUI. §159.2Victim's Comparative Negligence Not Relevant in Proximate Cause Determination. §159.3.Lack of Evidence of Impairment Leads to DUI "Less Safe" Dismissal for Lack of Evidence. §161.1Glazed Dilated Eyes, Odor and Slow Driving Sufficient to Prove Impairment by Marijuana. §161.3.State Fails to Establish Temporal Connection Between Operation and Intoxication. §204.4Use of Prior Police Reports to Attack Officer's Credibility. §401.2.1Substitute Breath Test Witness Violates Confrontation Clause. §516.3.1Pulling Alongside Stopped Vehicle with Flashers on Constitutes Seizure; Community Caretaker Exception Not Applicable. §536.3.4.1Touching or Crossing Lane Markers Does Not Create a Reasonable Articulable Suspicion. §536.8.9Officer's Mistake of Law Regarding Taillights Not Objectively Reasonable. §536.8.10.1Warrantless Entry into Curtilage of Home Invalid. §536.9.3.1Birchfield Suggests that Arrestee's Urine Is More Like Blood than Breath and Warrant Is Required to Collect and Test. §538.3.1Withdrawal of Consent Results in Blood Test Suppression. §538.3.1Lack of Consent or Probable Cause Leads to Suppression of Blood Test and Dismissal of Aggravated DUI. §538.15DUI Fee Paid to Forensic Lab Violates Due Process and Renders Blood Test Inadmissible. §538.16Blood in the Mouth from Deployed Airbags. §547.12Prior Leg Injury and SFST Conditions Compromise Probable Cause Determination. §562.6Using Spectrograms During Voir Dire to Dial in on Jurors' Thoughts and Opinions. §618Defendant's Belligerent Behavior Does Not Relieve Officer of Obligation to Read Implied Consent Rights. §829.3
Fighting the Death Penalty
Author: Eugene G. Wanger
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628952865
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution—Eugene G. Wanger’s compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti–death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made.
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628952865
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Michigan is the only state in the country that has a death penalty prohibition in its constitution—Eugene G. Wanger’s compelling arguments against capital punishment is a large reason it is there. The forty pieces in this volume are writings created or used by the author, who penned the prohibition clause, during his fifty years as a death penalty abolitionist. His extraordinary background in forensics, law, and political activity as constitutional convention delegate and co-chairman of the Michigan Committee Against Capital Punishment has produced a remarkable collection. It is not only a fifty-year history of the anti–death penalty argument in America, it also is a detailed and challenging example of how the argument against capital punishment may be successfully made.
How to Go Directly Into Your Own Solo Law Practice and Succeed Into the New Millennium and Beyond
Author: Gerald M. Singer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781584778493
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourth Edition. A complete revision of How to Go Directly Into and Manage Your Own Solo Law Practice Without Missing a Meal (1993 Edition). Contents include: The Decision: Solo Practice or Employment, and What to Do About It; The Threshold to Entering Your Solo Law Practice; The Roadmap Into Your Own Solo Law Practice (Without Missing A Meal); Seven Basis Rules for Solo Practice; How to Administer Your Office and Practice; Law Practice Management; Ethics Traps and Pitfalls for Solo Lawyers; Expanding Your Solo Practice; and much more.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781584778493
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fourth Edition. A complete revision of How to Go Directly Into and Manage Your Own Solo Law Practice Without Missing a Meal (1993 Edition). Contents include: The Decision: Solo Practice or Employment, and What to Do About It; The Threshold to Entering Your Solo Law Practice; The Roadmap Into Your Own Solo Law Practice (Without Missing A Meal); Seven Basis Rules for Solo Practice; How to Administer Your Office and Practice; Law Practice Management; Ethics Traps and Pitfalls for Solo Lawyers; Expanding Your Solo Practice; and much more.
The Language of the Law
Author: David Mellinkoff
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1592446906
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, more practical than pedantic.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1592446906
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, more practical than pedantic.
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641055048
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"Commentary on the Monitors Standards"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641055048
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
"Commentary on the Monitors Standards"--
The Color of Law
Author: Steve Babson
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334966
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Biography of Ernie Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases. In a working life that spanned half a century, Ernie Goodman was one of the nation's preeminent defense attorneys for workers and the militant poor. His remarkable career put him at the center of the struggle for social justice in the twentieth century, from the sit-down strikes of the 1930s to the Red Scare of the 1950s to the freedom struggles, anti-war demonstrations, and ghetto rebellions of the 1960s and 1970s. The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights traces Goodman's journey through these tumultuous events and highlights the many moments when changing perceptions of social justice clashed with legal precedent. Authors Steve Babson, Dave Riddle, and David Elsila tell Goodman's life story, beginning with his formative years as the son of immigrant parents in Detroit's Jewish ghetto, to his early ambitions as a corporate lawyer, and his conversion to socialism and labor law during the Great Depression. From Detroit to Mississippi, Goodman saw police and other officials giving the "color of law" to actions that stifled freedom of speech and nullified the rights of workers and minorities. The authors highlight Goodman's landmark cases in defense of labor and civil rights and examine the complex relationships he developed along the way with individuals like Supreme Court Justice and former Michigan governor Frank Murphy, UAW president Walter Reuther, Detroit mayor Coleman Young, and congressman George Crockett. Drawing from a rich collection of letters, oral histories, court records, and press accounts, the authors re-create the compelling story of Goodman's life. The Color of Law demonstrates that the abuse of power is non-partisan and that individuals who oppose injustice can change the course of events.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814334966
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Biography of Ernie Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases. In a working life that spanned half a century, Ernie Goodman was one of the nation's preeminent defense attorneys for workers and the militant poor. His remarkable career put him at the center of the struggle for social justice in the twentieth century, from the sit-down strikes of the 1930s to the Red Scare of the 1950s to the freedom struggles, anti-war demonstrations, and ghetto rebellions of the 1960s and 1970s. The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights traces Goodman's journey through these tumultuous events and highlights the many moments when changing perceptions of social justice clashed with legal precedent. Authors Steve Babson, Dave Riddle, and David Elsila tell Goodman's life story, beginning with his formative years as the son of immigrant parents in Detroit's Jewish ghetto, to his early ambitions as a corporate lawyer, and his conversion to socialism and labor law during the Great Depression. From Detroit to Mississippi, Goodman saw police and other officials giving the "color of law" to actions that stifled freedom of speech and nullified the rights of workers and minorities. The authors highlight Goodman's landmark cases in defense of labor and civil rights and examine the complex relationships he developed along the way with individuals like Supreme Court Justice and former Michigan governor Frank Murphy, UAW president Walter Reuther, Detroit mayor Coleman Young, and congressman George Crockett. Drawing from a rich collection of letters, oral histories, court records, and press accounts, the authors re-create the compelling story of Goodman's life. The Color of Law demonstrates that the abuse of power is non-partisan and that individuals who oppose injustice can change the course of events.