Issue 2 | Volume 61 | Law Review at Washington University in St. Louis

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Mistake, Ignorance, Expectation of Benefit, and the Modern Law of Confessions

George E. Dix and Richard H. Helmholz

This Article is an examination of the legal significance of several possible characteristics of a confessing defendant’s state of mind: his ignorance or mistake concerning the facts or the law relating thereto (whether influenced by affirmative and intentional deception by law enforcement authorities, by good faith promises and representations of such persons, or by other factors) and reliance upon expectations that he will in some way benefit from the confession.…

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From New Deal Liberal to Supreme Court Conservative: The Metamorphosis of Justice Sherman Minton

David N. Atkinson and Edward A. Scallet

Justice Sherman Minton served on the Supreme Court from 1949 to 1956. He was the eighty-seventh person to sit on the Court and the first from the state of Indiana. While Minton clearly was not a Justice of major stature, his development from politician to jurist deserves study. Much of the evidence presented in this Article points to the value of a theory of judicial role in offering plausible explanations…

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Commentary: Greek Legal History—Its Functions and Potentialities

Kathi Lynne Chestnut and Hans Julius Wolff

This is what I wish to discuss today. It involves the problems of what Greek legal history can achieve and where its limits are, and, at the same time, what methods and approaches will achieve results and what methods and approaches should be avoided.

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Commentary: The Relationship of Antitrust Policy and Technological Progress

Steven H. Elizer and James T. Halverson

It is the purpose of this Commentary to explore, in a preliminary fashion, the relationship of antitrust policy and technological innovation and to suggest circumstances under which the antitrust laws may lend themselves to the enhancement of opportunities for technological change and progress.

Note

Environmental Law: What Is “Major” in “Major Federal Action?,” Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz, 498 F.2d 1314 (8th Cir. 1974)

David A. Warfield

Case Comment

Antitrust: Preseason Football Tickets and Tie-Ins, Coniglio v. Highwood Services, Inc., 495 F.2d 1286 (2d Cir. 1974)

Ronald E. Haglof

Case Comment

The Equal Rights Amendment: A Woman’s Right to Recover for Loss of Consortium, Hopkins v. Blanco, 457 Pa. 90, 320 A.2d 139 (1974)

Kathryn Mary Koch

Book Review

Mistake, Ignorance, Expectation of Benefit, and the Modern Law of Confessions

From New Deal Liberal to Supreme Court Conservative: The Metamorphosis of Justice Sherman Minton

Commentary: Greek Legal History—Its Functions and Potentialities

Commentary: The Relationship of Antitrust Policy and Technological Progress

The State Responses to Kirby v. United States

Zahn—The Freeze on Federal Jurisdiction

Felony Charge After Appeal of Misdemeanor Conviction: Violation of Due Process, Blackledge v. Perry, 417 U.S. 21 (1974)

Environmental Law: What Is “Major” in “Major Federal Action?,” Minnesota Public Interest Research Group v. Butz, 498 F.2d 1314 (8th Cir. 1974)

Antitrust: Preseason Football Tickets and Tie-Ins, Coniglio v. Highwood Services, Inc., 495 F.2d 1286 (2d Cir. 1974)

The Equal Rights Amendment: A Woman’s Right to Recover for Loss of Consortium, Hopkins v. Blanco, 457 Pa. 90, 320 A.2d 139 (1974)

Review of “Federal Trial Handbook,” By Robert S. Hunter

Review of “Judge Learned Hand and the Role of the Federal Judiciary,” By Kathryn Griffith

Books Received – Index