In January 1917, Professor Henry J. Fletcher launched the Minnesota Law Review with lofty aspirations: “A well-conducted law review . . . ought to do something to develop the spirit of statesmanship as distinguished from a dry professionalism. It ought at the same time contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.” For the next forty years, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Bar Association, the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School directed the work of student editors of the Law Review. Despite their initial oversight and vision, however, the faculty gradually handed the editorial mantle over to law students.
During 1954 and 1955, the “faculty” editors left the masthead of the journal, affiliation with the State Bar was severed, and the faculty Editor-in-Chief quietly assumed the role of “advisor.” From April 1955 through June 1989, a student President oversaw the publication. Then, in October of 1989, the student staff revived the role of Editor-in-Chief, a title now worn by a student. Today, the Board of Editors, consisting of up to thirty-nine editors, governs the Law Review and determines its policies and procedures. Along with thirty-eight student staff members, each Board of Editors strives to rise to the challenge of Professor Fletcher to “contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.”

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Submissions from 1959

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A Government Lawyer Comments on the Davis Treatise, Earl W. Kintner

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The Scope of the Treaty Power in the United States II, C.H. McLaughlin

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The Questioned Typewritten Document, Winsor C. Moore

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The Literature of Administrative Law and the New Davis Treatise, Frank C. Newman

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The Proposed Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act, Eugene F. Scoles and Richard B. Stephens

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Annulment in the Conflict of Laws, Frederic P. Storke

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Marriage to a Paramour after Divorce: The Conflict of Laws, Charles W. Taintor II

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The Davis Treatise: Meaning to the Practitioner, Howard C. Westwood

Submissions from 1958

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Handling Claims Against the State of Minnesota, Leslie L. Anderson

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The Development of a Community Law by the Court of the European Coal and Steel Community, Gerhard Bebr

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Unconstitutional Treaties, Wm.W. Jr. Bishop Jr.

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Security Transfers by Fiduciaries, Robert Braucher

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When is a Check Paid, Charles Bunn

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Railroad Service Discontinuances, Michael Conant

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Child v. Parent in Tort: A Case for the Jury, Luke K. Cooperrider

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Contingent Remainders and Executory Interests: A Requiem for the Distinction, J.J. Jr. Dukeminier

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A Comparative Analysis of Procedural Third-Party Practice, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Competitors' Lawful Prices and Lawful Competition, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Effect of Section 8(b)(1)(A) of the Taft-Hartley Act on Peaceful Picketing and Related Activities of Minority Unions, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Incorporating the Farm Business: Part I, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Liability for Blood Transfusion Injuries, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Passport Denial as a Security Measure, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Personal Jurisdiction in Minnesota over Absent Defendants, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Classification and Regulation of Variable Annuities, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Role of the Judiciary in Legislative Reapportionment, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Treaty Making Power and the Extraterritorial Effect of the Constitution: Reid v. Covert and the Girard Case, Sedgwick W. Green

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Creditors' Rights in Future Interests, Edward C. Halbach Jr.

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Group Health Plans A Twenty-Year Legal Review A Twenty-Year Legal Review, Horace R. Hansen

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Effect of Changes in Legislation Incorporated by Reference, Edward R. Hayes

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Law Day: Some Reflections on Current Proposals to Curtail the Supreme Court, Charles A. Horsky

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Some Non-Religious Views against Proposed Mercy-Killing Legislation, Yale Kamisar

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Order of Final Argument in Minnesota Criminal Trials, Marilyn Vavra Kunkel and Gilbert Geis

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Cutting the Strings on Inter Vivos Transfers in Contemplation of Death, Charles L.B. Lowndes

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The Scope of the Treaty Power in the United States, C.H. McLaughlin

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On Common Law Mens Rea, Gerhard O.W. Mueller

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Rehabilitation of the Insolvent Wage Earner under the Bankruptcy Act: A Challenge to Minnesota, Charles Elihu Nadler

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The Termination of Treaties and Executive Agreements by the United States: Theory and Practice, Randall H. Nelson

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Law and International Agreements: A Forward, Covey T. Oliver

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The Minnesota Uniform Arbitration Act and the Lincoln Mills Case, Maynard E. Pirsig

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No Law Shall Embrace More Than One Subject, Millard H. Ruud

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Modern Treaties of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, Herman Walker Jr.

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Railroad Abandonments: The Competitive Ideal, Jacob Weissman

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Mercy-Killing Legislation--A Rejoinder, Glanville Williams

Submissions from 1957

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Disposition of Property Held in Joint Tenancy When One Cotenant Causes the Death of the Other, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Eminent Domain: Compensation for Partial Taking of Farm Land in Constructing Limited-Access Highways, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Federal Courts' Control of Illegal Conduct of State Officers Who Aid in Enforcement of Federal Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Legal Secondary Boycotts: Effect of the General Definitions Section of the Taft-Hartley Act on the Secondary Boycott Section, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Liability Insurer as a Real Party in Interest: Proposed Amendments to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Mental Disease as a Justification for Relief from the Consequences of an Act: Some Comments on the Legal Criteria, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Purpose and Pertinency in Congressional Investigations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Function of the Supreme Court in the Development and Acquistion of Powers by Administrative Agencies, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The History and Current Status of the Self-Employer in the Law of Picketing, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Inquisitorial Powers of the Federal Government in Third Party Tax Investigations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Interstate and International Conflicts Law: A Plea for Segregation, Albert A. Ehrenzweig

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An Evaluation of the Homosexual Offender, Bernard C. Glueck Jr.

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State Control of Sedition: The Smith Act as the Supreme Law of the Land, Alan Reeve Hunt

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Administrative Procedures in the Minnesota Department of Taxation, George R. Johnson

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Psychologist in Today's Legal World: Part II, David W. Louisell

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The Role of the Prosecutor in a Fair Trial, Frederick J. Ludwig

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A Reapprasial of Liability for Unauthorized Medical Treatment, Allan H. McCoid

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Racial Discrimination and Private Schools, Arthur S. Miller

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Racial Discrimination and Private Schools, Arthur S. Miller

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Judicial Determination of Political Party Organizational Autonomy, G.Theodore Mitau

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Fair Trial in Traffic Court, Ross D. Netherton

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Some Observations on the Administration of the Securities Laws, Andrew Downey Orrick

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Fairness to the Juvenile Offender, Monrad G. Paulsen

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A Fair Trial for the Accused, Austin W. Scott Jr.

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Section 4 of the Bankruptcy Act: The Excluded Corporations, Michael I. Sovern

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Unjustifiable Reliance, Roger J. Traynor

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Some Further Thoughts on Perpetuities Reform, Thomas L. Waterbury

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The Doubtful Omniscience of Appellate Courts, Charles Alan Wright

Submissions from 1956

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Foreign Economic Policy and the Antitrust Laws, Kenneth S. Carlston

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Why Neglect Comparative Taxation, John C. Chommie

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Tort Liability of Governmental Units, Kenneth Culp Davis

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Congressional Investigation of Newspapermen, Authors, and Others in the Opinion Field--Its Legality under the First Amendment, Nanette Dembitz

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The Uniform Rules of Evidence: A Plaintiff's View, William H. DeParcq

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The Hearsay Rule and Its Exceptions, Richard C. Donnelly

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Evidence of Similar Transactions in Sex Crime Prosecutions: A New Trend toward Liberal Admissibility, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Minnesota Corrupt Practices Act: A Critique of the Fixed Campaign Expenditure Limitations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Municipal Inducements to Private Industry, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Nineteenth Century Judicial Thought Concerning Church-State Relations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Scope of Review in Minnesota and Its Dependence upon the Form of Appeal Taken, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Silence as Incrimination in Federal Courts, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Sovereign Immunity of the States: The Doctrine and Some of Its Recent Developments, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Tax Treatment of Losses on Securities Acquired in the Normal Course of Business, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Presence of a Motive to Misrepresent as Justification for Excluding Exculpatory Declarations of Mental Condition, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Privilege Argument--How It Has Fared in Constitutional Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Resurgence of the Exclusive Territorial Distributorship as an Antitrust Problem, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Presumptions, Alfred L. Gausewitz

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The Uniform Rules of Evidence: A Defendant's View, Arthur B. Geer and O.C. Adamson II

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Blackstone and Joseph Story--Their Influence on the Development of Criminal Law in America, John C. Hogan

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Current Municipal Bond Procedures in Minnesota, Charles B. Howard

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Expert and Other Opinion Testimony, Mason Ladd

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Judicial Notice, Charles V. Laughlin

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Jurisdiction over Immovables: The Little Case Revisited after Sixty Years, Robert B. Looper

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Evidentiary Privileges, David W. Louisell and Byron M. Crippin Jr.

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The Status of Political Party Organization in Minnesota Law, G.Theodore Mitau

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Minnesota and the Uniform Rules of Evidence, Edmund M. Morgan

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The Proposed Amendment of the Judiciary Article of the Minnesota Constitution, Maynard E. Pirsig

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The Social Scientist as an Expert Witness, Arnold M. Rose