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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.”

Submissions from 1952 1952

Mr. Justice Holmes--Humility, Skepticism and Democracy, Wallace Mendelson

Comments on Selected Provisions of the New Minnesota Rules, Gunnar H. Nordbye

The Revenue Act of 1951: Its Impact on Individual Income Taxes, John C. O'Byrne

The Cooperative Defense of Europe, Covey T. Oliver

Extension of the Torrens System into Hawaii, the Philippine Islands and Latin-American Jurisdictions, R.G. Patton

Introduction to Symposium, Maynard E. Pirsig

The Nationalization of Foreign-Owned Property, Edward D. Re

Basic Problems in the Administration of Workmen's Compensation, Stefan A. Riesenfeld

Judicial Control of Administrative Action by Means of the Extraordinary Remedies in Minnesota, Stefan A. Riesenfeld, John A. Bauman, and Richard C. Maxwell

Judicial Control of Administrative Action by Means of the Extraordinary Remedies in Minnesota, Stefan A. Risenfeld, John A. Bauman, and Richard C. Maxwell

Wilbur Harkness Cherry, Henry Rottschaefer

Estate Planning and the Sole Proprietor, Leonard M. Strickler

Joinder of Claims and Parties under Modern Pleading Rules, Charles Alan Wright

Submissions from 1951 1951

The Marital Deduction and Its Use in Minnesota, Harry A. Blackmun

Conscientious Objectors, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

The Impact of Automobile Certificate of Title Laws on Ownership and Encumbrance, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

The Place of Acting in Intentional Multistate Torts: Law and Reason Versus the Restatement, Albert A. Ehrenzweig

Wire Communications Utilities and Bookmaking, Charles B. Hagan

Part Performance in Relation to Parol Contracts for the Sale of Lands, Donald Kepner

Forty Years of American Workmen's Compensation, Stefan A. Riesenfeld

The Negro in the Supreme Court: Five Years More, Edward F. Waite

Punishment for Crime: The Supreme Court and the Constitution, Frank J. Whalen Jr.

Resentence without Credit for Time Served: Unequal Protection of the Laws, Frank J. Whalen Jr.

Are Suburbs Necessary, Charles Alan Wright

Submissions from 1950 1950

Evidence Reform: The Administrative Process Leads the Way, Kenneth Culp Davis

Segregation and the Equal Protection Clause, Thomas I. Emerson, John P. Frank, Alexander H. Frey, and Erwin N. Griswold

Economic Considerations in the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws of the United States, Ralph F. Fuchs

Part Performance in Relation to Parol Contracts for the Sale of Lands, Donald Kepner

Proximate Cause in Minnesota, Clarence Morris

The Persistence of Substantive Due Process in the States, Monrad G. Paulsen

Public Aid to Housing and Land Redevelopment, Stefan A. Risenfeld and Warren Eastlund

Tax Valuation of Minnesota Iron Ore, David R. Roberts

Federal Restrictions on Evidence in State Criminal Cases, Austin W. Scott Jr.

Employer's Obligation to Produce Data for Collective Bargaining, Herbert L. Sherman Jr.

Submissions from 1949 1949

The Constitutionality of National Anti-Poll Tax Bills, Janice E. Christensen

The Law of Defamation: Proposals for Reform, Richard C. Donnelly

A Bill for an Act to Amend Section 181.06 of Minnesota Statutes for 1945 Relating to Assignment of Wages, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Auditing Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Board of Law Examiners, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on American Citizenship and Bill of Rights, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Bar Conference, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Cooperation with the American Law Institute, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Government in State Schools/Report of Joint Committee on Judges and Lawyers, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legal Institutes, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legislation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Liability of Corproation for Injury or Death of Employees/Report of Membership Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Recodification of State Banking Laws, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Uniform State Laws, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Minnesota Territorial Centennial Committee/Report of the Committee on Cooperation with American Bar Association, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Motor Vehicle Insurance Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Real Property Law Section, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Special Committee on Non-Profit Corporation Laws, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Special Committee on Powers and Substituted Assignments/Report of the Public Relations Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Special Committee on Revision of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of State Bar Foundation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of State Committee on Probate Code, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Sub-Committee on Judicial Selection/Report of Committee on Jurisprudence and Improvement of Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Taxation Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee of the Youth Conservation Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on Administrative Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on Legal History and Biography, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on the Practice of Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Labor and Social Security Law Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Agreements among Competitors: Incidental and Reasonable Restraints of Trade, G.E. Hale

Capital Contributions and Business Purpose in Family Partnerships, Floyd K. Haskell

Jurimetrics--The Next Step Forward, Lee Loevinger

The Privilege against Self-Incrimination, E.M. Morgan

Law-Making and Legislative Precedent in American Legal History, Stefan A. Riesenfeld

Judicial Control of Administrative Action by Means of the Extraordinary Remedies in Minnesota, Stefan A. Riesenfeld, John A. Bauman, and Richard C. Maxwell

Judicial Control of Administrative Action by Means of the Extraordinary Remedies in Minnesota, Stefan Riesenfeld, John A. Bauman, and Richard C. Maxwell

Jefferson's Wall of Separation: What and Where, Edward F. Waite

The Plight of a Strike Bound Carrier, Charles H. Woods

Submissions from 1948 1948

Bias of Administrative Officers, Kenneth Culp Davis

Husband and Wife--Extent to Which the Common Law Concept of the Unity of Husband and Wife and Its Consequences Have Been Abrogated in Minnesota by the Married Women's Act and Related Statutes, Either Expressly or by Necessary Implication, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Preliminary Report on Revision of the Judiciary Article of the Minnesota State Constitution, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Series E Bonds--Ownership--Transferability and Creditors' Rights--Taxation, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Some Observations on Military Occupation, Charles Fairman

The Taft-Hartley Act and Union Political Contributions and Expenditures, Joseph E. Kallenbach

The New National Labor Relations Act in Operation: First Eight Months, William B. Lockhart

Peace of Mind in 48 Pieces vs. Uniform Right of Privacy, Frederick J. Ludwig

Fiction, Fallacy and Facts in Relation to Implied Consent Provisions of Certain Mechanics' Lien Statutes, O.O. Myhre

Improving State Regulation of Insurance, Lester B. Orfield

The Evolution of Constitutionalism, C.Perry Patterson

Procedural Aspects of the Youth Conservation Act, Maynard E. Pirsig

Contributory Negligence as Defense to Violation of Statute, William L. Prosser

Japansese Anti-Trust Legislation, Lester N. Salwin

Executive Reorganization in 1947, William G. Torpey

Children of Divorce in Minnesota: Between the Millstones, Edward F. Waite

Constitutionality of the Proposed Minnesota Fair Employment Practices Act, Edward F. Waite

Validity under the Robinson-Patman Act of a Uniform Delivered Price of One Seller, Walter B. Wooden

Submissions from 1947 1947

Recovery from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Leslie L. Anderson

The Federal Power to Tax and to Spend, G.Merle Bergman

Atrocities of Declaratory Judgements Law, William P.S. Breese

Original Indian Title, Felix S. Cohen

Annual Report to the Supreme Court Submitted by the State Board of Law Examiners and Made Available for Publication by the Minnesota State Bar Association, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Association Endowment Fund Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Aeronautical Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on American Citizenship and Bill of Rights, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Auditing and Income Tax Returns, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Bar Conference, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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