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 1944

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Report of the Committee on Garnishment and Attachment, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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

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

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

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

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Report of the Committee on Probate Code/Report of the Committee on Public Relations, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Report of the Committee on Real Estate--Torrens Law--Title Insurance/Report of Committee to Study Facilities of State Institutions, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Report of the Committee on Rule Making Power-of Supreme Court--Conformity of Minnesota and Federal Practice, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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

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

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Report of the Committee to Study the Handling of Juvenile Delinquents in Probate Court, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Report of the Membership Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Res Judicata and Its Applicability to Judgments, Frederick Green

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Unification and Present Status of Negotiability Legislation in America, Hugo Manuel Bunge Guerrico

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Law-Making Treaties, Werner Levi

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Mistake and the Contractual Interests, Henry L. McClintock

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The Revenue Act of 1943: A Quick View of Its Income and Excess Profits Tax Provisions of General Interest to Corporations, Ralph R. Neuhoff

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The Inter-American Bar Association, R.G. Patton

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Merger by Judgment, Maynard E. Pirsig

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Innocent Misrepresentation of Health in Insurance Applications, William L. Prosser

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Present Taxable Status of Stock Dividends in Federal Law, Henry Rottschaefer

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Present Taxable Status of Stock Dividends in Federal Tax Law, Henry Rottschaefer

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Section 5(g) of the Selective Service Act, as Amended by the Court, Edward F. Waite

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The Debt of Constitutional Law to Jehovah's Witnesses, Edward F. Waite

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The Corporate Entity Concept (or Fiction Theory) and the Modern Business Organization, Ke Chin Wang

Submissions from 1943

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Reorganizing Minnesota's Judiciary, William Anderson

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The Administration of the Rule of Avoidable Consequences as Affected by the Degree of Blameworthiness of the Defendant, Ralph S. Bauer

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Some Problems Concerning Motions under Federal Rule 12(b), Claude H. Brown

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Liberty of Expression and Contempt of Court, Eberhard P. Deutsch

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Combating Totalitarian Propaganda: The Method of Enlightenment, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Constitutional Law--Picketing--Freedom of Speech--False Bannering in Connection with Peaceful Picketing, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Judgments--Res Judicata as between Co-Defendants, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Legislation--Labor Law--Minnesota Labor Relations Acts Passed in 1943, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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Constitutional Aspects of the Conflict of Laws: Recent Developments, Joseph O'Meara Jr.

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Improving Procedure on Judgment and Appeal in Federal Criminal Cases, Lester B. Orfield

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The Implied Warranty of Merchantable Quality, William L. Prosser

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An Outline of Taught Law Notes on American Legal Philosophy--The Beginnings to Holmes and Pound, Harold Gill Reuschlein

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The Automobile Guest and the Rationale of Assumption of Risk, Ralph S. Rice

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The Automobile Guest and the Rationale of Assumption of Risk, Ralph S. Rice

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The Revenue Act of 1942, Henry Rottschaefer

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International Organization and World Peace--A Critique of the League of Nations Covenant, Hugh McKinnon Wood

Submissions from 1942

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Discretion to Refuse Jurisdiction of Actions for Declaratory Judgments, Edwin Borchard

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Taxation--Due Process--Multi-State Taxation of Transfers of Intangible Personal Property at Death, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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The Federal Taxing Power and the Income Tax, Robert Hanes Gray

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Labor Relations--A National or a State Problem, Gerald Heaney

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The Relation of English Law to International Law, William S. Holdsworth

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Indictment by a Grand Jury, H.L. McClintock

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Neutral Rights under International Law in the European War, 1939-1941, C.H. McLaughlin

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Garnishment and Bankruptcy, William E. Mussman and Stefan A. Riesenfeld

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Invitees, George W. Paton

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Governmental Responsibility for Torts in Minnesota, Orville C. Peterson

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Governmental Responsibility for Torts in Minnesota, Orville C. Peterson

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Governmental Responsibility for Torts in Minnesota, Orville C. Peterson

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Governmental Responsibility for Torts in Minnesota, Orville C. Peterson

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Governmental Responsibility for Torts in Minnesota, Orville C. Peterson

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Business Visitors and Invitees, William L. Prosser

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Protective Coloring in Corportation Law, George T. Washington and Carl H. Fulda

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Wage Earners' Plans in the Federal Courts, Frederick Woodbridge

Submissions from 1941

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The Commerce Clause in the Constitutional Convention and in Contemporary Comment, Albert S. Abel

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Four Years under the Robinson-Patman Act, Charles Bertrand Bayly Jr.

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The Apex and Hutcheson Cases, Helen Carey

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The Delivery of a Life Insurance Policy: Function and Scope of the Delivery Concept for Conflict of Laws Purposes, Wendell Carnahan

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Judicial Review of Administrative Determinations, a Summary and Evaluation, John Dickinson

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Judicial Self-Limitation in Administrative Law: Examples in Tariff Administration, Ralph H. Dwan and Everett E. Smith

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The Function of the Entity in Federal Income Taxation: Recent Developments, William H. Harrar

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Some Practical Problems Met in the Trial of Cases before Administrative Tribunals, Ralph M. Hoyt

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Minnesota Law of Constructive Trusts and Analogous Equitable Remedies, The, Edward G. Jennings and Irving S. Shapiro

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Neutral Rights under International Law in the European War, 1939-1941, C.H. McLaughlin

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Investment of Fiduciary Funds in Life Insurance Policies and Annuities, Leo P. McNally

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The Work of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, Maynard E. Pirsig

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Is Referential Legislation Worth While, Horace Emerson Read

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Civil Safeguards before Courts-Martial, Stanley Law Sabel

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Collateral Negligence, Talbot Smith

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Timing of Judicial Redress from Erroneous Administrative Actions, E.Blythe Stason

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The Collection of Assigned Receivables, Harold R. Taylor

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Ethnic Backgrounds of Law, Wilson D. Wallis

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Allocation of Business Income for State Income Tax Purposes, William W. Watson

Submissions from 1940

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Title, Points and Lines in Lakes and Streams, Edward S. Bade

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Voting Trusts Currently Observed, Coleman Burke

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The Labor Injunction in Minnesota, Ben Chernov

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Indian Rights and the Federal Courts, Felix S. Cohen

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Legal Immunity for Defamation, Orrin B. Evans

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Intervening Crime and Liability for Negligence, Lester W. Feezer and A.L. Favour

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Discounts in Trust Investments, Joseph Forer

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Some Object Lessons on Publicity in Criminal Trials, Oscar Hallam

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Defamation or Disparagement, Harry Hibschman

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Interferences with Surface Waters, Stanley V. Kinyon and Robert C. McClure

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James Paige, George B. Leonard

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What Happens to Prejurers, H.L. McClintock

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The Ambiguity of Unambiguous Statutes, Charles B. Nutting

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Sovereign Immunity of Foreign Vessels in Anglo-American Law: The Evolution of a Legal Doctrine, Stefan A. Riesenfeld

Submissions from 1939

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The Princely Judgment (The Earl of Ormond's Case), Edward S. Bade

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Legislative Crimes, Newman F. Baker

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The Liability of Retail Dealers for Defective Food Products, Robert C. Brown

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The Law of Public Housing, William Ebenstein

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One Hundred and Fifty Years of the Bill of Rights, Osmond K. Fraenkel

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The Extension of Coverage of Unemployment Compensation, Walter Gellhorn

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Stockbrokers' Bankruptcies: Problems Created by the Chandler Act, John A. Gilchrist

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The Act of State, Charles B. Hagan