Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review
Abbreviated title (ISO)	Mich. Law Rev.
Discipline	Law
Language	English
Edited by	Amy Murphy
Publication details
Publisher	University of Michigan Law School (United States)
Publication history	1902-present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor (2009)	2.122
Indexing
ISSN	0026-2234
OCLC number	1757366
Links
Journal homepage Online archive Online access JSTOR

The Michigan Law Review is an American law reviews established in 1902, after Gustavus Ohlinger, a student in the Law Department (now the Law School) of the University of Michigan, approached the Dean with a proposal for a law journal. The Michigan Law Review was originally intended as a forum in which the faculty of the Law Department could publish its legal scholarship. The faculty resolution creating the Michigan Law Review required every faculty member to submit two articles per year to the new journal.

History

From its inception until 1940, the Michigan Law Reviews student members worked under the direction of faculty members who served as editor-in-chief—the first was Floyd Mechem, the last Paul Kauper. In 1940, the first student editor-in-chief was selected. During the years that followed, student editors were given increasing responsibility and autonomy; today, the Michigan Law Review is run with no faculty supervision. Seven of each volume's eight issues ordinarily are composed of two major parts: Articles by legal scholars and practitioners and Notes written by the student editors. One issue in each volume is devoted to book reviews. Occasionally special issues are devoted to symposia or colloquia.

The Michigan Raw Review, a parody of the Michigan Law Review, was published annually by the Barristers Society, a self-styled honorary at the University of Michigan Law School. The Raw Review used the same cover, layout, and typeface, but contained content totally dissimilar, leaning to the "insulting and semi-pornographic".^[1]

Significant articles

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• Gregory, Charles Noble (1904). "Jurisdiction over Foreign Ships in Territorial Waters". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 2, No. 5) 2 (5): 333–357. doi:10.2307/1273556. JSTOR 1273556. 
• Fairlie, John A. (1920). "Administrative Legislation". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 3) 18 (3): 181–200. doi:10.2307/1277269. JSTOR 1277269. 
• Prosser, William L. (1939). "Intentional Infliction of Mental Suffering: A New Tort". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 37, No. 6) 37 (6): 874–892. doi:10.2307/1282744. JSTOR 1282744. 
• Dawson, John P. (1947). "Economic Duress—An Essay in Perspective". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3) 45 (3): 253–290. doi:10.2307/1283644. JSTOR 1283644. 
• Estep, Samuel D. (1960). "Radiation Injuries and Statistics: The Need for a New Approach to Injury Litigation". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 2) 59 (2): 259–304. doi:10.2307/1286328. JSTOR 1286328. 
• Sax, Joseph L. (1970). "The Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 3) 68 (3): 471–566. doi:10.2307/1287556. JSTOR 1287556. 
• Lempert, Richard O. (1977). "Modeling Relevance". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 5/6) 75 (5/6): 1021–1057. doi:10.2307/1288024. JSTOR 1288024. 
• Braithwaite, John (1982). "Enforced Self-Regulation: A New Strategy for Corporate Crime Control". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 80, No. 7) 80 (7): 1466–1507. doi:10.2307/1288556. JSTOR 1288556. 
• Ulen, Thomas S. (1984). "The Efficiency of Specific Performance: Toward a Unified Theory of Contract Remedies". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 2) 83 (2): 341–403. doi:10.2307/1288569. JSTOR 1288569. 
• Delgado, Richard (1989). "Storytelling for Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 8) 87 (8): 2411–2441. doi:10.2307/1289308. JSTOR 1289308. 
• Esty, Daniel C. (1996). "Revitalizing Environmental Federalism". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 3) 95 (3): 570–653. doi:10.2307/1290162. JSTOR 1290162. 

Notable alumni

• Steven G. Bradbury, former head of the Office of Legal Counsel
• David W. Belin, assistant counsel to the Warren Commission
• Charles Blakey Blackmar, former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri
• Ann Coulter, conservative pundit, author, and syndicated columnist
• George E. Cryer, former mayor of Los Angeles
• David M. Ebel, judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Harry T. Edwards, former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Jeffrey L. Fisher, Supreme Court litigator
• Robert Jerry, dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Alex Joel, first Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Sally Katzen, former administrator of OIRA
• W. Wallace Kent, former judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Bob Kimball, former President and CEO of RealNetworks
• Dave Kopel, conservative pundit and blogger
• Jeffrey P. Minear, Counselor to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr..
• Benjamin Mizer, Solicitor General of Ohio
• Ronald L. Olson, "name partner" in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
• Doug Pappas, baseball writer and researcher who was considered the foremost expert on the business of baseball
• John Porter, former United States Representative from Illinois
• Daniel Tarullo, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• David Westin, President of ABC News
• James D. Zirin, lawyer, writer and cable TV talk show host

References

1. ^ Swift, Theodore W., "There's a unicorn in the garden", Law Quadrangle Notes (Fall, 1981) Reprinted in Frazier, Richard, Let the Record Show, Michigan State University Press, ISBN 0-87013-425-6 (1997)p 284

Further reading

• Stason, E. Blythe (1952). "The Law Review—Its First Fifty Years". Michigan Law Review (Michigan Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 8) 50 (8): 1134–1138. doi:10.2307/1284411. JSTOR 1284411. 

External links

• Official website