THE MEANING OF "HEIRS" IN WILLSA SUGGESTION IN LEGAL METHOD

Authors

Lewis M. Simes, University of Michigan Law School
Lorentz B. Knouff, Columbia University Law School
George E. Leonard Jr.:, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

A major task of the lawyer is the prediction of judicial action. No less than a quarter of a century ago Justice Holmes referred to the law as a body of "systematized prediction." Today legal scholars are not content to base their predictions solely upon the body of rules announced in judicial opinions. By means of elaborate fact studies they have sought to ascertain how rules of law actually function in society. Not only have these studies dealt with problems of procedure and the administration of courts, they have also invaded the fields of commercial and property law. Among such studies may be named those of Moore and Sussman in banking practices, those of Powell and Looker in decedents' estates, and those of Douglas in bankruptcy.

Recommended Citation

Lewis M. Simes, Lorentz B. Knouff & George E. Leonard Jr.:, THE MEANING OF "HEIRS" IN WILLSA SUGGESTION IN LEGAL METHOD, 31 Mich. L. Rev. 356 (1933).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol31/iss3/5