Portia Law Journal


VOLUME 2

FALL 1966

NUMBER 1


Pre-Trial Procedures in Criminal Cases: A Comparative View Brower, Harvey -- Page 1

Massachusetts Commitment and Hospitalization Laws for the Mentally Ill: Analysis and Proposals for Change, The Kenefick, Donald P.; Curran, William J.; McGarry, A. L.; Dean, Robert -- Page 19

Dead Law - Dead Letter - An Analysis of the Problem of Obsolete Laws in the Penal Codes of the United States Kartozian, William F. -- Page 75

Automobile Guest Rule: Sound Public Policy or Legal Dinosaur, The Joost, Robert H. -- Page 105

Federal Control for Motor Vehicle Safety Comment McLaughlin, Richard E.; Levenson, Paul -- Page 117

Legal Reasoning in Judicial Decision Making Comment Gagnon, Victor N. -- Page 123

American Lawyer in Africa, An Comment Albright, Birge -- Page 131

Massachusetts General Rule 15 - Depositions and Discovery Note Lynch, Francis J. II; Waterman, Roberta S. -- Page 137

Racial Imbalance in the Public Schools Note Applefield, Lawrence -- Page 163

Criminal Law Defense of Insanity in Massachusetts, The Note Finn, George; Dunn, Charles J. Jr.; Villiotte, Richard B. -- Page 170

Mr. Justice Holmes Revisited Note Broughton, William G. -- Page 177

Recent Massachusetts Statutes Legislation Jordan, Audrey A.; Murphy, William H. -- Page 227

Constitutional Law - Demand for a Speedy Trial - State v. Sylvester Recent Case Amidon, Thomas -- Page 230

Book Reviews -- Page 234