October 2007 Vol. 106 No. 1 THE REVIEW

In Memoriam: Francis A. Allen

Yale Kamisar

Francis A. Allen graced the law faculties of five universities in the course of a remarkable, forty-six-year teaching career. In that time, he established himself as one of the half-dozen greatest twentieth-century American scholars of criminal law and criminal procedure.

Allen’s writings in the 1950s on the right to counsel, police interrogation, and search and seizure were foundational. His articles made him a model for countless law professors, because his treatment of an issue, however explosive, was always evenhanded and open minded. He participated in the actions of his time, but not the passions.

   //  VIEW PDF
& Other Current Events

Rethinking Reporter's Privilege

Forty years ago, in Branzburg v. Hayes, the Supreme Court made its first and only inquiry into...

Standing's Expected Value

This Article argues in favor of standing based on expected value of harm. Standing doctrine has been...

Counsel's Control over the Presentation of Mitigating Evidence During Capital Sentencing

The Sixth Amendment gives a defendant the right to control his defense and the right to a lawyer's...

Law-Enforcement Officers and Self-Help Repossession: A State-Action Approach

Repossession of secured collateral is a fundamental component of the consumer credit industry. The...

Doing Affirmative Action

Sometime this year the Supreme Court will announce its holding in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a...
MAILING LIST
Sign Up to Join Our Mailing List