Mit der Festschrift wird Herr Professor Werner Merle geehrt mit Beitragen von: Dr. Christian Armbruster; Dr. Peter Bassenge, Vorsitzender Richter am LG a.D.; Dr. Matthias Becker; August Belz, Vorsitzender Richter am OLG a.D.; Diplom-Volkswirt Volker Bielefeld; RA Dr. Fritz Binz; Dr. Lothar Briesemeister, Vorsitzender Richter am KG; RA Dr. Wolf-Rudiger Bub; RA Michael Drasdo; Prof. Shunji Fujii, Yamanashi Gakuin University; Dr. iur. Wolfgang Gottschalg, Vorsitzender Richter am OLG; RA Dr. Frank Heerstrassen; Dipl.-Kfm. Hans-Dieter Jansen; RA Wilfried J. Koehler; RA Dr. Andreas Kappus; Notar Dr. Heinrich Kreuzer; Prof. Dr. Eiki Maruyama, Universitat Chiba; RA Horst Muller; Staatssekretar Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick, MdB; Notar Dr. Ludwig Roell; RA und Steuerberater Dr. Marcel Sauren; RA Joachim Schmidt; Notar a.D. Friedrich Schmidt; Notar Dr. Sebastian Spiegelberger; Prof. Dr. Gunther Trautmann; Prof. Dr. Reinhard Welter; Dr. Joachim Wenzel.

"Pure food" became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movement in the context of changing technology and medical theory and describes pioneering laws to control imported drugs and domestic oleomargarine. He explains controversy within the pure food coalition, showing how farming and business groups sought competitive commercial advantage, while consumer advocates wished to promote commercial integrity and advance public health. The author focuses on how the public became increasingly fearful of hazards in adulterated foods and narcotic nostrums and how Congress finally achieved the compromises necessary to pass the Food and Drugs Act and the meat inspection law of 1906.

Originally published in 1989.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

These essays by one of the country's leading international lawyers represent his best and most interesting writing over a twenty-year period. The volume includes a report of the author's recent Hague Lectures entitled `Provisional and Protective Measures in International Litigation', which constitute one third of the book and which will be compulsory reading for all international litigators.

Bridging law, genetics, and statistics, this book is an authoritative history of the long and tortuous process by which DNA science has been integrated into the American legal system. In a history both scientifically sophisticated and comprehensible to the nonspecialist, David H. Kaye weaves together molecular biology, population genetics, the legal rules of evidence, and theories of statistical reasoning as he describes the struggles between prosecutors and defense counsel over the admissibility of genetic proof of identity. Combining scientific exposition with stories of criminal investigations, scientific and legal hubris, and distortions on all sides, Kaye shows how the adversary system exacerbated divisions among scientists, how lawyers and experts obfuscated some issues and clarified others, how probability and statistics were manipulated and misunderstood, and how the need to convince lay judges influenced the scientific research. Looking to the future, Kaye uses probability theory to clarify legal concepts of relevance and probative value, and describes alternatives to race-based DNA profile frequencies. Essential reading for lawyers, judges, and expert witnesses in DNA cases, "The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence" is an informative and provocative contribution to the interdisciplinary study of law and science.

Wer das erste Mal als Klager, Beklagter, Zeuge oder Sachverstandiger Erfahrungen in einem Zivilprozess gesammelt hat, dem wird vieles unverstandlich bleiben. Oft verursacht der fehlende Durchblick Unsicherheit und Ablehnung. Der einzelne fuhlt sich nicht als gleichberechtigter Beteiligter, sondern als Objekt eines Vorganges, den andere steuern. Hans-Joachim Musielak, Professor fur Zivilprozessrecht und Burgerliches Recht an der Universitat Passau, sorgt fur Verstandnis und damit Sicherheit durch Aufklarung uber Rechte und Pflichten eines jeden Prozessbeteiligten. Er erklart, wie ein Zivilprozess ablauft und was die Beteiligten erwartet. Auch informiert er daruber, welche Moeglichkeiten es gibt, ohne Klage zu seinem Recht zu kommen.

This collection of essays by leading commentators on civil justice is an attempt to assess the present state of civil procedure in the UK and the possible impact of proposals recently put forward by Lord Woolf. In addition, the essays deal with the fundamental problems that are encountered today in the administration of civil justice everywhere. The contributors are distinguished practitioners and academics who have made extensive contributions to the subject in the past.