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Books
GENERAL STANDARDS FOR SETTING MAXIMUM PRICES (with J. A. Levinson). Washington, DC: Office of Price Administration, 1947.
PRODUCTS LIABILITY AND THE FOOD CONSUMER. Boston: Little, Brown, 1951.
LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING. Boston: Little, Brown, 1954.
LEGAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE CONVERSION OF KISTERS FIELD TO A JET AIR BASE: FINAL REPORT OF AD HOC COMMITTEE ON LEGAL PROBLEMS OF JET AIR BASES. Bloomington: Indiana University School of Law, 1958.
ANALYSIS OF THE RULES OF FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR CODIFICATION. Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, 1960.
LEGAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS: FINAL REPORT . New York: Hoffman-Harris Co., 1961.
ROLE OF FAA LAWYERS IN RULE MAKING, MEMORANDUM OF THE ADMINISTRATOR. Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, 1962.
FINAL REPORT: PROPOSED MONROE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE. Bloomington: Indiana University School of Law, 1963.
THE LEGAL PROBLEMS OF TRAILERS AT REST: FINAL REPORT OF THE MAYOR'S TRAILER STUDY COMMISSION. Bloomington: Indiana University School of Law, 1964.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL DRAFTING. Boston: Little, Brown, 1965.
PRODUCT SAFETY IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS (Ed.). Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968.
CASES AND MATERIALS ON LEGISLATION, 4th Ed. (with C.B. Nutting and S.D. Elliot). St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1969.
THE INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF STATUTES. Boston: Little, Brown, 1975.
INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP ON THE TEACHING OF LEGAL DRAFTING (Indiana University School of Law, Oct. 3-4, 1975). Bloomington: Indiana University School of Law, 1977.
CASES AND MATERIALS ON LEGISLATION, 5th Ed. (with C.B. Nutting). St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1978.
PROFESSOR DICKERSON'S FINAL LECTURE: LEGAL DRAFTING (Indiana University School of Law, April 25, 1980). Bloomington: Indiana University School of Law, 1980.
MATERIALS ON LEGAL DRAFTING. St. Paul: West Pub. Co., 1981.
TEACHER'S MANUAL FOR MATERIALS ON LEGAL DRAFTING. St. Paul: West , Pub. Co., 1981.
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF LEGAL DRAFTING, 2nd Ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1986.
Articles
Consumer Protection and the Public Interest, 8 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW REVIEW 149 (1942). [HeinOnline]
FPR No.1, and Experiment in Standardized and Prefabricated Law, 13 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW 90 (1945). [HeinOnline]
A Manual for Drafting Federal Legislation, 11 FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 238 (1951). [HeinOnline]
The Codification of Military Law, 38 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1037 (1952). [HeinOnline]
Legislative Drafting: A Challenge to the Legal Profession, 40 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 635 (1954). [HeinOnline]
How to Write a Law, 31 NOTRE DAME LAWYER 14 (1955). [HeinOnline]
Legislative Drafting and the Law Schools, 7 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 472 (1955). [HeinOnline]
Legislative Drafting: American and British Practices Compared, 44 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 865 (1958). [HeinOnline]
Group Interests in the Field of Food Law, 13 RUTGERS LAW REVIEW 497 (1959). [HeinOnline]
Legislative Drafting in London and in Washington, 1959 CAMBRIDGE LAW JOURNAL 49 (1959). [HeinOnline]
The Difficult Choice Between "And" and "Or", 46 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 310 (1960). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in THE GREAT POWER AT THE BAR AND BENCH. Quezon City, Phillipines, 1972.
Electronic Law Searching, 2 M.U.L.L. 97 (1960). [HeinOnline]
Recent Developments in Food Products Liability: Privity, 8 DEFENSE LAW JOURNAL 105 (1960).
The Basis of Strict Products Liability, 16 FOOD, DRUG, COSMETIC LAW JOURNAL 585 (1961). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in 17 BUSINESS LAWYER 157 (1961) and in 1962 INSURANCE LAW JOURNAL 7 [HeinOnline].
The Electronic Searching of Law, 47 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 902 (1961). [HeinOnline]
The Expanding Risks of Products Liability, 16 BUSINESS LAWYER 682 (1961). [HeinOnline]
Introduction to Symposium on Judicial Law Making in Relation to Statutes, 36 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 411 (1961). [HeinOnline]
Electronic Computers and the Practical Lawyer, 14 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 485 (1962). [HeinOnline]
Introduction: Proceedings of the Special Committee on Electronic Data Retrieval, 3 M.U.L.L. 244 (1962). [HeinOnline]
Recent Developments in Food Products Liability, 8 PRACTICAL LAWYER 17 (April 1962). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in 20 JOURNAL OF THE MISSOURI BAR 74 (1964). [HeinOnline]
Introduction to the Second Panel Discussion: Proceedings of the Special Committee on Electronic Data Retrieval 4 M.U.L.L. 86 (1963). [HeinOnline]
A Personal Research System, 9 PRACTICAL LAWYER 11 (April 1963). [HeinOnline]
Some Jurisprudential Implications of Electronic Data Processing, 28 LAW AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 53 (1963). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in JURIMETRICS. New York: Basic Books, 1963.
The Diseases of Legislative Language, 1 HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION 5 (1964). [HeinOnline]
Statutory Interpretation: Core Meaning and Marginal Uncertainty, 29 MISSOURI LAW REVIEW 1 (1964). [HeinOnline]
Automation and the Lawyer, 9 RES GESTAE 5 (Jan. 1965).
Land Data Banks, 6 M.U.L.L. 173 (1965). [HeinOnline]
A Legal Document Retrieval System for the Federal Aviation Agency, 6 M.U.L.L. 191 (1965). [HeinOnline]
One Approach to Teaching Legal Drafting, 18 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 101 (1965). [HeinOnline]
Definitions in Legal Instruments, 12 PRACTICAL LAWYER 45 (Nov. 1966). [HeinOnline]
Model Defense of Needy Persons Act, 4 HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION 3 (1966). [HeinOnline]
A Note on England's Law Commission and Its Chairman, 42 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 369 (1967). [HeinOnline]
Products Liability: How Good Does a Product Have to Be?, 42 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 301 (1967). [HeinOnline]. Reprinted in 3 JOURNAL OF REPRINTS FOR ANTITRUST LAW AND ECONOMICS 583 (1971). [HeinOnline]
Annual Survey: 1966 (with Paul R. Beath, et. al.), 8 JURIMETRICS JOURNAL 40 (1968). [HeinOnline]
Report on Product Safety: Household Goods, 43 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 181 (1968). [HeinOnline]
The ABC's of Products Liability--With a Close Look at Section 402A and the Code, 36 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 439 (1969). [HeinOnline]
Debunking the Computer Mystique, 10 JURIMETRICS JOURNAL 80 (1969). [HeinOnline]
A Few Corrections Concerning Bix Beiderbecke, ESQUIRE 72 (Apr. 1969).
Referential Meaning: The Static Aspects, 10 JURIMETRICS JOURNAL 58 (1969). [HeinOnline]
Electronic Aids to the Drafting of Legal Instruments, 1 RUTGERS JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & THE LAW 75 (1970). [HeinOnline]
General Considerations in Legal Drafting, 4 ARKANSAS LAWYER 50 (1970). [HeinOnline]
The Catholic University Study of Federal Legislative Drafting in the Executive Branch: A Foreword, 21 CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 703 (1972). [HeinOnline]
Indiana University Seminar in Jurimetrics (with R. Birmingham and J. Brodley), 13 JURIMETRICS JOURNAL 89 (1972). [HeinOnline]
The National Conference on Contractual Law Research, LEGAL & ECONOMIC NEWS 5 (May 1972).
Report To the Economics Committee. First National Conference On Automated Law Research, 13 JURIMETRICS JOURNAL 14 (1972). [HeinOnline]
The Sad Story of Superbill, or What Happened to the Indiana Code of 1971?, 5 INDIANA LEGAL FORUM 250 (1972). [HeinOnline]
Statutory Interpretation: The Uses and Anatomy of Context, 23 CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW 353 (1972). [HeinOnline]
Professionalizing Legal Drafting: A Realistic Goal? 60 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 562 (1974). [HeinOnline]
Was Prosser's Folly Also Traynor's ? Or Should the Judge 's Monument Be Moved to a Firmer Site?, 2 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 469 (1974). [HeinOnline]
Now That You're in It, What Will You Get Out of It?, (with R. W. Meserve, et. al.) 4 STUDENT LAWYER 18 (Sept. 1975). [HeinOnline]
Seminar on Legal Drafting Raises Questions on Teaching, 7 BILL OF PARTICULARS 4 (Winter 1975).
Statutory Interpretation: A Peek into the Mind and Will of a Legislature, 50 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 206 (1975). [HeinOnline]
On Leave in Little Egypt, 8 BILL OF PARTICULARS 6 (Winter 1976-77).
Products Liability and the Disorderly Conduct of Words, 20 ATLA LAW REPORTER 422 (1977).
Three Aspects of Legislative Drafting, 3 STATE LEGISLATURES 12 (Sept.-Oct. 1977).
Products Liability: Dean Wade and the Constitutionality of Section 402A, 44 TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW 205 (1977). [HeinOnline]
Legal Drafting: Writing as Thinking, or Talk-back From Your Draft and How to Exploit It, 29 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 373 (1978). [HeinOnline]
Teaching Legal Writing in Law Schools (With a Special Nod to Legal Drafting), 16 IDAHO LAW REVIEW 85 (1979). [HeinOnline]
Clear Legal Drafting: What's Holding Us Back? 5 ESTATE & TRUST QUARTERLY 146 (1980). [HeinOnline]
Legislative Process and Drafting in the U.S. Law Schools: A Close Look at the Lammers Report, 31 JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 30 (1980). [HeinOnline]
Should Plain English Be Legislated? 24 RES GESTAE 332 (1980). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in PLAIN ENGLISH IN A COMPLEX SOCIETY. Bloomington, IN : The Poynter Center , 1980.
Statutory Interpretation: Dipping Into Legislative History 11 HOFSTRA LAW REVIEW 1125 (1983). [HeinOnline]
Dedication - Ralph Follen Fuchs (with Maurice J. Holland, et. al.), 60 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 5 (1984). [HeinOnline]
Statutory Interpretation in America: Dipping into Legislative History, Part I, 1984 no. 2 STATUTE LAW REVIEW 76 (1984). [HeinOnline]
Statutory Interpretation in America: Dipping into Legislative History, Part II, 1984 no. 3 STATUTE LAW REVIEW 76 (1984). [HeinOnline]
Obscene Telephone Calls: An Introduction to the Reading of Statutes, 22 HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION 173 (1985). [HeinOnline]
Plain English Statutes and Readability: Pt. 1 -- History, the Problem and the Case for a Statute 64 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL 567 (1985). [HeinOnline]
Plain English Statutes and Readability: Pt. 2 -- Readability Formulas and Specifications for a 'Plain English' Statute, 64 MICHIGAN BAR JOURNAL 714 (1985). [HeinOnline]
Dedication - Leon H. Wallace (with Jesse E. Eschbach), 62 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL xxii (1986). [HeinOnline]
Salute to a Great Legislative Draftsman: Elmer A. Driedger, Q. C., 7 ESTATES & TRUSTS QUARTERLY 205 (1986). [HeinOnline]
Toward a Legal Dialectic, 61 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 315 (1986). [HeinOnline]
A Tribute to Elmer A. Driedger, Q.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., 1913-1985, 18 OTTAWA LAW REVIEW v (1986).
Statutes and Constitution in an Age of Common Law, 48 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH LAW REVIEW 773 (1987). [HeinOnline]
U.S. v. McGoff: Can Lawyers Be Taught How To Read Statutes?, 15 SETON HALL LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL 1 (1991). [HeinOnline]
Book Chapters
The 'Freeze' Method of Establishing Ceiling Prices, in PROBLEMS IN PRICE CONTROL: PRICING TECHNIQUES. Washington, DC: Office of Price Administration, 1947.
The Industry Earnings Standard, in PROBLEMS IN PRICE CONTROL: PRICING STANDARDS. Washington, DC: Office of Price Administration, 1947.
Manufacturer's Liability Today, in CORPORATE LAW: 1960. PROCEEDINGS OF WISCONSIN'S SIXTH ANNUAL HOUSE COUNSEL INSTITUTE. Madison: University of Wisconsin Extension Division, 1960.
Comments on Structural Linguistics and Semantics, in COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND LAW: REFLECTIONS FROM THE JURIMETRICS CONFERENCE. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1965.
The ABC's of Products Liability, in INDIANA HANDBOOK OF PRODUCTS LIABILITY. Indianapolis: Indiana Continuing Education Forum, 1968.
Computers and the Law: Developments in the United States, in COMPUTERS AND THE LAW CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Kingston, Ont.: Faculty of Law, Queen's University, 1968.
Jurimetrics--Legal Education, in COMPUTERS AND THE LAW, 2nd Ed. New York: Commerce Clearing House, 1969.
Embezzlement, in 10 ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA. Danbury, CT: Americana Corp., 1980.
Book Reviews
Book Review. Rodell, F., Woe Unto You, Lawyers!, 25 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW QUARTERLY 296 (1940). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Fordham, J. B. , The State Legislative Institution, 35 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 274 (1960). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Hodes, B., and Roberson, G., The Law of Mobile Homes, 2nd Ed., 40 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 471 (1965). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Parham, S., The Fundamentals of Legal Writing, 44 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 675 (1969). [HeinOnline]
Book Review. Dale, W., Legislative Drafting: A New Approach, 25 MCGILL LAW JOURNAL 284 (1979). [HeinOnline]