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Hugh Evander Willis

Publications

Hugh Evander Willis

Professor Emeritus, 1945-1967; Professor of Law, 1922-1945; Acting Dean, 1942-1943


Books

PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. St. Paul: The Keefe-Davidson Co., 1909.

PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF DAMAGES. St. Paul: The Keefe-Davidson Co., 1910.

A SELECTION OF CASES ON THE LAW OF BAILMENTS AND CARRIERS. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1910.

FARMERS' MANUAL OF LAW, PRINCIPLES OF PRIVATE SUBSTANTIVE LAW. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1911.

PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF DAMAGES. Chicago: Callaghan, 1912.

CASES ON BAILMENTS, CARRIERS AND PUBLIC CALLINGS. White Plains, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1913.

PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. Chicago: Callaghan, 1914.

THE LAW OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. New York: Association Press, 1918.

CASES ON BAILMENTS AND PUBLIC CALLINGS, 2nd Ed. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1923.

CASES ON BAILMENTS AND PUBLIC CALLINGS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COMMON CARRIERS. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1923.

THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF HEBREW LAW. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1924.

INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-AMERICAN LAW. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1926.

CASES ON BAILMENTS AND PUBLIC CALLINGS, 2nd Ed. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928.

INTRODUCTION TO ANGLO-AMERICAN LAW. (Microform.) Bloomington: Indiana University, 1931.

RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. St. Paul: American Law Institute, 1933.

THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ROOSEVELT NEW DEAL. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1935. Reprinted in IU ALUMNI QUARTERLY, 1935.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES. Bloomington, IN: Principia Press, 1936.

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE END OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY YEARS. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1939.

THE GOOD SOCIETY. New York: Vantage Press, 1958.

Articles

Growth of the Power of Contract in the History of the Liability of Common Carriers5 BRIEF 231 (1905). [HeinOnline]

Are a Knowledge of an Offer and Intent to Accept Essential to the Recovery of a Reward Offered?62 CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL 105 (1906). [HeinOnline]

The Nature of Law2 AMERICAN LAW SCHOOL REVIEW 66 (1907). [HeinOnline]

The Right of Bailees to Contract Against Liability for Negligence20 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 297 (1907). [HeinOnline]

Measure of Damages When Property is Wrongfully Taken by a Private Individual, 22 HARVARD LAW REVIEW 419 (1909). [HeinOnline]

Subject-Matter, 9 COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 419 (1909). [HeinOnline]

Anomalous Growth of the Common Law--the Anglo-American Quest for Justice, 3 CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 103 (1915). [HeinOnline]

How Shall the People of the United States of America Reform Their Legal Procedure So As to Make it An Instrument of Justice?, 6 JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW & CRIMINOLOGY 533 (1915). [HeinOnline]

Our Game of Legal Procedure, 81 CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL 130 (1915). [HeinOnline]

A Plan for the Reform of Legal Procedure, 8 CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 326 (1920). [HeinOnline]

Proposed Procedural Reform, 5 ILLINOIS LAW QUARTERLY 17 (1922). [HeinOnline]

Historic Periods in the Development of Our Law, 9 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 187 (1923). [HeinOnline]

Private Ownership - Its Characteristics and Legal History in the United States, 6 ILLINOIS LAW QUARTERLY 197 (1924). [HeinOnline]

The Road to World Peace: A Plan by Which the United States May Cooperate with Other Nations to Achieve and Preserve the Peace of the World, 58 AMERICAN LAW REVIEW 551 (1924). [HeinOnline]

What is Consideration in the Anglo-American Law of Contracts?, 72 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW AND AMERICAN LAW REGISTER  245 (1924). [HeinOnline]

What is Consideration in the Anglo-American Law of Contracts? - Part II 72 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW AND AMERICAN LAW REGISTER 376 (1924). [HeinOnline]

A Definition of Law, 12 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 203 (1926). [HeinOnline]

Due Process of Law Under the United States Constitution, 74 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW 331 (1926). [HeinOnline]

Ogden v. Washington National Bank, 2 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 178 (1926). [HeinOnline]

Some Fundamental Legal Concepts, 1 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 18 (1926). [HeinOnline]

Our Dual Form of Government, 15 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 175 (1927). [HeinOnline]

Power of Legislative Bodies to Punish for Contempt, 2 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 614 (1927). [HeinOnline]

Presidential Power of Removal2 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 399 (1927). [HeinOnline]

Punishment for Contempt of Court, 2 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 309 (1927). [HeinOnline]

The Rate Base for Rate Regulation, 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 225 (1927). [HeinOnline]

Some Conflicting Decisions of the United States Supreme Court, 13 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 155 (1927). [HeinOnline]

Why Colleges and Universities? 14 INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI QUARTERLY 131 (1927).

Are Justice of the Peace Courts Impartial Tribunals?, 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 654 (1928). [HeinOnline]

The Statute of Frauds - A Legal Anachronism, 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 427 (1928). [HeinOnline]

The Statute of Frauds - A Legal Anachronism (Part 2), 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 528 (1928). [HeinOnline]

When is a Business Affected with a Public Interest, 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 384 (1928). [HeinOnline]

The Doctrine of Sovereignty Under the United States Constitution, 15 VIRGINIA LAW REVIEW 437 (1929). [HeinOnline]

The Essential Nature of Law 16 INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI QUARTERLY 181 (1929).

Freedom of Speech and of the Press, 4 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 445 (1929). [HeinOnline]

St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway Case, 5 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 120 (1929). [HeinOnline]

Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, 4 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 311 (1929). [HeinOnline]

Has Government Regulation of Utilities Proven a Failure?, 6 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 111 (1930). [HeinOnline]

Revision of the Indiana Constitution, 5 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 329 (1930). [HeinOnline]

Chain Store Taxation, 7 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 179 (1931). [HeinOnline] Reprinted in 37 COMMERCIAL LAW JOURNAL 66 (1932). [HeinOnline]

The Doctrine of the Supremacy of the Supreme Court, 6 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 224 (1931). [HeinOnline]

A Foundation for Procedural Reform; Bill Drafted by Professor Hugh E. Willis and Approved by Indiana Bar Association, First to Follow Method Successful in England's Reform, 15 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY 117 (1931). [HeinOnline]

Consideration in the Anglo-American Law of Contracts, 8 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 93 (1932). [HeinOnline]

Consideration in the Anglo-American Law of Contracts -- Part II, 8 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 153 (1932). [HeinOnline]

The Doctrine of the Amendability of the United States Constitution, 7 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 457 (1932). [HeinOnline]

Our Economic Problem: The Concentration of Wealth, 19 INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI QUARTERLY 145 (1932).

Restatement of the Law of Contracts of the American Law Institute, 7 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 429 (1932). [HeinOnline]

Social Control of Businesses Affected with a Public Interest, 20 INDIANA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI QUARTERLY 1 (1933).

Capitalism, the United States Constitution and the Supreme Court, 22 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 343 (1934). [HeinOnline]

Capitalism, the United States Constitution and the Supreme Court, Part 222 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 515 (1934). [HeinOnline]

Corporations and the United States Constitution, 8 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW 1 (1934). [HeinOnline]

The Dartmouth College Case - Then and Now, 19 ST. LOUIS LAW REVIEW 183 (1934). [HeinOnline]

Rationale of Past Consideration and Moral Consideration19 IOWA LAW REVIEW 395 (1934). [HeinOnline]

Rationale of the Law of Contracts, 11 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 227 (1936). [HeinOnline]

Constitution Making in 1935-1936, 22 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW QUARTERLY 206 (1937). [HeinOnline]

Historical Myth and Constitutional Absolutism2 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY 167 (1937). [HeinOnline]

Significant Changes in Public Utility Law, 25 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL 877 (1937). [HeinOnline]

The Part of the United States Constitution Made by the Supreme Court, 23 IOWA LAW REVIEW 165 (1938). [HeinOnline]

Rationale of Agreement27 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 284 (1939). [HeinOnline]

Rationale of Bargain Consideration27 GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL 414 (1939). [HeinOnline]

Constitutional Making by the Supreme Court since March 29, 193715 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 179 (1940). [HeinOnline]

Constitutional Law, Commerce Clause, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 14 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW REVIEW 192 (1940). [HeinOnline]

Gibbons v. Ogden, Then and Now28 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 280 (1940). [HeinOnline]

Promissory and Non-Promissory Conditions, 16 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 349 (1941). [HeinOnline]

Tendencies in American Constitutional Law, 4 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LAW JOURNAL 338 (1942). [HeinOnline]

The United States of America v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association, 1944 INSURANCE LAW JOURNAL 390 (1944). [HeinOnline]

Growth in the Constitution and Constitutional Law Since the Decision of the Case of West Coast Hotel vs. Parrish, 20 TULANE LAW REVIEW 22 (1945). [HeinOnline]

How to Obtain Security and a Just and Lasting Peace Through a United Nations of the World, 33 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 225 (1945). [HeinOnline]

Key to Understanding the Law of Contracts (A Modern Rationale of the Law of Contracts), 34 KENTUCKY LAW JOURNAL 165 (1946). [HeinOnline]

Contracts: A Law of Rights, Powers, Privileges and Immunities, 27 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 182 (1952). [HeinOnline]

Book Reviews

Book Review. Taft, H., Law Reform, 3 INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 338 (1928). [HeinOnline]