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The Miners’ Case and the Public Interest: A Documented Chronology

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Edward A. Wieck
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92 pages

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This booklet provides material related to a dispute between operators and miners in the bituminous-coal industry. After an introduction by Mary van Kleeck, director of the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation, it provides documents including an agreement between the mine workers and the coal mine administrator, the federal mine safety code, executive orders, and legal decisions.

EDWARD A. WIECK was a research associate in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Credit Unions (Yiddish translation)

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Alphonse Desjardins
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52 pages

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This booklet is the Yiddish translation of “The Cooperative People’s Bank.”

ALPHONSE DESJARDINS was president and manager of La Caisse Populaire de Levis and general director of L’Action Populaire Economique.

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Cover image of the book Draft of the Proposed Uniform Pawnbroking Law
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Draft of the Proposed Uniform Pawnbroking Law

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No author
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11 pages

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This booklet, published by the Division of Remedial Loans of the Russell Sage Foundation, provides the draft of a proposed law regulating pawnbrokers.

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The Constitutionality of Small Loan Legislation

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Frank R. Hubachek
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50 pages

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This booklet was intended to form part of the legal section of a general survey of small loans prepared by the Russell Sage Foundation. Topics include the small loan business subject to regulation under police power, regulations restrained in part by state and federal constitutions, small loan legislation valid under the principle of constitutional classification, miscellaneous constitutional requirements, and who may raise questions on the constitutionality of statuses and general principles followed by courts in determining them. A table of cases is provided.

FRANK R. HUBACHEK was a member of the bar of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Cover image of the book The English Hire-Purchase Act of 1938: A Measure to Regulate Instalment Selling
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The English Hire-Purchase Act of 1938: A Measure to Regulate Instalment Selling

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John E. Hamm
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Publication Date
59 pages

About This Book

This booklet discusses the English Hire-Purchase Act of 1938 which dealt with restrictions on repossession, provisions for termination of agreements, requirements regarding the form and content of legal instruments, and the contracts to which the act was applicable. The booklet covers each of these topics and includes two appendixes: a chronology of the Hire-Purchase Bill and the text of the Hire-Purchase Act.

JOHN E. HAMM was assistant director of the Department of Consumer Credit Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Seventh Draft of the Uniform Small Loan Law

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Department of Consumer Credit Studies
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19 pages

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This booklet presents the draft of the Uniform Small Loan Law, regulating lending in the amounts of $300

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Law Training in Continental Europe: Its Principles and Public Function

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Eric F. Schweinburg
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129 pages

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This booklet discusses the principles and public function of law training in Europe. It covers Austria, France, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Topics include the curriculum, teaching methods, the law faculty, and apprenticeship training.

ERIC F. SCHWEINBURG worked in the Department of Studies in the Professions at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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How the States Regulate School House Construction

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Russell Sage Foundation
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2 pages

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This document provides a map showing which states have laws or regulations governing schoolhouse construction followed by a discussion of schoolhouse construction generally.

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Cover image of the book The Law of Amateurism: Report of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society
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The Law of Amateurism: Report of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society

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C. W. Hetherington
C. A. Waldo
W. D. Dudley
Ebook
Publication Date
17 pages

About This Book

This booklet contains a report reprinted from The American Physical Education Review of March 1910. It is based on an earlier report on the function and place of athletics in educational institutions and the validity of the principle of amateurism. The 1910 report is divided into three sections: one dealing with the function and place of athletics in life; the second dealing with the problem of amateurism, eligibility, and control; and the third dealing with laws based on the principles given.

C. W. HETHERINGTON was the chair of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.

C. A. WALDO was a member of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.

W. D. DUDLEY was a member of the Committee on Amateur Law of the Athletic Research Society.

 

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Charity Organization Bulletins

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Russell Sage Foundation
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155 pages

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The Charity Organization Bulletins were printed for the confidential use of charity organization societies by the Charity Department of the Russell Sage Foundation. The bulletins for December 1915 through November 1916 cover topics such as delinquency, law as an aid to social diagnosis, pathological lying, and transportation matters.

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