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Deed Covenants of Title and the Preparation of Deeds: Theory, Law, and Practice in Arkansas
By Lynn Foster and J. Cliff McKinney, II | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 53 (2011). Deed covenants for title are still an important part of real estate law today. American common law recognizes six covenants of title …
No Paradise to Regain: Comments on Russell G. Pearce and Eli Wald, The Obligation of Lawyers to Heal Civic Culture: Confronting the Ordeal of Incivility in the Practice of Law
By Kenneth S. Gallant | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 113 (2011). This article is a response to an article by Pearce and Wald’s article dealing with incivility in the practice of law. The author questions whether incivility …
Setting the Record Straight on State v. John Ingram Purtle: Reflections on the Great Dissenter
By Samuel A. Perroni | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 135 (2011). Justice John Ingram Purtle was elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1978. During his tenure, Justice Purtle wrote nearly twice as many opinions as his …
Estate and Probate Law—Testamentary Disposition of Non-probate Assets: Whether IRAs are Comparable to Life Insurance Policies and Whether Testators Should Be Able to Change an IRA Beneficiary by Will. Nunnenman v. Estate of Grubbs, 2010 Ark. App. 75, __ S.W.3d __.
By Ashley L. Haskins | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 153 (2011). Contrary to the consensus of a vast majority of the states, Arkansas law recognizes testamentary changes to insurance beneficiaries as long as the insurance policy to …
Property Law—Homestead Exemption—A Beneficiary Interest Can Support a Homestead Exemption in Arkansas and a Look at Other Interests Sufficient to Support a Homestead Exemption. Fitton v. Bank of Little Rock, 2010 Ark. 280, __ S.W.3d __.
By Seth Williams | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 173 (2011). The homestead exemption provides protection to two groups of beneficiaries. First, the exemption prevents creditors from taking the family‘s home if the family becomes insolvent. Second, it …
Constitutional Law—It Wasn’t Me! Zinger v. State and Arkansas’s Unconstitutional Approach to Third-Party Exculpatory Evidence. Zinger v. State, 313 Ark. 70, 852 S.W.2d 320 (1993).
By Bourgon B. Reynolds | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 191 (2011). The author of this note argues that the Arkansas courts have interpreted Zinger v. State, in a manner that deprives criminal defendants of the right to …
The Obligation of Lawyers to Heal Civic Culture: Confronting the Ordeal of Incivility in the Practice of Law
By Russell G. Pearce and Eli Wald | 34 U. ARK. LITTLE ROCK L. REV. 1 (2011). Commentators have described a rise in incivility, including a rise in harsh rhetoric and polarization and a decrease in a civic participation, in …