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B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Indiana Univer- sity; M.L.S., Indiana University. Mahnaz K. Moshfegh, Acquisition/Serials Librarian. B.A., National University of Iran; M.S., Tehran University; M.A., Ball State University; M.L.S., Ph.D., Indiana University. Kiyoshi Otsu, Computer System Specialist and Catalog Librarian. A.A., Parkland College; A.B., M.S., C.A.S., University of Illinois. Terence L. Rose, Reference Librarian. B.G.S., M.I.L.S., University of Michigan. Indiana Law Review Volume 28 1995 Number 2 Copyright © 1995 by the Trustees of Indiana University TABLE OF CONTENTS CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM ISSUE Symposium: Then, Now and into the Future: A Century of Legal Conflict and Development Lawrence P. Wilkins 135 Introduction Ann Marie Piscione 139 ARTICLES Fragments From Our Fleece: Vignettes From 100 Years in a Great Law School William F. Harvey 143 History of the Indiana University School of Law—Indianapolis Ronald W. Polston 161 A. Short History of Hearsay Reform, with Particular Reference to Hoffman v. Palmer, Eddie Morgan and Jerry Frank Michael Ariens 183 The New Woman Lawyer and the Challenge of Sexual Equality in Early Twentieth-Century America Virginia G. Drachman 227 Looking Backward, Looking Foreward: A Century of Legal Change Lawrence M. Friedman 259 Balancing Acts: Crisis, Change, and Continuity in American Family Law, 1890-1990 Michael Grossberg 273 The Warren Court: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Kermit L. Hall 309 Why the Nuisance Knot Can't Undo the Takings Muddle Louise A. Halper 329 One Hundred Years of Modern Legal Thought: From Langdell and Holmes to Posner and Schlag Gary Minda 353 Law and Endangered Species: Is Survival Alone Cause for Celebration? John Henry Schlegel 391 Volume 28 Number 2 NOTES Medical Malpractice Acts' Statutes of Limitation as the Apply to Minors: Are they Proper? Scott A. DeVries 413 Indiana's Neglect of a Dependent Statute: Uses and Abuses Kenneth D. 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