Herbert Packer

From Ex-communist witnesses, Herbert L. Packer, 1962

The Smith Act must be viewed against the background of the strong tradition against sedition laws in this country. Ever since the notorious Alien and Sedition Law of 1798, which was misused for political purposes by the Federalists against the Republicans, we have had a strong reluctance to use the criminal sanction against utterances deemed by the community to be subversive. The Smith Act, passed in 1940, was the first departure in federal law since 1798 (with the sole exception of the misnamed Espionage Acts of 1917 and 1918) from the view that traitorous deeds, rather than merely traitorous words, should be the target of official intervention. The Act made it unlawful to teach or advocate the overthrow of the Government by force or violence. This individual proscription is extended to group activity (and at the same time made more amenable to prosecution) by application of the general charge of conspiracy, the making of an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime.

Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1962, p. 10.

Packer, Herbert L. Uniform Title [ The limits of the criminal sanction.] Title I limiti della sanzione penale / Herbert L. Packer ; presentazione di Giuliano Vassalli. Publisher Milano : Giuffr�, 1978. Description xxviii, 411 p. ; 25 cm. Series Studi di diritto comparato.17. Language Italian Note Translation of: The limits of the criminal sanction. Summary in French. Includes index. Note Bibliography: p. [387]-390.

Packer, Herbert L. Title New directions in legal education, by Herbert L. Packer and Thomas Ehrlich, with the assistance of Stephen Pepper. Publisher New York, McGraw-Hill [1973] Description xviii, 91 p. 23 cm. ISBN 0070100578 Language English Note "A report prepared for the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education." Note Bibliography: p. 89-91.

Packer, Herbert L. Title New directions in legal education, by Herbert L. Packer and Thomas Ehrlich, with the assistance of Stephen Pepper. A report prepared for the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. Publisher New York, McGraw-Hill [1972] Description xviii, 384 p. 24 cm. Language English Note "A report prepared for the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education." Appendix A: The Carrington report (p.[93-328); Appendix B: The limits of legal realism: an historical perspective, by Calvin Woodard (p.329-384). Note Bibliography: p. 87-91.

Packer, Herbert L. Title The limits of the criminal sanction, by Herbert L. Packer. Publisher Stanford, Ca., Stanford Univ. Press, 1968. Description xi, 385 p. Language English Note Includes bibliographical references.

Packer, Herbert L. Title The state of research in antitrust law. Publisher [New Haven] : Walter E. Meyer Research Institute of Law, 1963. Description 185 p. 26cm. Language English Note Includes bibliographical references.

Packer, Herbert L. Title Ex-communist witnesses; four studies in fact finding. Publisher Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1962. Description viii, 279 p. 23 cm. Language English Note Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [265]-269) Contents Chambers.--Bentley.--Budenz.--Lautner.