La Dolce Vita: Law and Equity Merged at Last!

Authors

George P. Smith II, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of LawFollow
Walter W. Nixon III

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1970

Abstract

Based upon an exegesis of the history of equity as a system of law, a comparison of Arkansas' present separate courts system with its own predecessors and with systems of other states, and, further, based upon an in-depth investigation of the practical and theoretical arguments-both positive and negative-concerning merger, it will be clearly seen that the merger of law and equity courts in the State would be neither a panacea for all judicial woes nor open a Pandora's box of abounding confusion. The merger, if effected, would present some operational difficulties in its inauguration, but it would ultimately ensure a more complete form of justice than does the present system.

Recommended Citation

George P. Smith II and Walter W. Nixon III, La Dolce Vita: Law and Equity Merged at Last!, 24 ARK. L. REV. 162 (1970).