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American Law Institute Code of Criminal Procedure Records

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Call Number:
MSS.017
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
Extent:
1 linear feet (; 1 box)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], in the [Collection Name], Rare Books and Manuscripts Archive, MSS.017, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA.
Date:
1926-1930 (inclusive)
Creator:
Mikell, William E. (William Ephraim) and Keedy, Edwin R. (Edwin Roulette)
Abstract:
In March 1925, the American Law Institute (ALI) started the Code of Criminal Procedure project. The resulting volume attempted to provide a framework for effective administration of criminal law while maintaining protection for the rights of the accused. The project was led by two Reporters, William E. Mikell and Edwin R. Keedy, who were also colleagues at Penn Law with the help of twelve Advisers. This collection consists of materials that document a small section of the project. The collection includes correspondence, suggestions and criticisms, notes, and other materials related to the drafting of the code, which outlined procedures for carrying out criminal law and defined the rights of the accused in areas such as arrest, bail, and execution.

At the request of the American Bar Association, the Association of American Law Schools, and the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, in March 1925, the American Law Institute (ALI) started the Code of Criminal Procedure project. The resulting volume attempted to provide a framework for effective administration of criminal law while maintaining protection for the rights of the accused. The project was led by two Reporters, William E. Mikell and Edwin R. Keedy, who were also colleagues at Penn Law. The Reporters had the assistance of twelve Advisers. Eventually, the Code of Criminal Procedure was adopted by the American Law Institute in June 1930. The ALI spent many years following its endorsement trying to get states to adopt the code.

The American Law Institute Code of Criminal Procedure Records, includes correspondence, suggestions and criticisms, notes, and other materials related to the drafting of the code, which outlined procedures for carrying out criminal law and defined the rights of the accused in areas such as arrest, bail, and execution.

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  1. Reporters' Correspondence
  2. Suggestions and Criticisms
  3. Meaning of the Word Conviction
  4. Notes on Codification (Re-Statement) of Criminal Laws
  5. Code of Criminal Procedure of New York

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Collection Inventory

Reporters' Correspondence, 1926-1930.
Box 1 Folder 1-4
Arrangement

Files are arranged chronologically in four folders.

Scope and Contents

Consists of correspondences sent and received by William E. Mikell and Edwin R. Keedy while the two served as Reporters for the preparation of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Correspondences are primarily between the Reporters and various Advisers of the project as well as judges, law firms, law schools, and the director of ALI William Draper Lewis.

Suggestions and Criticisms, 1926-1929.
Box 1 Folder 5-6
Scope and Contents

Suggestions and criticisms are enclosed with correspondences submitted by judges, members of the American Law Institute, or Advisers to the project such as: Justin Miller, Robert W. Millar, Edwin G. Norman, William M. Hargest, George W. Wheeler, George T. Page, Charles McH. Howard, Lawrence Veiller, Henry Wolf Bikle, J.C. Ruppenthal, and others.

Arrangement

Adhering to the principle of provenance, the materials in this series are divided into two sections represented by two separate folders.

Meaning of the Word Conviction, 1929, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Notes, commentaries, and correspondence received by the Reporters Mikell and Keedy, that specifically deal with issues surrounding the meaning of the word "conviction".

Notes on Codification (Re-Statement) of Criminal Law, 1929, undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
Scope and Contents

File consists of one correspondence addressed to William Draper Lewis, director of the American Law Institute and notes on the subject of a uniform code and definition of crimes.

Arrangement

The materials in this series are arranged in three subseries in order to facilitate access and preserve the integrity of the documents.

Scope and Contents

Series consists of materials prepared by H.N. Van Aernem and received by William E. Mikell in regards to the Code of Criminal Procedure of New York.

Compared with Model Code Prepared by the American Law Institute, circa 1929.
Box 1 Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Consist of the twenty five chapter preliminary examination of the code of criminal procedure compared with Model Code.

Sections Compared with Model Code, circa 1929.
Box 1 Folder 10
Disposition of Sections Not Included in Model Code, circa 1929.
Box 1 Folder 11

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