Uniformity

Uniformity of the law is the aim and hope of the legal student. A step in that direction is the gradual centralization of the lawmaking power in the Federal Government. This development, however, conflicts with deeprooted conviction as to states' rights; and most lawyers look with more satisfaction to the growth of uniformity by the adoption of uniform laws by the different states. Today, every state has adopted one or more of the uniform laws drafted and recommended by the Commission on Uniform State Laws--a body of distinguished jurists, lawyers and law teachers closely affiliated with the American Bar Association. The Uniform Negotiable Instruments Act has been adopted by 51 states and territories ; and the Uniform Sales Act by 27 states and territories. Other uniform acts which are meeting with legislative favor are: the Uniform Conditional Sales Act, the Uniform Stock Transfer Act, the Uniform Partnership Act, the Uniform Marriage and Marriage License Act and the Uniform Marriage Evasion Act. In this connection, it is interesting to note that no Uniform Divorce Act has as yet even been drafted by the Commission on Uniform State Laws.