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l62 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. Since its foundation the Society has had the following presi- dents : MM. Laboulaye, member of the Institute, senator (deceased) ; Renouard, member of the Institute, chief prosecuting officer (Pro- cureur General) at the Court of Cassation, senator (deceased) ; Dufaure, member of the French Academy, senator, former Keeper of Seals, and former President of Council (deceased) ; Aucoc, member of the Institute, former Department President in the Council of State; Larombiere, member of the Institute, First Honorary President in the Court of Cassation (deceased) ; Gide, professor in the Faculty of Law in Paris (deceased) ; Duverger, professor in the Faculty of Law in Paris (deceased) ; Barboux, advocate at the Court of Appeal of Paris, former leader of the bar ; Dareste, member of the Institute, associate justice at the Court of Cassation ; Ribot, deputy, former minister, former President of the Council of Ministers; Bufnoir, professor in the Faculty of Law at Paris ; Du Buit, advocate at the Court of Appeal of Paris, former leader of the bar ; Feraud-Giraud, Honorary President of the Court of Cassation. The President now in office is the distinguished M. Ch. Tranchant, former Councillor of State; for fourteen years the office of General Secretary has been filled by M. Fernand Daguin, doctor of laws, advocate in the Court of Appeal of Paris, who, by his indefatigable devotion and never-failing perseverance, concen- trates the forces of the Society and guarantees a regular and fruit- ful management. The Society consists at present of more than fourteen hundred members, and increases from year to year. It counts among its numbers those who are most distinguished in the Science of Law, members of Parliament, of the Council of State, of the Faculties of Law, of the bench and the bar, both in France and in other countries. IIL Organization of Work in the Society. As we said above, the Executive Council undertakes the direc- tion of the work which comes within the scope of the Society. It directs and supervises the publications. For the accomplishment of its work, the active members of the Society are grouped in four sections : — I. Section of the French language (France, Belgium, Luxem- burg, French Switzerland, Canada, Hayti) ;