EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT civil code of 1898, has effected at the same time a sweeping reception of West European law. Hozumi characterizes it as a reception of Roman law: Japanese civil law, he says, has ' passed from the Chinese family to the Roman family of law.'" The author's discussion of the Japanese family is elaborate and careful and is com mended to students of social relation and comparative jurisprudence. JURISPRUDENCE (Roman Law). " Mar riage in Roman Law," by Emile Stocquart, translated by Andrew T. Bierkan, March Yale Law Journal (V. xvi, p. 303). JURISPRUDENCE. " The Fate of the Roman-Dutch Law in the British Colonies," by Arthur Cohen, Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation (No. 16, p. 356). JUVENILE COURTS. " Children's Courts,"' by Thomas Rawling Bridgwater, Journal of Society of Comparative Legislation (No. 16, p. 375)LABOR LITIGATION. " The Evolution of the Law of Trades Unions," by John H. Romanes, Scottish Law Review (V. xxiii, p. 73)LABOR LITIGATION. The second install ment of " Crucial Issues in Labor Litigation," by Jeremiah Smith, in the March Harvard Law Review (V. xx, p. 345) treats the prima facie liability of defendants who are members of a combination, and the question of justi fication, especially the right of competition and its limits. The article is to be continued. LEGISLATION. " Year Book of Legisla tion, 1905, and Digest of Governor's Messages, 1906," edited by Arthur H. Whitten, New York State Education Department, Albany, 1906. LIBEL (Defenses). " The Defense of ' Fair Comment ' in Actions for Defamation," by Francis R. Y. Radcliffe, in the January Law Quarterly Review (V. xxiii, p. 97), takes the position that " ' fair comment ' is only a form of ' qualified privilege ' and that proof of actual malice will do away with the pro tection which would otherwise prevail." There is doubt, however, under the English author ities whether malice does make the otherwise
"fair comment " actionable and the hope is expressed that a recent decision will be taken to the Lords so as to get a review of the whole subject. LIMITATIONS. " Limitation Applicable to Suits for Restitution of Conjugal Rights," by Durga Charan Bannerjee, Bombay Law Re porter (V. ix, p. 19). MONOPOLIES. " The Prevention of Trusts and Monopolies," by R. M. Benjamin, Central Law Journal (V. Ixiv, p. 147). PRACTICE. "The Proposed Special Jury Act." An attempt to eliminate the remark able delays in procuring a jury to try cases which have attracted much public attention in Chicago is discussed by Howard O. Sprogle, Philip Stein, and William S. Forrest in the February Illinois Law Review (V. i, p. 446). This act is based on one recently adopted in New York and may well be of interest in other large cities. PRACTICE. An address on Legal Tactics, entitled " The Acquisition and Retention of a Clientage," by Frank J. Loesch in the February Illinois Law Review (V. i, p. 455), deserves the attention of every young man starting in practice. It is the most sane and suggestive bit of advice that we have recently seen. PRACTICE (Law's Delay). In the Febru ary Illinois Law Review the delay in the trial of the cases both criminal and civil, arising out of the burning of the Iroquois Theatre is severely criticized by Frederick C. Wood ward and Frank O. Smith, and the defendant's position is justified by George A. Follansbee in articles entitled, " The Iroquois Theatre Cases" (V. i, p. 429). The statistics pre sented will be interesting to those in other jurisdictions who are striving to remedy the delay in litigation. PRACTICE (Egypt). " The Judicial System of Egypt," by James H. Scott, the Juridical Review (V. xviii, p. 386). PRACTICE (Scotland). "Practice and Procedure in the Court of Session," by James A. Clyde, Juridical Review (V. xviii, p. 319). POLICE POWER. " The Compensation for Property Destroyed to Stop the Spread of a Conflagration," by Henry C. Hall and John
