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through recognition of the right of recapture; early common law rights to retake via legis classed as actions to punish and not as actions to establish ownership; later common law actions for the recovery of land and their derivation from the interdict de vi, an action given by the Roman law to punish the taking of land in violation of the right of possession; recognition under the common law of owner ship in one and right of possession in another through allowance of right to retake via facti; the common law doctrine of relative ownership of land; ownership under the common law of chattels by one who has not the right of possession; relative ownership of chattels under the common law and the modern common law doctrine of relative ownership; the common law notion that if you cannot complain of a wrong you have no remedy and the Roman law notion that you cannot complain of a taking which did not violate your right of possession. JURISPRUDENCE. " Ecclesiastical In fluences," by Matthew G. Johnson, August Law Magazine and Review (V. xxxii, p. 399). Giving example of law. Modification of the common law of England through the clergy, familiar with civil and canon low. LANDLORD AND TENANT. "The Law of Landlord and Tenant," by Percy John Crellin, Law Students' Journal (V. xxix, p. 18S). LEGISLATION. "Compensatory Adjust ment under the Local Government Acts, Editorial, Justice of the Peace (V. xxi, p. 349). LEGISLATION (Patents — England). "Proposed Patent Legislation," by J. Scott Duckers, August Law Magazine and Review (V. xxxii, p. 425). A discussion of three patent bills now before Parliament. LIBEL. "Fair Comment and Qualified Privilege," by Norman de H. Rowland, Commonwealth Law Review (V. 4, p. 202). MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (Special Assesments for Improvements). "The Power of Municipal Corporations to Make Special Assessments for Local Improvements," by Edson B. Valentine, Central Law Journal (V. lxv, p. 38). Collecting the cases on the subject. NUISANCE. " Noise In Its Legal Aspects," by T. F. C. Demarest, July Bench and Bar,
(V. x, p. 9). An examination of the New York statutes and decisions. PRACTICE. "Court Fees in Licensing Matters," Anon., Justice of the Peace (V. lxxi, p. 362). PRACTICE. " The Effect of an Award," by Durga Charan Banerjee, Allahabad Law Journal (V. iv, p. 215). PRACTICE. " Judicial Liability, " by W. W. Lucas, August Law Magazine and Review (V. xxxii, p. 417). A statement of the English law as to where a judge is protected, and where not, against suits by dissatisfied litigants. PROCEDURE. " Variance between Pleading and Proof," by S. V. Iyer, Allahabad Law Journal. (V. iv, p. 235). PROCEDURE. " The Fixing of Counsel's Fees," Editoral, Irish Law Times (V. xli, p. 197). PROCEDURE. " Waiving the Benefit of Statutes," Editorial, Canada Law Journal. (V. xliii, p. 513). PROPERTY. "Acts of Omission as Breaches of Covenants for Title," by T. F Martin, July Law Quarterly Review (V. xxiii, p. 331). A discussion of the Eng ish cases on the subject, interesting to real pro perty lawyers. PROPERTY (New Hebrides). " ' British' Land Law in the New Hebrides," by James Edward Hogg, July Law Quarterly Review (V. xxiii, p. 304). A discussion of puzzling legal questions as to land titles likely to arise under the recent settlement of the claims of France and England in the New Hebrides. PROPERTY (England). " Lateral Support Under the Waterworks Clause Act," by Charles Tennyson, July Law Quarterly Review, (V. xxiii, p. 282). PROPERTY (Scotland). "Obligations to Relieve of Public Burdens and Superve nient Legislation," by James Ferguson. July Juridical Review (V. xix, p. 107). Exami nation of the Scotch cases in reference to obligations by a feuar to bear all future public burdens imposed on the subject feued. PUBLIC POLICY. "Publicum Bonum Private Est Preferendum," by Franklin A. Beecher, Central Law Journal (V. 65, P- 79)-
