Index to Periodicals By Judge George V. Dominguez. 17 Can and Comment 218 (Oct.). A very short account of the rapid assimila tion of the Spanish jurisprudence of Porto Rico to the new needs of a people who are bound to become in time thoroughly Ameri canized. Copyright. "Copyright Law Reform." Quarterly Review, v. 213, no. 425, p. 483 (Oct.). An able critical review of the objects of the English Copyright Bill of 1910, and of the significance of its leading provisions. “It is notorious that the manufacturing requirements of the American law, already very unfair, have been rendered more strin gent by the Act of 1909;
so that now not
only the type-setting and printin of books, but also the binding, have to be one in the United States, in order to secure copyright. Moreover, this reqluirement applies only to books in the Eng ‘sh language, and not to those in other languages, and therefore amounts to a direct discrimination against this country. The position will be a delicate one, owing to the importance of the American market to British authors; but it is ditlicult
to see how a continuance of the present state of afiairs could be regarded as amounting to reciprocity, and it is to be hoped that the authorities will take advantage of the new Act to secure some relaxation of the onerous requirements of the American law before extending the benefits of British copyright to American citizens.” "The Copyright Question." Edinburgh Review, v. 212, no. 434, p. 310 (Oct.). An outline of the provisions of the British Copyri ht Bill, the assage of which, in a form t at will satisy conflicting interests, the author advocates. "Imperial Copyright." By G. Herbert Thring. Fortnightly Review, v. 88, p. 688 (Oct.). “Taking the Bill as a whole, it must be
said, in Justice, that if it is passed intact as a non-party measure, it ought to bring at order into the existing chaos. . . . t brings all forms of copyri ht property into line one with the other. t is clear in its draftsmanship, and as little corn lex as it is possible to make such a diffi t subject, and lastly, if the colonies are willing, it will give a copyright to the British author which is practica 1y world-wide."
corporations. "Limitations on the Powers of Common Law Corporations." By Percy T. Carden. 26 Law Quarterly Review 320 (Oct.).
The case of British South A rica Co. v. De Beers Consolidated Mines td. ([1910] 1 Ch. 354) involved questions of the validity of a mortgage stipulation possibly actin as a clog on the equity of redemption, and o the validity of a contract granting a monopoly.
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The article is not concerned with these ques tions, however, so much as with the general
powers of common law corporations to make contracts of a kind expressly forbidden by their charters. "The Rules which Determine the Validity or the Invalidity of Voting Agreements of Corporate Stock." By Walter K. Tuller. 44 American Law Review 663 (Sept.—Oct.). A valuable article, marked by intellitgent generalization from a mass of care ully studied precedents. See Interstate Commerce, Monopolies. 00st of Living. "A Cost-of-Living Re port." Editorial. journal of Political Economy, v. 18, p. 637 (Oct.). The view is here expressed that the report summarizing "the hast and inade uate sessions of the Lodge ost-of-Living om mittee . . . is disappointing in that it draws but slightly upon new data for the basis of its conclusions. . . . Naturally the majority report minimizes the eflect of the tariff upon rrces. . . . The minority report is con essedly a litical document written in partisan sty e, and accepting some of the causes of higher prices assigned by the majority report, but laying great stress upon the tarifl' and the ‘trusts’ among such causes. Neither document justifies the hopes that were expressed concerning this investi gation, or does much more than confirm the belief in the entire insincerity with which the problem has been handled." See Economics.
criminal Law. “The Police Judge and the Public." By George W. Alger. Outlook,
v. 96, p. 356 (Oct. 15). This article reviews conditions in the police magistrates’ courts of New York City, as described in the report of the Commission appointed by Governor Hughes in 1908, and praises the legislation adopted in conse cgrence of that report, resulting in remedyin t e unfortunate promiscuous mingling o prisoners at the detention pens and in the
abolition of the "bridge" in front of the 'udge’s bench. The view is expressed, owever, that these reforms are insuflicient; what is needed is to clothe the lower courts with larger authority and greater dignity. See Political Crimes. Direct Legislation. "The Referendum in Action.” By Edwin E. Slosson, Ph.D. Independent, v. 69, p. 734 (Oct. 6). A vivid description of the actual workings of Swiss election machinery. Disarmament. “Peace and Disarmament." By Col. Richard Gdake. McClure's, v. 36, p. 113 (Nov.). This great German military critic pleads earnestly for the reduction of armaments, as something essential to the ace of Europe and the supremacy of the white race.
