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Index to Periodicals Succession.
“The Origin and
History of
Succession in Roman Law." By C. M. Brune, LL.D. 36 Law Magazine and Review 429 (Aug.) “The writer is quite aware that the almost, if
not quite, universal division made by writers on the subject gives prior historical sequence to intes tate succession. . . . In attempting to main tain the position that, historically, testamentary succession should be accorded prior sequence, use will be made of not a few quotations from these ‘same authorities who adhere to the opposite view. '
Taxation. “Taxation in Illinois." By Prof. John A. Fairlie. American Economic Review, v. 1, p. 519 (Sept.). The state has a system of taxation inherited from an earlier and simpler regime, and a his torical account of it is given, while some space is devoted to recommendations of the taxation commissions of 1886 and 1910. "Recent Tax Reforms in Ohio." By Ernest L. Bogart. American Economic Review, v. 1, p. 505 (Sept.). A detailed account of recent measures and of plans for the future. Workmen's Compensation. Case and Corn menl, v. 18, No. 4 (Sept.).
Containing these articles:
"Assumption of
Risk," by Walter M. Glass; "The Doctrine of
Contributory Negligence," by Duke Stone; “Is the Fellow Servant Rule Becoming Obsolete?" by Hon. J. F. Gordon; "Compulsory Compen sation without Litigation," by George H. Par mele; and "Obligatory Industrial Insurance," by James H. Boyd. Says Mr. Glass: "Many cases have stated broadly and without any apparent qualification that a servant never assumes the risk of dangers
created by the master's negligence. Passing over for the moment the decisions in Missouri and North Carolina, it can be said that, in the absence of statute, such statements contain but a
half truth. . . . The general rule is that the servant does not assume the risk of the master's
negligence except where he knows of it."
Miscellaneous Arlicles of Interest to the
Legal Profession Banking. “Masters of Capital in America; The Seven Men." By John Moody and George Kibbe Turner. McClure's, v. 37, p. 418 (Aug.)_ The "seven men" are J. Pierpont Morgan, J. J. Hill, John D. Rockefeller, James Stillman, George F. Baker, William Rockefeller and
Jacob Schiff. Biography.
Genlilis.
of the World;
XIII, Albericus Gentilis."
“The
Great
Jurists By
Coleman Phillipson. 12 Journal of Comparative Legislation, pt. 1, p. 52 (July). Not only a biography, but a study of the important-contributions of this predecessor of Grotius to international law. Harlan. "A Friend at Court." By James
W. Davis.
American Magazine, v. 72, p. 450
(Aug.). "His perception of the plain natural truth of things is as sensitive as a microphone. Man and Democrat first, he is secondarily a great lawyer. But he does not write like a lawyer. His opinions read like simple good sense." Morgan. "The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan: The Man Himself." By Carl Hovey. Metropolitan, v. 34, p. 579 (Aug.). Notwithstanding his aloofness and sternness of manner, "If he had ever undertaken to hold a
difficult public ofl‘ice, so great is the admiration of the American people for efficiency and personal force, they would have made him a hero in spite of himself." Taft. "President Taft." By R. Newton Crane.
12 Journal of Comparative Legislalion,
pt. 1, p. 9 (July) “Mr.Taft's faults as a President are his virtues. He is too great a scholar, too eminent a jurist, and too just and broad-minded an administrator to be a successful politician." Scarlett. "Scarlett and His Methods." By J. A. Lovat-Fraser. 36 Law Magazine and Re view 407 (Aug.).
Brougham gives a proof of Scarlett's familiarity with Cicero by saying that the great advocate had called his attention to the remarks on the evidence and cross-examination in the speech for L. Flaccus.
Brougham adds, "As a more con
summate master of the forensic art in all its branches never lived, so no man is more conver sant with the works of his predecessors in ancient times."
Camorra. "The Truth about the Camorra." By Ernesto Serao. Outlook, v. 98, p. 717 (July
29) This article, by a Neapolitan novelist and magazine writer, describes the origin of the Camorra in Spain, the form it took in its introduction into Naples and Sicily, and its peculiar code of laws and the tribunals with which it enforces them. "The Neapolitan Camorra and the Great Trial at Viterbo, II." By Walter Littlefield. Metropolitan, v. 34, p. 555 (Aug.). Dealing with the work of the three musketeer detectives, and the confession of Affatemaggio. "The Neapolitan Camorra and the Great Trial at Viterbo, III."
By Walter Littlefield.
Met
ropolilan, v. 34, p. 707 (Sept.). "No criminal trial, however successful, can
utterly destroy the Camorra. It is not only a society for the propagation of crime but an insti tution presenting curious psychological and soci ologica phenomena. Its nurturing elements have been egotism, laziness and ignorance." Detection of Crime. “The Dynamiters." By Harvey J. O'Higgins. McClure's, v. 37, p. 347 (Aug.). The story of Burns’ capture'of the Los Angeles dynamiters, told partly by himself.
