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Index to Periodicals A truculent attack on the legal profession in England, buttressed by a good deal of historiml discussion. The author thinks that the close and intimate association of bench and bar is inimical to the public welfare and should be discontinued. He writes, however, with utter absence of moderation.
"A Recent History 'of‘lélnglifih Law-,2: BY Arthur Lyon Cross. 9 MjcfgiganfLaiv RM, 1 (Nov.).
Harvard Law Review 1
(Nov.).
Mainly a description of legal education at Oxford, including some remarks on the lectureship on Private lntemational Law at All Souls, to which Dr. Dicey was elected last May. The following reference to the case method of instruction possesses a broader interest :— "For this system I have always entertained and expressed the test admiration. Your disti ished professors wisely fix the atten tion 0 their pu ils on reported cases and the inferences to drawn therefrom. This brings y men into touch with reality. But to an nglish teacher it would seem, if I may venture to play the art of the friendly critic, that to this invaluab e foundation there
ought to be added a wider knowledge of the law of Rome than, unless I am mistaken, is given in the celebrated law schools of America, and also aryacquaintance, which can hardly be obtained from cases alone, with the prin ciples to be gathered from the works of the best among the legal writers of England and of America. The now ever growing mass of good legal literature must be studied as no small part of the En lish world of letters. Whilst I earnestly wi that the catechetical teaching of law may be more and more culti vated at Oxford, I still hold that the consec utive lectures there delivered are admirably suited for the literary and logical exposition of legal principles." Legal History. "The Formal Contract of Early English Law." By Harold D. Hazel tine, University of Cambridge. 10 Columbia Law Review 608 (Nov.).
"Contrary to the view that has sometimes been expressed, we believe that contract formed a very prominent feature of the English legal system prior to the Norman Conquest." The writer seems to have the
advantage of Maitlat_ld_and other English writers in having intimate acquaintance vith the recent German researches of Gierke and others, and in having_deeply studied old Teutonic law on the Continent. This article is based on Mr. Hazeltine's book, "Geschichte
do: Englischnl Pfdndfethtl" "The Evolution of New jersey, I."
of the Judicial System By Oliver Bunce Ferris.
33 New jersey Law journal 331 (Nov.). . ggstatgmtehz . t treats of the T1715 close of of the thehistory seventeenth (tn MIT)’
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An extended review of Holdsworth, for the most part appreciative. "Strikes."
Legal Education. “The Extension of Law Teaching at Oxford." By A. V. Dicey, Emeritus Professor, Oxford University. 24
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Canadian Law Times 866 (Nov.). Continued from article mentioned in 22 Green Bag 703, 715. See Descent, Trade-marks.
Legal Institutions. "From Status to Con tract." By Wilbur Larrcmore. 44 American Law Review 877 (Nov.-Dec.). Mr. Larremore takes issue with Ferrero's comparison between present American civili zation and conditions at the close of the Roman Republic and the opening of the Em ire. “ ublic gifts at the time of Augustus were in line with the traditional eleemosynary policy towards the proletariat and cemented the authority of caste. In the United States public gifts have been coincident with a relentless and successful crusade to curb the power of the givers and to establish equality of ri ht. “ e agitation for conservation of natural resources and to forestall their exploitation by private greed, and the movement for duated inheritance taxes to affect ‘swollen ortunes,’ are obviously in line with the eneral trend toward equality of opportunity he latter policy is one that wil probab figure largely in the future. Men so different in many respects as Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie have advocated the ar bitrary limitation of the size of estates that may be privately transmitted by will or intestacy. And the way is legally open; the adage ‘shrouds have no pockets’ is good as a proposition of constitutional law." literature. “The Stage Lawyer." By Alexander Otis. 17 Case and Comment 277 (Nov.).
See p. 26, supra. Local Government. "Dusseldorf: A City of Tomorrow." By Frederick C. Howe. Hampton's, v. 25, p. 697 (Dec). The author thinks this the first of German cities. It has carried municipal ownership farther than most cities, and he writes enthusiastically of its liberal provisions for the social and aesthetic needs of its citizens, particularly those of the humbler class, yet it is a city ruled by business men who do not believe in socialism. Maritime Law. “Early Cases on Doctrine of Continuous Voyages"
Lester H. Woolsey.
the By
4 American journal of
International Law 823 (Oct.). The writer apologizes for ofiering an article on the subject on continuous Voyage. by
