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166 l66 HARVARD LAW REVIEW. 7. German Imperial Code of* Civil Procedure, translated by MM. Glasson, E. Lederlin, and F. R. Dareste. 8. English Bankruptcy Act, translated by M. Ch. Lyon-Caen. 9. Portuguese Commercial Code, translated by M. E. Lehr. 10. French and Foreign Copyright Laws, collected by MM. Ch. Lyon-Caen and P. Delalain. 11. Penal Code of Italy of 1889, translated by M. L. Lacointa. 12. Civil Code of the Canton of Zurich, translated by M. E. Lehr. 13. General Code of Personal Property of Montenegro, trans- lated by MM. R. Dareste and A. Riviere. 14. Russian Code of the Organization of the Judiciary, trans- lated by M. J. Kapnist. 15. Scandinavian Maritime Laws, translated by M. L. Beauchet. V. Influence of the Society. The Society of Comparative Legislation takes part every year in the Congress of Learned Societies organized by the Ministry of Public Instruction. It has been represented by delegates at most of the great international congresses. In 1889, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of its foun- dation, the Society itself organized a Congress, which was held in Paris and was a marked success. Finally, the Society has obtained a large number of prizes. At the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876 it was awarded the medal offered by the Centennial Commission of the United States ; at the Universal Exposition of Paris in 1878 it obtained a diploma of honor equivalent to a gold medal, and at the Lyons Exposition in 1894 a first prize. The French Society of Comparative Legislation appeals to jur- ists throughout the world ; scholars, practitioners, legislators, are all interested in its development. By the multiplicity of its publica- tions, every one, whose curiosity is naturally kindled by the extraor- dinary legislative movement of the present day, is kept in touch with the course of events. The great capacity of the eminent men who direct it and preside over its labors, the ardent zeal of even the humblest of its co-workers, guarantee the quality of the works which are developed under its auspices. Its main object is, by