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Dominion of Canada and its juridical system is adequately explained. The West Indies are, treated in the following chapter, which is followed by an outline of the laws in force in the West African and South Atlantic colonies. In Chapter VIII the authors treat the Common wealth of Australia, with its Federal system of government and the political and judicial organization of its colonies, and irf the subse quent chapter are examined the South African colonies. And, lastly in Chapter X, the authors ex amine the exterritorial jurisdiction of Great Britain, which included the British judiciary in the Indian Protected States the judicial powers of the British Consular Courts in China, Corea, (now probably abolished) Weihai-Wei, and those in the Ottoman dominions, including the Egyptian judicial organization, and the Soudan, the Consular jurisdiction in Morocco, Persia, Siam, and some other Asiatic and African countries. The last part of the work, namely Part III, deals with appeals to the Privy Council from the various British dominions and the Consular Courts, with an explanation of the composition of that high Tribunal, i.e., the Privy Council, of which there is no parallel in any country. The work ends with an excellent table indi cating the conditions of appeal to the Privy Council. CONFLICT OF LAWS (Laws Governing Form of Wills). " La Forme du Testament Privd en Droit International — Les Lois Opposables & la Loi du Lieu de 1'Acte," by A. Laine, Revue de Droit International Privt (V. iii, p. 833). Arguing at length that the strict application of the rule locus rcgit actum is not in accord with the principles of conflict of laws, and that a will is valid in form if made according to the law of the testator's nation ality, of his domicile, or of the tribunal before which it comes. CONFLICT OF LAWS (Marriage). "The ' Marriage of English Subjects Abroad," by G. Addison Smith, The Juridical Review (V. xix, p. 369). An examination of the English cases on this important branch of conflict of laws, including the recent case of Ogden v. Ogden, commented on in the Notes of Recent Cases of the February GREEN BAG.

"Mariage a 1'Etranger des De'serteurs et des Insonmis," by Camille Jordan, Revue de Deroit International Privt (V. Ill, p. 905). Continuation of a discussion of the validity of the marriage abroad of deserters from the army and men totally evading required mili tary service. This section is devoted to the treatment in Belgium of such foreigners marry ing there and of Belgians, in similar cases, who marry elsewhere. To be continued. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. "The Consti tutionality of State Legislation Requiring Telegraph Companies to transmit messages promptly and to deliver within certain limits," by George W. Payne, Central Law Journal (V..lxvi, p. 90). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. "The Consti tutionality of Statutes Authorizing subservice of process upon Corporations," by W. A. Coutts, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 109). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. " The Eleventh Amendment," by Herbert S. Hadley, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 70). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. " The Acquisi tion of State Land by Federal Authorities," by Ackland Giles, Commonwealth Law Review (V. v, p. 49). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. " Federal Regu lation of Insurance," by Arthur P. Will, Cen tral Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 49). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Initiative and Referendum). " Is a Provision for the Initia tive and Referendum Inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States? " by W. A. Coutts, Michigan Law Review (V. vi, p. 304). "We are told to-day that the Constitution of the United States forbids the adoption of the initiative and the referendum, as these involve such purely democratic principles as to be inconsistent with the republican form of government guaranteed by the fourth sec tion of the fourth article of the Federal Con stitution. The special interests that are op posed to the initiative tell us that we must find some other cure for the evils at which it aims; that the initiative is a purely demo cratic principle and, as such, it is forbidden by the fourth section of the fourth article of the Federal Constitution, which guarantees a republican form of government to the states."