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reaching its equitable interest, by a declara tion by the donor that the right to the income shall not be subject to voluntary or involun tary alienation, or by conditions providing- for forfeiture, is a somewhat difficult question." COMMERCE REGULATION (see Labor and the Law). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (see Commerce Reg ulations) . CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. " Constitutional Impediment to Government of the. People, by the People and for the People," by W. A. Coutts, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 293). CONTRACTS. " The Doctrine of Duress as Applied to Executory Contracts," by Henry T. Ferriss, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 236). CONTRACTS. " Damages upon Repudia tion of a Contract," by Joseph H. Beale, Jr. Yale Law Journal (V. xvii, p. 443). Exami nation of the rules of law as to damages in the various situations arising out of repudiation. CORPORATIONS. The third edition of "The Incorporation and Organization of Corpora tions," by Thomas Gold Frost, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1908, price $5.00 net, is much larger than its predecessors. In addition to an exposition of methods of organization and the legal principles involved supported by citation of many cases, the book contains a very valuable synopsis of the corporation laws of all the states brought down to date as well as forms for organization in all the states. There are also many useful forms of object clauses and by-laws. CORPORATIONS (Stockholders' Double Lia bility). " The Extra-territorial Enforcement of Statutes Imposing Double Liability upon Stockholders," by Arthur K. Kuhn, Yale Law Journal (V. xvii, p. 457). CRIMINAL LAW (Evidence). "Orthodox" English Rule v. Exchequer Rule of. Evidence, by William H. Thomas, Albany Law Journal (V.- Ixx, p. 77). This is the report of the Committee on Judicial Administration and Remedial Proceedure before the Alabama State Bar Association relating to the abuse of criminal appeals by reversals for technical errors in the admission of evidence not going to the merits of the controversy. It deserves serious attention. DAMAGES (see Contracts). DAMAGES. " The Measure of Damages in

Cases where one Officer of a Corporation Wrongfully Prevents a co-officer from Dis charging his Duties," by W. F. Meier, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvi, p. 255). DOMESTIC RELATIONS. " The Status of Adopted Sons," by S. Vencatachariar, Bombay Law Reporter (V. x, p. 57). DOMESTIC RELATIONS. " Jurisdiction in Divorce," by J. Arthur Barratt, Albany Law Journal (V. Ixx, p. 84). EDUCATION. " Of Logic and its Uses; A Lawyer's View," by George H. Smith. Ameri can Law Review (V. xlii, p. 229). EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY. " Employer's Liability in Pennsylvania," by Crystal East man, Albany Law Journal (V. Ixx, p. 68). ETHICS. " Legal Ethics," by C. A. Kent. Michigan Law Review (V. vi, p. 468). HISTORY. " Origin of Shorthand Report ing in the Courts," by Hon. Thomas Hodgins. Canadian Law Times and Review (V. xxviii. P-I39)JURISPRUDENCE. " Common Law and Legislation," by Roscoe Pound, Harvard Law Review (V. xxi, p. 383). A plea for a different attitude toward statute law on the part of the bench and the legal profession, pointing out that there is coming to be a science of legis lation and that judge-made law has its own defects. "But it is objected that statutes ' have no roots ' and are ' hastily and inconsiderately adopted '; that they are crude and ill-adapted to the cases to which they are to be applied, and are unenforced and incapable of enforce ment; and that they 'breed litigation,' whereas, supposedly free from trie foregoing defects, judge-made laws ' rest on principles of right ' and ' are the slow fruit of long-fought controversies between opposing interests.' Very little reflection is needed to show how ill-founded these oft-repeated statements are in fact. Dicey has shown that the married women's acts had very deep roots in the equity doctrines as to separate property. Can we say that homestead and exemption laws, mechanics' lien laws, bankruptcy laws, divorce laws, wills acts, statutes abolishing the com mon law disqualifications of witnesses, per mitting accused persons to testify and allow ing appeals in criminal causes, had no roots? Do any judge-made doctrines rest more firmly upon principles of right than these