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 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT and acquired a domicile in a neutral country before hostilities have commenced, will have effectually clothed themselves with the char acter of neutral subjects; precisely as every natural-born subject of a neutral power will have clothed himself with the character of an enemy subject by long-continued residence, coupled with the intention of remaining, in the enemy's territory ' (p. 300)." INTERNATIONAL LAW. " The Sanction of International Law," by Elihu Root, Central Law Journal (V'. Ixvii, p. 217). INTERSTATE COMMERCE. " The Stand ard Oil Rebate Case," by R. M. Benjamin, Central Law Journal (V. Ixvii, p. 236). INTERSTATE COMMERCE. " Recent De velopments in the Law Relating to. Interstate Commerce," by Morris M. Cohn, American Law Review (V. xlii, p. 666). A brief state ment of recent congressional legislation, with a comparison of the law previous to these enactments and discussion of the principles upon which the legislation is upheld. JURISPRUDENCE. " The Laws of Plato," by Edward Manson, Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation (N. S., V. ix, p. 50). LABOR DECISIONS (Mass.). " Labor Questions in the Courts of Massachusetts," by Arthur March Brown, American Law Review (V. xlii, p. 706). An exhaustive analysis of the Massachusetts decisions on industrial disputes, from the first in 1827 down to April zd of the present year. The author in conclusion says: "Where, then, do they leave the labor organizations of Massachusetts? Their right to exist and act as organized bodies has been put beyond question. Their right to strike to secure ends coming within the scope of competition, as judicially defined, is un assailable. Their right to the exclusive use of distinctive labels to mark the products of union labor is fully protected against infringe ment. But this is as far as the affirmative propositions go. The negative list is longer. They are not permitted to strike to compel men to join the union. They are not per mitted in even a lawful strike to employ pickets to persuade men not to take employ ment as strike-breakers, nor to maintain banners before an establishment giving notice of a strike in progress there. They are not

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permitted to enter upon a merely sympathetic strike against employers with whom they have no trade dispute, and a strike to secure to the union the right to pass upon grievances between individual members and their em ployers is considered a sympathetic strike. They are not permitted to exact by a strike the payment of a penalty by an employer for violation of union regulations. They will not be accorded judicial aid, either as organiza tions or as individuals, to prevent blacklisting by a combination of employers. "These are the limits judicially laid down. As to the future, who will venture a fore cast? There was pith in the retort of the eminent member of the Massachusetts Bar, whose proposition of law the court thought untenable. ' That,' thundered the judge, ' is not the law! ' ' It was,' came the courteous reply from the advocate, sure of his ground, ' until your Honor spoke.' In like manner, as their Honors speak from time to time, there will be modification to be noted, in one direc tion or the other, in the legal status of organ ized labor. But the successive decisions which we have passed in review speak with a cumulative force from which it will be hard for the trade-unionist to escape except through the medium of legislation." LAND LAW. " French and English Land Law," by James Edward Hogg, Journal of the Society of Comparative legislation (N. S., V. ix, p. 64). Commenting on the differences between the two systems, with special refer ence to the Xew Hebrides convention between France and Great Britain. The author finds an immense superiority in the form of the French law. LANDLORD AND TENANT. " The Massa chusetts Law of Landlord and Tenant," by Prescott F. Hall. The second edition, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1908, price $6.00 net. Mr. Hall's book in its first edition proved one of the most satisfactory local text books which Massachusetts has ever had. The subject was so frequently involved in our early decisions that it is possible to cover it very completely in a local book, and because the law was thoroughly settled by the earlier decisions there have been few changes to make in this edition from the author's original state ment. We are always glad, however, to be