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to recover against a party to the paper collect ing it. Negotiable Instruments (Bills of Exchange). "The International Law Association at Buda pesth." ByT. H. Baty. 11 Bombay Law Re porter 1 (15 Jan.). Discusses the proceedings of the Budapesth conference of last September, incidentally giving the rules relating to bills of exchange in the final form in which they were adopted. Negligence. See 25 Law Quarterly Review 109 (Feb.). A writer in this review objects to Melville M. Bigelow's opinion that negligence in law is a state of mind, and observes:— "We are rather sorry to observe a tendency among able American writers (for Mr. Bigelow is not alone in it) to invent new terms of art without necessity and add gratuitous difficul ties to things already hard enough. For many years we have studied the Common Law (and a little of other law too) without ever hearing of an 'inculpable mind'; and, frankly, we do not want to hear of it again. Nor do we think the book is improved for the use of students by the frequent appeals to 'social forces,' 'direction of economic energies,' and the like, which seem to us only to say, with emphatic and rather obscure elaboration, that law and legislation must in the long run follow public opinion, as Professor Dicey has more plainly told us." Nuisances. "The Government Solves the Smoke Problem." By John Llewellyn Coch rane. American Review of Reviews, v. 39, p. 192 (Feb.). A descriptive article on means for success fully combating the smoke nuisance in large cities. Old Age Pensions Act. A description of the English Old Age Pensions Act of 1908, described by the Earl of Rosebery as the most significant piece of legislation since the Reform Act of 1832, is given by Horace Secrist in 3 American Political Science Review 68 (Feb.). Patent Law. "The Mortgage of Letters Patent." By Kenneth R. Swan. 34 Law Magazine and Review 150 (Feb.). Discusses the rights of the mortgagor and the mortgagee, the form of the mortgage, and the mortgagee's remedies under the English law. Philippines. See Government, Immigration, and Status. Privy Council. See Government.

Procedure. "Interested Judges." By K. B. Dastur. 11 Bombay Law Reporter 6 (15 Jan.). Discusses the common law rule that a judge should not adjudicate a matter in which he has an interest, and the question how far the presence on the bench of such a judge will vitiate the proceedings. Procedure. "Relations of Bench and Bar." By Justice Anglin. 29 Canadian Law Times 1 (Jan.). A learned and readable article, well worth the attention of the profession. Procedure (Appeals—Canada). "Appellate Jurisdiction." By E. R. Cameron, K.C. 29 Canadian Law Times 29 (Jan.). Treating of a topic suggested by the pro posed limitation of appeals in all actions insti tuted in a Superior Court under consideration by the Legislature of Ontario. Procedure (Appeals—Canada). "Supreme Court and Privy Council Appeals." By John T. Small, K.C. 29 Canadian Law Times 47 (/<*».). One of the papers read before the Ontario Bar Association last December. Procedure (Injunctions). "Legislative In vasion of Judicial Power." By Charles E. Littlefield. Phi Delta Phi Brief (Jan.). This article is part of Mr. Littlefield's speech delivered in the House of Representa tives last May on injunctions. Procedure (Jurisdiction—Australia). "Fed eral Jurisdiction of State Courts." By Andrew I. Clark. 6 Commonwealth Law Review (of Australia) 49 (Nov.-Dec). Showing that the result of the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1907 has been to invest the state courts of Australia with federal jurisdiction with respect to different matters than those which were intended. Procedure (Misconduct of Jurors). An in teresting review of cases of misconduct in the jury box will be found in 18 Yale Law Journal 276 (Feb.). Procedure (Writ of Prohibition—Australia). "Some Modern Applications of the Writ of Prohibition." By John A. Ferguson. 6 Com monwealth Law Review (of Australia) 62 (Nov.Dec). The legislature of Australia passed an act early in 1908 making final the decisions of the Arbitration Court of New South Wales having jurisdiction in labor disputes, and