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needlessly padded as regards both its subject matter and its typographical form. Within the narrow conﬁnes of the text proper, it

might conceivably be possible for a master mind to present leading ideas in symmetrical outline, but it is doubtful whether such a mind would have the hardihood to combine so wide a range of subjects as Plato, Primitive Man, Theocracy, Hereditary Rulers and

Aristocracy, Origin of Village Communities,

Egyptian

Laws,

Confucius, Demosthenes,

Lycurgas and Magna Carta. This work is based opon the author's forth coming “Commentaries," dealing with the same subject. The information presented, he says, has been gathered partly from out-of-the-way sources. It does appear to be extraordinary. His researches appear to have been conducted in a more me chanical than constructive spirit, and he has

failed to arrange his diversiﬁed topics in a logical order, or to set forth the process of legal development with the many-sided scholarship required of a work of such broad scientiﬁc and historical range. The author is not suﬁiciently mindful of the great antiquity of civilization, nor sufficiently sympathetic with the temper of ages unlike our own, neither does he appear to possess skill in independent analysis, or to have delved deeply into the philosophy of social institu tions. NOTES The volume of Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Session of the Ohio State Bar Associa tion contains these addresses read at the annual meeting at Put-in-Bay, July 6-8. 1909: on "Coke Literature," by Hon. Thomas Beer of Ohio, and on "Employer's Liability and Com pensation Laws." by Hon. James R. Garﬁeld of Ohio. The annual address was given by Hon. Samual Walker McCall, Congressman from Massa chusetts. who spoke on "The Importance of a Trained Bar in the Maintenance of Free Institu tions." Hon. U. G. Denman, Attorney-General of Ohio, discussed "Our Present Problem in Tax ation," and Hon. Walter George Smith of Phila

delphia spoke on "Uniform Marriage and Divorce

The Report of the Thirty-Second Annual Meet ing of the American Bar Association, held at Detroit in August, 1909. contains a large number of papers of the greatest interest to the legal profession in America, and also the reports of various com mittees on subjects of vital im rtance to the American bar. An extended notice of this meet ing appeared in the October number of the Gum Bag. Among the papers here printed are those b Geor es Barbey of Paris. France, on "French Fam y Law." b Julian W. Mack of Illinois, on "The Juvenile ourt." the Annual Address. by Governor Au tus E. Willson of Kentucky, on "The Peo le and Their Law." and a paper b Wil liam L. a nter of Detroit on "Courts 0 Last Resort." T e reports of the Committees on Judi ciary Administration and Remedial Procedure, on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, on Commercial Law. on Patent. Trade Mark and Copy right Law, on Insurance Law, on Uniform State Laws. Comparative Law Bureau of American Bar Association, on Taxation, International Law, and of a S cial Committee to Sug est Remedies and Form ate Proposed Laws to revent Delay and Unnecessary Cost in Litigation, will all repay a reading. l 1*] The American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology has issued the Report of Com mittee A, escribing "A System for Recording Data Concerning Criminals." The plan and outline covers the eight divisions of family history, de velopmental history, environment. character. anthropometry, medical examination. sycholo 'cal examination, and psycho-analysis. nder eac of these divisions the points to be investigated are carefully worked out in detail. The result is a

scheme for a com lete system of criminological observations. Wh' e the method is elaborate, the Committee explains that the time and labor necessary for workin up a single case is by no means prohibitive if a we -known person can have his whole time to devote to the work. "Only by investi ation at least as thorough as this." it IS pointe out," can we hope to make permanent con tributions to the knowledge of Causation of crimi nality and to the development of methods of preven tion and reform." The adaptation of the plan in large cities is recommended. It is urged that workers along these lines take pains to check up each other's results. as only by puttin together facts from many sources can safe conc usions be formed. The judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago have recommended the adoption of this system in their court. Copies of this important gzeimphlet may be obtained by addressing the cretary of the American Institute, Northwestern University Building. Chicago.

NEW BOOKS ‘- RECEIVED ECEIPT of the following new books which will be reviewed later, is acknowl edged :—

Laws." The Report of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Vi his State Bar Association. held at Hot Springs. a., August lO-12, 1909, contains, in addition to the usual records and obituary sketches, papers read by the President. Hon. MicaJah Woods. on "The Necessity for General Culture in the Train ing of the Lawyer," on "Who was Thomas Jeffer son?" by William M Thornton. LL.D., on “Govern

mental Control of Railways and the Vir 'nia Case." by Robert R. Prentis, on ‘ The Trial of 05in Brown," by Hon. George E. Caskie, and on ‘Taxation in ir 'nia and Our Relation to the Subject," by Wil iam W. Old.

The Development of Hungarian Constitutional Liberty. By Count Julius Andrassy. Translated from the Hungarian by C. Arthur and 110118. Ginever.

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