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 Review of Periodicals “In the absence of more precise knowl edge, medical inspection yielding an un favorable report might prevent marriages that would have brought content and healthy children in their train-how many perfectly healthy people of quite advanced age do we not know who can tell a story of a consump tive grandmother? ” Iuropean Politics. “ The Isolation of Germany." By Prof. Edwin Maxey. Forum, v. 42, p. 424 (Nov.). "sltllpon the whole there has been partly as a re t of successful English diplomacy and partly as a result of Germanys own acts, decided rogress in the movement toward isolating er. The features of German policy which have done most toward bringing about her isolation are: ‘her insistence upon being considered the arbiter of Europe; her attempt to force France into war over the Moroccan question; the undiplomatic speeches and telegrams of her Kaiser; her manifest lean ings towards absolutism and emphasis of the importance of physical force; her ambitious naval policy, which can in no wise be con sidered necessary for her defence.” Il'oreign Relations. “ The American Atti tude Towards Germany." Editorial, Fort nightly Review, v. 86, p. 761 (Nov.). “ Americans realize that if Germany ever won the mastery of the sea, it might not be so easy for either En lish-speakmg Power to get it back. The léonroe Doctrine and the security of the Panama Canal might prove to be worth just nothin if the immense military resources of the erman Empire once secured full maritime mobility. Government. “ Shall the Constitution be Amended?” By Henry Litchﬁeld West. Forum, v. 42, p. 391 (Nov.). “There are three questions which are paramount. The ﬁrst is whether there is any itation of time which renders nugatory the action taken by legislatures during a series of years; the second is whether it is

obli atory upon Congress to respond to the app ication of the legislatures; and the third is whether a constitutional

convention,

if

called, can be restricted in its discussions to the one subject which was responsible for its creation. “ According to the consensus of expert opinion, the rst question must be answered in the negative. . . . It would seem, unless one is inclined to raise technical objections, that the constitutional requirement has been fully met when the legislatures of two-thirds of the states have made application for a constitutional convention. . . . "The third question, all authorities agree, must be awswered in the negative. . “ The conclusion is thus forced upon every thinking mind that the Constitution could be beneﬁcially amended. Whether it is wise to attempt its amendment is another matter entirely. It certainly cannot be amended without precipitating a period of national

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concern. At the same time, it is a vital question whether or not this anxiety would be more apparent than r ." “ Amending the Federal Constitution." By Tipton Mullins. 13 Law Notes 146(Nov.) “ The voting strength of each state in such a national convention must be determined in some way. In the absence of regulations or precedent on this int must Congress, the only authority whic can call the convention, determine this matter, or will the convention itself determine it? May not Con gress ﬁx the qualiﬁcations of members of such state conventions and prescribe by whose votes they shall be chosen? . . . "It seems to me that the method adopted b the legislatures in furtherance of the cause of‘ popular elections of Senators is one of serious Shallostate im rtance,activity and suggests the consider ation: on the question be along the line of memorializing Congress in such way as to avoid the eﬁect of a legal application for a national convention, result ing if possible in an inducement to Congress to submit amendments to the several legis latures in the manner uniformly followed up to this time, or shall a legal application for a national convention be made." "The Study of Governmental Agencies." By John E. Macy. 19 Yale Law journal 26 (Nov.). “ The law of overnmental agencies is a department of pu lic law, as contrasted with private law-a department of the law that governs the state and its instruments of government, as distinguished from that which governs private individuals in their relations toward each other. Much of the confusion that is found in the decisions has been occa sioned by stupidly applying the doctrines of private law to these agencies. A total sep aration of the two systems would 've great aid in treating and in studying t em. . . . "Recently several eminent scholars have advocated the separate classiﬁcation and connected study of public law topics—Inter national Law, Constitutional Law, Public Officers, Public Co orations. Concurrently there has been an e ort made to gather the branches that deal with public agencies into a single ﬁeld. There appear to be three main departments of public law—Public Inter national Law, which governs the State in its relation to other States; the Law of Constitu

tional Limitations, which limits the power of the State over the individual; the Law of Governmental Agencies, which governs the state's instrumentalities of government." This writer refers to the title Administra tive Law, which has been adopted by Prof.

Frank j. Goodnow and by several law schools: “The term ‘administrative’ is not sig niﬁcant in itself under the American system;

and it leads to unfortunate confusion amon the less initiated because of its univer association with probate law. Would the title ‘ Governmental Law ' or ‘ Governmental Agencies ' be proper? "