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Index to Periodicals such actions. proceedings and defenses as appear to him to be just and legal or legally debatable; for the security and preservation of individual rights secured by the constitution or laws. he may defend

on a prosecution for crime one whom he believes to be guilty of the offense charged. Even though ap prised of the guilt of the accused, the lawyer is bound in the ease of a trial to insure a fair trial and to prevent conviction. save pursuant to the law in that case made and provided."

BOOKS RECEIVED ECElPT of the following new books is ac knowledgedz The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States. By Charles Richard Van Hiae. Macmillan Co., New York. Pp. xiv. 379 + 21

(appendices) + 11 (index).

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The Early Courts of Pennsylvania. By William H. Loyd of the Philadelphia bar. Gowen Fellow in the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. Boston Book Co., Boston. Pp. 273 + 14 (appendix and index). (83.50.) A Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees. By Jairus Ware Perry. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged by Edwin A. Howes. Jr. Little. Brown & Co., Boston. V. 1. pp. clxvii (contents and table

of cases) + 774; v. 2. pp. xviii, 739 + 128 (index). ($13 net.) ' The Principles of International Law, By T. J. Lawrence. M.A.. LL.D., Member of the Institute of International Law, Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, Sometime Professor of Inter national Law in the University of Chicago. 4th edition. D. C. Heath 8: Co., Boston. Pp. xzi. 732+ 13 (index). (83.) The American Commonwealth. By James Bryce. New edition. completely revised throughout, with additional chapters. V. 1, The National Govern ments; The State Governments. V. 2, The Party System; Public Opinion; Illustrations and Reﬂec tions; Social Institutions. Macmillan Co., New York. V. 1, p. xv, 679+62 (appendix); v. 2. pp. vii. 933 + 5 (appendix) + 22 (index). (84.) A Law Dictionary; containing deﬁnitions of the terms and phrases of American and English juris prudence. ancient and modern, and including the principal terms of international. constitutional, ecclesiastical and commercial law, and medical jurisprudence, with a collection of legal maxims, numerous select titles from the Roman, modern Civil. Scotch. French, Spanish and Mexican law, and other foreign systems. and a table of abbrevia tions. By Henry Campbell Black, M.A. 2d edi tion. West Publishing Co., St. Paul. Pp. vi + 1238

+ 76 (appendix).

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Index to Periodicals ﬂrficles on Topics of Legal Science and Relaled Subjects Administrators and Executors. "Power of Personal Representative to Continue Decedent's Business." By Theodore F. C. Demarest. 23 Bend: and Bar 96 (Dec.).

The ﬁrst instalment of a study of the law of New York on this subject. Bankruptcy.

"Proof of Unmatured Claims

in Bankruptcy." By Garrard Glenn. 10 Colum bio Law Review 709 (Dec.). A cogent argument for the amendment of the National Bankruptcy Act so as to be similar to the present English statute in regard to un~

matured claims. "Lord Hardwicke declared, over a century ago, that the privilege of creditors to prove against the bankrupt's estate ought to be ‘co'extensive and commensurate’ with the privi lege of the bankrupt to a discharge from his debts." Basis of Law. See Government. Claims against the Government. "The Element of Tort as Aﬁ'ecting the Legal Liability of the United States." By Charles C. Binney. 20 Yale Law Journal 95 (Dec.).

"It may therefore now be regarded as settled that in the case of claims ‘founded upon the Con stitution of the United States, or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Execu tive Department,’ the element of tort, even if present, does not prevent the court from taking

jurisdiction. . . . This doctrine has not yet been applied to suits on patents, but there is no reason why this should not be done." Copyright. HThe Position of Fine Art in the New Copyright Bill." By M. H. Spielmann. Fortnightly Review, v. 88, p. 1047 (Dec.). “The bill on broad lines is to be welcomed,"

but this critic ﬁnds it not free from objections; for example, the architect has more to lose than to gain, and the picture dealer is badly hit. "The New Copyright Bill." By Harold Hardy. 130 Law Times 121 (Dec. 10). A satisfactory summary of its provisions, embodying some criticisms. sion Corporations. and Statute Making uImpolicy Corporations of ModernIndict Deci~ able and the Confusion in Morals thus Created." By N. C. Collier. 71 Central Law Journal 421 (Dec. 16).