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The Green Bag

"Civil liberty is the result of the restraint exercised by the sovereign people on the more powerful individuals and classes of the commun

ity, preventing them from availing themselves of the excess of their power to the detriment of the other classes." This pa r by the founder of the Forum is reprinted iifbm the North American Review of January, 1883. Canal Zone. "Canal Zone Laws and Judi ciary." By Theodore C. Hinckley. II Phi

Delta Phi Brief 49 (Mar.). _ A short descriptive pa r which presents much information about the aw and its administra tion. Germany. "Tendencies toward Ministerial Responsibility in Germany." By Walter J. Shepard. 5 A merican Political Science Review 57 (Feb.). "Were it not for the gross inequalities in the distribution of seats, the Reichstag would be a model of a popular representative body. . . . The indications from all by-elections to the Reichstag point to a greatly increased Socialist poll. How long can this tremendous human ﬂood be restrained within the barriers of the Prussian Electoral Law? When it bursts its bonds will it not carry all before it? . . . "The Prussian Electoral question is not, as von Bethmann-Hollweg wishes to make it, a

purely Prussian matter. Because of the pre dominance of the Prussian Government in the Bundesrath, through which it can practically nullify anythin the Reichstag undertakes, any measure w ich tends toward liberalizing the Prussian Government must have a vital

interest for the whole of Germany. The democ ratization of Prussia would bring about the democratization of the Empire. Everything would be thrown into the melting-pot. . . . The introduction of ministerial responsibility in Prussia would transfer the ultimate control over the Prussian delegation in the Bundesrath from Kin to Landtag, as ministerial responsi bility in the smaller states would result in popu lar control of their delegations. And, since the Erincipal wer of the Emperor springs from is being ing of Prussia and thus bein able to control that state's delegation, this c ange would very seriously reduce his power in im perial affairs." India. "British Democracy and Indian Government." By Rt. Hon. Viscount Morley. Nineteenth Century, v. 69, p. 189 (Feb.). Written by way of comment on the views expressed by Valentine Chirol in his volume on "Indian Unrest," views for which Lord Morley entertains a strong sympathy. A deep realization of the complexities of the political and social problem in India, and of the necessity for patience

in handling it, is conveyed by the article. "India under Lord Morley." Quarterly Re view, v. 214, no. 426, p. 203 (]an.).

"Blended conciliation and repression, we have lately heard from the India ofiice, was the only true policy. As if such a line of action was a

policy_ at all; as if both were not essentially expedients that should be unnecessary in any sound society." Portugal. “The Portuguese Republic." By William Archer. Fortnightly Review, v. 89, p. 230 (Feb.). A sketch_of events before, during, and after the revolution.

See Constitutional Amendment, Direct Gov ernment, Interstate Commerce, Legal History,

Local Government, Political Parties. Husband and Wife. “When and in What Cases May the Husband Recover Real Estate Conveyed by Him to His Wife during the Married State?" By Walter]. Lotz. 72 Central Law Journal 78 (Feb. 3). “It is a beautiful tribute to splendid American womanhood that the ‘women in the cases’ here tofore commented upon are rare and vile exceptions and not the rule. But fraud, like murder ‘will out,’ and justice does not plead in vain." Immigration.

"The Immigration Problem

—Four Criticisms."

Outlook, v. 97, p. 357

(Feb. 18). Letters stating the views of a Western Ameri can, a Negro, a Japanese and a Hebrew. Indictments.

See Criminal Procedure.

Injunctions. “Labor's Struggle for the Right to Organize." By Samuel Gompers. Outlook, v. 97, p. 267 (Feb. 4). The article deals with the history of this struggle in Great Britain, and makes an urgent appeal for the passage of the Wilson bill regulat ing the issuance of injunctions and limiting the meaning of "cons iracy," as substantially the equivalent of the ritish Trades Disputes Act. International Peace. "The Dawn of the World's Peace." By Hamilton Holt. World's Work, v. 21, p. 14128 (Mar.).

Describing the various agencies that are at work for the attainment of international peace,

and treating of the pr

ress of the international

arbitration, the Hague

onferences, the unofﬁcial

ce societies, and notable recent benefactions in aid of the movement. International Politics. "Diplomatic Aﬁ'airs and International Law." By Prof. Paul S. Reinsch. 5 American Political Science Review 12 (Feb.). A review of the notable developments of the year in the ﬁeld of international relations, expository rather than discursive. See Treaties.

Interstate Commerce. "The Gibbons v. Ogden Fetish." By Frederick H. Cooke. 9 Michi gan Law Review 324 (Feb.). "It seems now to be generally understood that for practical purposes the word [commerce], as used in the commerce clause, is synonymous

with transportation."

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