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authorities in support of them are superﬂuous. If we ﬁnd one or more of our ‘hard cases’ which have departed from the principle, let us avow the error which such cases involve, and frankly cast them overboard, instead of seeking to

distinguish them by ingenious sophistries. When the principle is clearly established and the cause to be decided manifestly governed by it, let us refrain from augmenting the mass

0 legal literature by further learned opinions." Juvenile Delinquency. "A Child-Saving Station.”

By Ernest K. Coulter. Outlook, v. 97,

p. 361 (Feb. 18). A paper read before the neurological section of the New York Academy of Medicine last Janu ary, discussing how defective children may be prevented from growing into hardened criminals. t describes the work of the Children's Court of New York County, of which the writer is clerk. Labor Problems. "The Case Against the Labor Union." By Washington Gladden. Out look, v. 97, p. 465 (Feb. 25).

In this ﬁrst of ﬁve articles dealin with prob lems of labor and capital, Dr. Gla den devotes his attention to some of the serious charges against unionism, and is of the opinion that they show the existence of some serious abuses; those

abuses, however, are considered not to be essen tial parts of the system or to be incurable. “Columbus-A Tragedy-Farce in Strikes." By Frederick Palmer. (Mar.).

Hampton's v. 26, p. 331

Describing, in the graphic style of this ex penenced correspondent, the labor conditions in the recent street car strike in Columbus. See Contract Labor Law, Injunctions. Legal History. “The Establishment of Judicial Review." By Edward S. Corwin 9 Michigan Law Review 283 (Feb). Second and concluding instalment of an article forming chapter iv of the author's work on "The Growth of Judicial Review." (See 23 Green Bag 94.) This section treats of the period subsequent to the adoption of the Constit ution. "The House of Lords and Appeals from Scot land." By C. A. Malcolm. 22 juridical Re view 295 (_Ian.). "The appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords in Scottish civil causes has been regarded by some very patriotic Scotsmen as an unau thorized infringement of Scottish rights, since neither by the Treaty of Union nor by direct legislative enactment has such jurisdiction been given to the House of Lords." The treatment is historical, tending to show

the antiquity of the right of appeal to a higher tribunal. "The practice . . . of Scottish appeals to the House of Lords has been sanctioned and regulated by legislative enactments from 1689 onwards, and there is abundant evidence to show

that even before 1689 the Court of Session was not regarded as the ﬁnal Court of Appeal. The

unconstitutional Acts of Charles II did not confer that status on the Court of Session, but they were the means of leading to our present system of appeal to the High Court of Parlia ment."

"The Sorrows of a Sheriff in the Fifteenth Century." By Arthur Betts. 22 Juridical Review 305 (_]an.). "A curious case is reported in Year-Book. 5 Edw. IV. (Long Quinto), p. 5, wherein a sheriff, from punitive ofiicer becomes the punished offender." The article is a collection of anti quarian information about the case of John Paston, sued for trespass by William Jenney and William Ho an. leading to the “amercement" of a sheriff or the non-return of an important writ.

Legislation. See Legal History. Local Government. “The Commission Plan of City Government." By Oswald Ryan. 5 American Political Science Review 38 (Feb.).

A sympathetic account, by an intelligent and fair-minded student of politics, of the experience of America in the new form of municipal govern ment by commission. “The striking results which have been obtained wherever the new form has been established plead eloquently for the simpliﬁcation of a system which, because of its decentralized and ineﬂicient form, has long since proved itself inadequate for performing municipal functions. Whatever may be the future municipal system in the United States, we may reasonably predict that it will at least contain the fundamental principle of the com mission plan, namely, a centralization of ad

ministrative power and responsibility." Maritime Law. "The Declaration of Lon don." By Lieut. B. E. Monsell, R. N. Fort nightly Review, v. 89, p. 263 (Feb). A lucid review of the effect of the Declaration, particularly with reference to actual warfare, criticizing it adversely from a military standpoint. "The Immunity of Private Property at Sea." Quarterly Review, v. 214, no. 426, p. 1 (Jan). A historical sketch of the movement for the immunization of private property at sea, begin ning with the eighteenth century and coming down to present times. Marriage and Divorce. "The Evidence of Divorce." By William Marston Weeks. 4 Maine Law Review 103 (Feb.). The ﬁrst instalment of a comprehensive treat ment of the law of evidence with respect to actions for divorce. Monopolies. "German Good-Will Toward Trusts."

By Elmer Roberts.

Scribner's, v. 49,

p. 293 (Mar.). The writer shows how monopoly, instead of

being discouraged, has been fostered by the German government in the form of syndicates. "The breakdown of the old pooling system in the United States was chieﬂy due to the laxness of the contracts, and their constant violation