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favor of shorter periods of punishment. Presi dent Nathan William MacChesney spoke of the organization and functions of the Institute. Prof. George W. Kirchwey made an address in which he spoke of the passing away of the old-fashioned individualistic conception that a citizen's house is his castle under all circumstances. Important committee reports were received, that of the Committee on Insanity and Criminal Respon sibility perhaps exciting closest attention. As guests of the city of Boston the delegates went down the harbor to inspect the penal institu tion at Deer Island. The Institute elected Chief Justice John B. Winslow of Wisconsin as president for the ensuing year; Prof. Eugene A. Gilmore, secretary, and Bronson Winthrop,

a report for the committee on standard rules for admission to the bar. For chairman the sec tion chose Francis Lynde Stetson of New York, and for secretary, Charles M. Hepburn of Indianapolis. At the meeting of the Comparative Law Bureau of the American Bar Association, held

treasurer.

Copyright Law of the American Bar Associa tion, meeting August 30, was addressed by its chairman, Robert S. Taylor of Fort Wayne, and discussed a paper on "The True Relation of the Doctrine of Equivalents to the Interpretation of Claims," read by Edward J. Prindle of New York. Robert S. Taylor was re-elected chairman, J. Nota of Washington being chosen secretary.

Testimony,

(See under headings Expert Medical Indeterminate Sentence, Insanity,

and Procedure.) The twenty-ﬁrst national Conference on Uni form State Laws was held at Hotel Vendome beginning Wednesday, August 23. Chairman Walter George Smith in his annual address laid special emphasis on need of uniform divorce leg islation. Commissioner Bergen of New Jersey caused a sensation by introducing a resolution that, the impracticability of bringing about uni formity of laws by voluntary state action hav ing been demonstrated, an amendment to the federal Constitution bedrafted providing for the taking over by Congress of power to legislate on subjects dealt with by the Commission. The principal subjects acted upon were Incorpora tion, Child Labor, and Marriage and Divorce.

(See under these heads.) The Association of American Law Schools held its eleventh annual meeting August 28-29. President William R. Vance discussed "The Ulti mate Function of the Teacher of Law," and Dean Harlan F. Stone of Columbia Law School sub mitted a paper on “The Function of the Amer ican Law School." Baron Uchida’s paper on legal education in Japan excited much interest. Prof. Roscoe Pound was elected president and Dean George P. Costigan, Jr., was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The Section of Legal Education of theAmer ican Bar Association met August 30-31, Gover nor Simeon E. Baldwin, the chairman of the sec

tion, delivering an address on "The Study of Roman Law in American Law Schools" and Frederic R. Coudert speaking on "The True Mis sion of State Boards of Bar Examiners and Their Opportunity in Legal Education." A paper on general educational subjects was read by Hollis R. Bailey, and other addresses were given. Lu cien Hugh Alexander of Pennsylvania presented

August 28, Governor Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut, in his annual address as Director,

spoke of the general tendency toward social uni of

law,

and sketched progress in airship law.

ﬁcation

and

increasing

uniformity

The

Bureau chose these officers: Director, Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin; secretary, W. W. Smithers;

treasurer, Eugene C. Massie. The Section of Patent, Trade-mark and

Summary of Business Transacted Aviation. Adverse report of Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, on resolution providing for licensing of aviators, sustained by American Bar Association. Bankruptcy. Adopting the recommendation ciation of its Committee passed a resolution on Commercial opposing Law, every the Asso— at tempt to repeal the national bankruptcy act. Child Labor. Draft of Uniform Child Labor Law Approved by Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; this draft embodies best features of existing state legislation. Expert Medical Testimony. A committee of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology rendered a full report covering this subject and insanity, recommending that the various medical associations establish and main tain a code of professional ethics to govern med ical experts, that the various bar associations establish and maintain a code of professional ethics to govern trials where the defense of insan ity is raised, and that medical witnesses in cases where the defense is insanity be chosen from a qualiﬁed group. The report was recommitted at the committee's own request. Family Desertion. Adoption of the Uniform

Family-Desertion Act recommended by Com mittee on Uniform State Laws of American Bar

Association, the report being adopted by the Association.