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rotest. Its seat of power is in the Middle West; ut it is not conﬁned to any one section of the country. On the contrary, it is most markedly pervasive, its widespread successes indicating that beneath the surface it is a force develop

merely because it imposes a new liability of this character. The question instead must be the more fundamental one. Dex the statute seek an end so unreasonable or arbitrary as not to be

ing throughout the count

sought a legitimate end by similarly unreasonable or arbitrary means?"

.

Nor is this force

conﬁned to any one class 0 communities. While manufacturing,

minin

and

railroad

within the legislative discretion? or, Has it

centres

stand conspicuous in ialist successes, small country towns and purely agricultural communi ties contribute largel to the total; and even residential and subur n communities ﬁgure in the count. On the other hand, to speak of Socialism as already a power in American poli tics is to deal altogether in hyperbole. . . . “The average Socialist recruit begins as a theo retical impossibilist and develops gradually into a constructive opportunist. Add a taste of real responsibility and he is hard to distin uish from a liberal reformer. It is the same wit the movement. These Socialist successes in gen

“Workmen's Compensation in Illinois." By Samuel A. Harper. 6 Illinois Law Review 170 (Oct.). “In all cases where the injury results from the direct negligence or intentional act of the master

eral, therefore, are a training school of construc

in reason be taken away in the exercise of the reasonable police power of the state."

tive democracy. This fact should calm the fears and allay the prejudices of all those who have a real faith in the people." Stare Decisis. “Effect of Overruling Opinion

the servant would seem to have a clear right to

his common law remedies against him, including the trial by jury. The extension of the liability of the master, however, to cover the negligent

acts of a servant or agent, is a comparatively recent, judge-made privilege given to the PH! ployee, and what has thus been given him might

“German Workingrnen's Insurance and FOI eign Countries." By Dr. Zacher. American Journal of Sociology, v. 17, p. 177 (Sept.)

of Court of Last Resort on Rights Acquired on

A short resume of the past twenty-ﬁve yeaﬁ' Opinion Overruled." By James E. Babb. American Law Review 750 (Sept.-Oct.).

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Some of the authorities are reviewed, includ

ing the well-known cases of Gelpcke v. Dubuque and Muhlker v. N. Y. 86. R. Co., but little new

light is thrown on the subject. Taxation. “The Measure of Income for Taxation." By Truxtun Beale. Journal of Political Economy, v. 19, p. 655 (Oct.).

experience of Germany. _ "The German principle . . . is superior to the liberte subsidiée in this, that it involves both

parties, workmen and employers in the cost of premiums, and so places the entire insurance 0]! a ﬁrmer, clearer and juster basis, and make5_1t evident to the workmen that the contribution of the employer is not a 'subvention,’ but some thing which they have themselves earned." See Industrial Accidents.

The writer, who takes for granted the general

adoption of income taxation in the near future, discusses from an economic standpoint the adjustment of income taxes in such a way as to

secure the maximum beneﬁt to the wealth and well-being of the community. He argues at length in favor of exempting saved income from taxation, and he would tax income spent on

luxuries. Uniformity of Laws. See Marriage and Divorce. United States Courts. "The New Federal Judicial Code." By Hon. Henry B. Brown. 73 Central Law Journal 275 (Oct. 20). Part of the address of Justice Brown before the American Bar Association at Boston last

August, treating of the changes made by the new federal judicial code. See Commerce Court. Workmen's Compensation. “The New York Workmen's Compensation Act Decision." By James Parker Hall. Journal of Political Economy, v. 19, p. 694 (Oct.). "In the face of so large a number of instances

of liability without fault under our system of law, it cannot be successfully argued that a stat

ute takes property without due process of law

Miscellaneous Articles of Inleresl to file Legal Profession Biography. “Lafollette's Autobiography?" By Robert M. LaFollette. American Magoﬂﬂlr v. 73, p. 3 (Nov.).

This second installment, dealing with 13' Follette’s experience in the House of Repre sentatives, gives interesting impressions of the period from 1885 to 1891. “In those days the consideration of private interests of all sorts

overwhelmed Congress.

I have showed how

in several instances and in a limited way tried to ﬁght against them, singly. But - - such men as Sherman in the Senate and Reagaﬁ in the House were real constructive statesmen Camorra Trial. "An American Lawyer at the Camorra Trial." By Arthur Train. M6‘ Clure’s, v. 38, p. 71 (Nov.).

"As for the lawyers-the tsunami-—the)’ seem very much like any group of American civil lawyers and distinctly superior to the practitioners in our criminal courts. Many 8!? young and hoping to win their spurs in this celebrated case. Others are old war-horses whose fortunes are tied up with those of the