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 Index to Periodicals BOOKS RECEIVED A Treatise on the Constitution of Georgia, giv ing the origin, history and development of the fundamental law of the state, with all constitutional documents containing such law, and with the pres ent constitution, as amended to date, with anno tations. By Walter McElreath, of the Atlanta bar. Harrison Co., Atlanta, Ga. Pp. viii, 676 + 24 (index). (S6.) Comparative Legal Philosophy, Applied to Legal Institutions. By Luigi Miraglia, Professor of the Philosophy of Law in the University of Naples. Translated from the Italian by John Lisle of the Philadelphia bar, with introduction by Albert Kocourek, Lecturer on Jurisprudence in Northwestern University. Modern Legal Philosophy Series, III. Boston Book Co., Boston. Pp. xl, 773+20 (index). ($4.75.)

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Handbook on the Law of Judicial Precedents, or the Science of Case Law. By Henry Campbell Black, M.A., author of Black's Law Dictionary, and of Treatises on Judgments, Constitutional Law, Statutory Construction, etc. Hornbook Se ries. West Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn. Pp. xv, 701+36 (casescited) +31(index). (13.75 delivered.) Text-Book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxi cology. By John J. Reese, M.D., late Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology in the University of Pennsylvania; late President of the Medical Jurisprudence Society of Philadelphia. 8th ed., revised by D. J. McCarthy, A.B., M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence (Geo. B. Wood Foundation) in the University of Pennsylvania, Neurologist to the Philadelphia General and St. Agnes Hospitals. P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Phila delphia. Pp. viii, 664+6 (index). ($3 net.)

Index to Periodicals Jtrtida on Topics of Legal Science and Related Subjects Admiralty. "The Laws of Salvage." By James D. Dewell, Jr. 21 Yale Law Journal 493 (Apr.). Dealing with the law applicable to the follow ing state of facts : ' 'Suppose a steamer is charterer under a charter party constituting the charterers the owners pro hoc vice, and that the charterers manned and supplied her, and this_ steamer should rescue a vessel and bring her into port and be admittedly entitled to a salvage award. To whom would the award belong, that is, so far as between the owner of the steamer and the charterer?" Biography. "James Buchanan as a Lawyer." By W. U. Hensel. 60 Univ. of Pa. Law Review 546 (May). "I assert with absolute confidence as to their attitude toward slavery that Mr. Buchanan was never more insistent that it should be let alone in the States where it existed and that the fugitive slave law was constitutional and should be enforced than Mr. Lincoln. Their differences were wholly as to the conditions which should govern it in federal territory. Down to and long after his inauguration Mr. Lincoln reiterated his intention to not disturb slavery where it existed and to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law." Court of Claims. "The United States Court of Claims." By George W. Atkinson. 46 American La-v Review 227 (Mar.- Apr.). A general account of the court and its methods of work.

Criminal Procedure. "The Police Courts of New York: A Record of Progress in the Minor Criminal Courts." By Frederick Trevor Hill. Century, v. 84, p. 87 (May). The article contrasts the present inferior courts of New York City with those of twentyfive years ago, and gives a clear account of the many improvements which have been made in the administration of justice. The improvement in the character of the judges and the methods of conducting the work of the courts has been striking. "The whole spirit of the legislation," says Mr. Hill, "reflects high credit upon its framers, and thus far its results have exceeded expectations. It has not only promoted justice, curbed oppression, and safeguarded the needy and friendless, but it has supplied invaluable material for increasing the usefulness of minor criminal courts throughout the country, which, though termed inferior by the law, are centers of popular education and civic influence without a peer in the judicial system of America." See Procedure. Criminology. "Scientific Administration of the Criminal Law." By Chief Justice John B. Winslow, Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Case and Comment, v. 18, p. 707 (May). "The writer of this article was upon the trial bench for seven years, and had occasion to pass sentence upon a considerable number of convicted persons, and he frequently felt the utter impossibility of satisfying himself _as to the wisdom or justice of the sentences which he imposed. It seemed always to be merely a guess, and a very unsatisfactory guess at best. He always recognized the difficulty of the task, but he did not then comprehend, as _he now comprehends, the true reasons for that difficulty;