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 Index to Periodicals centuries came under the influences which later, in the sixteenth century, affected reception on the Continent, but in England there was no reception. At the same time, the Continental reception has a bearing on English legal history, because the common law was in some respects modified by contact with new institutions and principles which in the sixteenth century struggled for supremacy, and also because Continental developments, if clearly understood, throw light on the forces which made the native common law strong enough to resist foreign influences. "The History of International Relations during Antiquity and the Middle Ages." By Amos S. Hershey. American Journal of Inter national Law, v. 5, p. 901 (Oct.). A survey of broad scope, succinctly covering the foreign relations of numerous nations of the ancient and mediaeval world. "The History of the Inns of Court." Edin burgh Review, v. 214, No. 438, p. 293 (Oct.). An interesting sketch, which goes back to the days of Fortescue and Chaucer. Incidentally American statesmen who received their legal education in England in the eighteenth century are mentioned. "The evidence justifies a general statement that the Middle Temple was the alma mater of the English-trained lawyers who took a leading part in laying well and truly the foundations of the American commonwealth." "The Trial of Alice Lisle." By J. A. LovetFraser. 37 Law Magazine and Review 31 (Nov.). An interesting account of a brutal seventeenth century trial before Chief Justice Jeffreys. See Mob-Law, Public Service Corporations. Literature. "Trying a Dramatist; an origi nal sketch in one act." By Sir William S. Gil bert. Century, v. 83, p. 179 (Dec.). The prisoner is placed on trial before Justice Rhadamanthus for having written an extremely tedious play called "Lead." The author seizes his rich opportunity to satirize some of the whims of the playgoing public. "The Law and Lawyers of Honori de Balzac." By Judge John Marshall Gest. 60 Univ. of Pa. Law Review 59 (Nov.). Read before the Pennsylvania Bar Association last June. See 23 Green Bag 456. Martial Law. See Military Law. Military Law. "Military Tribunals and their Jurisdiction." By Henry Wager Halleck. American Journal of International Law, v. 5, p. 958 (Oct.). A short statement of the jurisdiction of these courts under the United States Constitution. Mining. "The Doctrine of Farrell v. Lockhart, and its Application to Other Rules Appli cable to the Location of Mining Claims." By George P. Costigan, Jr. 11 Columbia Law Review 593 (Nov.), 723 (Dec.). "The law in relation to the making of mining locations is in an unsatisfactory condition, and

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will remain so until the Supreme Court of the United States gives adequate reconsideration to the problem presented in the case of Farrell v. Lockhart (210 U. S. 142). In that case, under the guise of 'qualifying' the earlier case of Lavagnino v. Uhlig (198 U. S. 443), the Supreme Court in effect overruled the earlier case, and did so in a way that is most troublesome. . . . Farrell v. Lockhart should have been decided the same way as Lavagnino v. Uhlig, though the reasons given for the decision of Lavagnino v. Uhlig and for any decision reversing Farrell v. Lockhart should be different from those actually given by the court in Lavagnino v. Uhlig." Mob-Law. "The King's Peace vs. MobLaw." By Kenelm D. Cotes and C. A. Herreshoff Bartlett. 37 Law Magazine and Review 43 (Nov.). "It is as difficult to exterminate mob-law as it is to do away with illicit sexual intercourse and drink; but it can be controlled in a measure and made less likely to occur, and this is a work deserving the highest praise. The remedy must come from within, and not from without. Laws, authority, social opinion, power, and force will prove efficient, for they are like throwing earth on a charcoal fire — they suppress the flames but heighten the fiery heat beneath. The cure must be found within those conditions of social and commercial life, progress, and prosperity that restrain the passions of the brute in man and make him amenable to reason." Monopolies. "The Standard Oil and Tobacco Cases." By Robert L. Raymond. 25 Harvard Law Review 31 (Nov.). The ablest and most minute discussion of these decisions which has yet appeared. "It is ... proposed to state as definitely as possible the rules of law to be drawn from these decisions. As a general summary the following is offered: "Any undue or unreasonable restraint of inter state trade is illegal. Trade is unduly restrained by agreements which lessen competition among those agreeing to an extent which may reasonably be thought to injure the competing or consum ing public. Trade is also restrained unduly by acts, combinations, or mere conditions of exist ence, which represent a purpose to increase the trade of those who are parties to the assailed transaction or condition, by interfering with the right to trade of those who are strangers to such transaction or condition; or, in other words, a purpose to acquire monopoly control. Trade is not unduly restrained by the termination of competition among those who voluntarily com bine in the form of a corporate combination. Nevertheless, the combination of a great number of previously independent corporations, certainly if by means of a holding company, and probably if by means of the purchase of plants outright, creates a prima facie case of illegality. Given an undue restraint, the law can reach any possible form of organization or condition of existence in which such restraint is manifested. A single corporation in no way representing any combination may offend the Act. The issue is to