Stephen's New Commentaries.-7th Edition, 1874. 4 vols. 8vo., 47. 48. cloth; 57. calf. MR. SERJEANT STEPHEN'S NEW COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, partly founded on Blackstone. The Seventh Edition. By JAMES STEPHEN, Esq., LL.D., Judge of County Courts; late Professor of English Law at King's College, London, and formerly Recorder of Poole. EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION. "The position of the work in reference to the Judicature Act, 1873, also seems to call for some remark, as the profession will naturally want to know whether the changes introduced by that important measure will be found embodied in the present edition. To this question I reply that the chief enactments of that Act will be found in these pages, and that I have explained their effect to the student throughout to the best of my ability." From the Law Journal. "It is unnecessary for us on this occasion to repeat the eulogy which six years ago (in 1868) we bestowed, not without just reason, on the Commentaries as they then appeared. It has been remarked that Stephen's Commentaries enjoy the special merit of being an educational work, not merely a legal textbook. Their scope is so wide that every man, no matter what his position, profession, trade or employment, can scarcely fail to find in them matter of special interest to himself, besides the vast fund of general information upon which every Englishman of intelligence may draw with advantage." From the Solicitors' Journal. "A Work which has reached a Seventh Edition needs no other testimony to its usefulness. And when a law book of the size and costliness of these Commentaries' passes through many editions, it must be taken as established that it supplies a need felt in all branches of the profession, and probably to some extent, also, outside the profession. It is difficult indeed to name a law book of more general utility than the one before us. It is (as regards the greater part) not too technical for the lay reader, and not too full of detail for the law student, while it is an accurate and (considering its design) a singularly complete guide to the practitioner. This result is due in no small degree to the mode in which the successive editions have been revised, the alterations in the law being concisely embodied, and carefully interwoven with the previous material, forming a refreshing contrast to the lamentable spectacle presented by certain works into which successive learned editors have pitchforked headnotes of cases, thereby rendering each edition more unconnected and confusing than its predecessor. As the result of our examination we may say that the new law has, in general, been accurately and tersely stated, and its relation to the old law carefully pointed out." From the Law Times. "We have in this Work an old and valued friend. For years we have had the last, the Sixth Edition, upon our shelves, and we can state as a fact that when our text books on particular branches of the Law have failed us, we have always found that Stephen's Commentaries have supplied us with the key to what we sought, if not the actual thing we required. We think that these Commentaries establish one important proposition, that to be of thorough practical utility a treatise on English Law cannot be reduced within a small compass. The subject is one which must be dealt with comprehensively, and an abridgment, except merely for the purposes of elementary study, is a decided blunder. "Of the scope of the Commentaries we need say nothing. To all who profess acquaintance with the English Law their plan and execution must be thoroughly familiar. The learned Author has made one conspicuous alteration, confining 'Civil Injuries' within the compass of one volume, and commencing the last volume with Crimes,' and in that volume he has placed a Table of Statutes. In every respect the Work is improved, and the present writer can say, from practical experience, that for the Student and the Practitioner there is no better Work published than 'Stephen's Commentaries.'" From the Law Examination Journal. "What Bacon's works are to philosophy, Blackstone's Commentaries and Stephen's Commentaries founded on Blackstone, are to the study of English Law. For a general survey of the entire field of English Law, or, at least, for a comparative survey of different branches of law, Stephen's Commentaries are unrivalled; and we may observe that these Commentaries should not be used merely as a book of reference, they should be carefully studied." Powell on Evidence.-4th Edit. By Cutler & Griffin. Post 8vo. 18s. cloth, 22s. calf. POWELL'S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. Fourth Edition. By J. CUTLER, B.A., Professor of English Law and Jurisprudence, and Professor of Indian Jurisprudence at King's College, London, and E. F. GRIFFIN, B.A., Barristers-at-Law. This edition contains the alterations necessary to adapt it to the practice under the Judicature Acts, as well as other material additions. The Bankers' Books Eridence Act, 1876, is given as an Addendum to the Appendix of Statutes. "The plan adopted is, we think, an admirable one for a concise, handy book on the subject. Such maxims as, that hearsay is inadmissible, are given at the head of the chapter in large type, and then follow the explanation and application of the general rule. The Indian code of evidence given at the end of the book deserves to be read by every student, whether going to India or not. The few rules of the English law of evidence which are purely statutory are also given verbatim, including the two orders of the Judicature Act, 1875, which appear to be correctly appreciated. The present form of Powell on Evidence is a handy, well-printed and carefully prepared edition of a book of deserved reputation and authority."-Law Journal. "The editors of this work put forward 'no claim to that exhaustiveness which other works dealing with the law of evidence aim at.' Their desire, on the contrary, is to adhere to the principle' of their author of not overloading the book with cases.' We heartily approve the principle; which, however, is somewhat difficult of application. We must add, however, that in most instances the cases are tersely abstracted, and the convenience of the reader is consulted by references to more than one set of reports. The plan of the book is to give pretty frequently, and, as far as we can discover, in almost every chapter, a 'rule' of general application, and then to group the cases round it. These rules or axioms are printed in a distinctive type. The work has been pruned and remodelled by the light of the Judicature Acts. The authors give in an appendix the Indian Evidence Acts, with some Indian decisions thereupon, and occasionally notice these acts in the text. On the whole we think this is a good edition of a good book. It brings down the cases to the latest date, and is constructed upon a model which we should like to see more generally adopted.” -Solicitors' Journal. "We are informed in the preface that the results of the Judicature Acts as regards evidence have been duly noted, whilst the work itself has been rendered more comprehensive. It is an excellent summary of principles."-Law Times. "There is hardly any branch of the law of greater interest and importance, not only to the profession, but to the public at large, than the law of evidence. We are, therefore, all the more inclined to welcome the appearance of the Fourth Edition of this valuable work."-Law Examination Journal. "To the general practitioner the main value of the work must consist in its treatment of the law prevailing in this country (Ireland) and in England, and in this respect we confidently recommend the work to our readers. To the student we know of no work on the law of evidence we could more strongly recommend, and both branches of the profession will find Powell's Law of Evidence a work which can be consulted with confidence."-Irish Law Times. Chadwick's Probate Court Manual, corrected to 1876. Royal 8vo. 128. cloth. EXAMPLES OF ADMINISTRATION BONDS FOR THE COURT OF PROBATE; exhibiting the Principle of various Grants of Administration and the correct Mode of preparing the Bonds in respect thereof; also Directions for preparing the Oaths, arranged for practical utility. With Extracts from the Statutes; also various Forms of Affirmation prescribed by Acts of Parliament, and a Prefatory as well as a Supplemental Notice, bringing the work down to 1876. By SAMUEL CHADWICK, of Her Majesty's Court of Probate. "We undertake to say that the possession of this volume by practitioners will prevent many a hitch and awkward delay, provoking to the lawyer himself and difficult to be satisfactorily explained to the clients."-Law Magazine. "This is purely a book of practice, but therefore the more valuable. It tells the reader what to do, and that is the information most required after a lawyer begins to practise."-Law Times. Coote's Probate Practice.-7th Edition. THE COMMON FORM PRACTICE OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN GRANTING PROBATES AND ADMINISTRATIONS. By HENRY CHARLES COOTE, F.S.A., late Proctor in Doctors' Commons, Author of "The Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts," &c. &c. The Forms as printed in this work are in strict accordance with the Orders of Court and Decisions of the Right Hon. Sir James Hannen, and are those which are in use in the Principal Registry of the Probate Divisional Court. "In less than twenty years the work has reached a seventh edition, and this new edition finds its raison d'être in the changes introduced by the Judicature Acts. Mr. Coote has set forth so much of the recent legislation as merged the Court of Probate in the High Court of Justice, and has explained the effects of such legislation as regards the subject matter of his book. He has also amended his forms in obedience to the new law. The edition, so far as Common Form Business is concerned, maintains the reputation of the work, and in the present day, when every solicitor conducts probate business, will doubtless command the same popularity as those editions which have preceded it."-Law Journal. "The above is another name for what is commonly known to the profession as Coote's Probate Practice, a work about as indispensable in a solicitor's office as any book of practice that is known to us. The seventh edition is chiefly distinguishable from the sixth edition in this, that certain important modifications and alterations are effected which have been rendered necessary by the Judicature Acts. Judicial decisions subsequent to the last edition have been carefully noted up. We notice several new and useful forms; and the author has not only attempted, but has in the main succeeded, in adopting the forms and directions under the old probate practice, as embodied in previous editions of the work, to the new procedure under the Judicature Acts. Solicitors know that the difficulties in the way of satisfying the different clerks at Somerset House are frequently great, and there is nothing so likely to tend to simplicity of practice as Mr. Coote's book."-Law Times. "Nearly five years have elapsed since the publication of the last edition of this book, which has long held a high reputation amongst solicitors, but we find little change in its contents. The Judicature Acts, which have rendered obsolete so many works of practice, have left this almost untouched. The chief changes in this edition appear to be the alteration of the headings of many of the forms; the insertion of several new cases and of some of the judgments of Dr. Bettesworth, of the fees to be taken by solicitors and paid to the Court in common form business as directed by the Rules of 1874; and a considerable increase in the number of forms in non-contentious business." -Solicitors' Journal. "In 1858 Mr. Coote published a first attempt to explain the principles which were to regulate the Common Form Practice of the then new Court of Probate. Very welcome, indeed, therefore, was his opportune book of practice, and its utility has been significantly proved by the fact that we have the sixth edition now before us."-Law Magazine. Bund's Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875. Demy 12mo. 5s. cloth. THE LAW OF COMPENSATION FOR UNEXHAUSTED AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, as amended by the Agricultural Holdings (England) Act, 1875. By J. W. WILLIS BUND, M.A., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, Author of "The Law relating to Salmon Fisheries in England and Wales," &c. Davis's County Court Rules and Acts of 1875 & 1876. Just published, 8vo. 168. cloth. THE COUNTY COURT RULES, 1875 and 1876, with Forms and Scales of Costs and Fees; together with the County Courts Act, 1875, the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, and the Provisions of the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, and of other recent Statutes affecting the Jurisdiction of the County Courts. Forming a SUPPLEMENT to DAVIS'S COUNTY COURT PRACTICE AND EVIDENCE, but complete in itself. "The sweeping alterations in procedure and in substantive matters of law compelled Mr. Davis either to prepare a new edition of his work or to edit a Supplement. He has chosen the latter course. Such disadvantages as are inherent to a Supplement he has reduced to a minimum by numerous references and a full Index to the whole work. Some notion can be gained of the extent of the new matter with which Mr. Davis had to deal from the fact that the volume before us contains, exclusively of the Index, 326 pages of matter. First is given the text of the County Courts Act, 1875, with notes; then follows an analysis of several acts, among which are the Public Health Act, the Judicature Act, 1875, the Friendly Societies Act, the Employers and Workmen Act and the Agricultural Holdings Act; after which the Rules of 1875 and of the present year, with Forms, Table of Costs, Court Fees, and the like, are printed in extenso. The volume is in a neat and handy form and well adapted for general use."—Law Journal, April 15, 1876. "We have here, in good type and conveniently arranged, all the new legislation, whether parliamentary or judicial, relating to County Courts. The book opens with the Act of last session, shortly annotated; then follow the portions of other Acts passed last session which relate to County Courts; and, after these, the Consolidated Rules issued last year, and the new rules which came in force on Monday last. A very full Index is added, containing references, not only to the present volume, but also to the work to which it is intended as a supplement." -Solicitors' Journal, April 8, 1876. "Mr. Davis has published a Supplement to his work on County Court Practice and Evidence, which supplies the County Court Rules of 1875 and 1876, the County Court Act, 1875, and other recent statutes affecting the jurisdiction of the County Courts. The number of statutes affecting County Courts passed in 1874-5 is certainly formidable, and required to be brought at once to the notice of practitioners. This Mr. Davis does in a form which has thoroughly recommended itself to the profession. The voluminous Index will form an excellent guide to the legislation as well as to the rules and orders."-Law Times, April 29, 1876. "We will merely content ourselves with pointing out that the additions and changes, as regards County Courts jurisdiction, have been very great and important, and that this volume indicates them in a well arranged and convenient form. Its issue has been wisely delayed so as to include the Rules of 1876."Law Magazine, August, 1876. "The result of his labours cannot fail to prove abundantly useful to practitioners, who will find that this work supplies, in a collected form, the entire legislation of 1874-5 affecting the County Courts and the Rules of 1875-6, with the new Scale of Costs, &c. The work, in our opinion, deserves the favourable consideration of the profession."-Irish Law Times, May 20, 1876. Davis's County Courts Practice and Evidence. FIFTH EDITION. 8vo. 388. cloth, 438. calf. THE PRACTICE AND EVIDENCE IN ACTIONS IN THE COUNTY COURTS. By JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Fifth Edition. This is the only work on the County Courts which gives Forms of Plaints and treats fully of the Law and Evidence in Actions and other Proceedings in these Courts. "We believe Mr. Davis's is the best and newest work on County Court practice."-Law Times. "Mr. Davis's works are all conspicuous for clearness and accuracy. The present edition will fully sustain the well-earned reputation of the work."-Solrs.' Journ. "It is hardly necessary for us to sum up in favour of a book which is so popular that the several editions of it pass rapidly out of print. All we need say is, that the verdict of the purchasing public has our entire approbation."-Law Journal. |