BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: 20 th C entury L egal P hilosophy S eries . Volume VII: L aw and M orality . By L eon P etrazycki , translated by H ugh W. B abb , with an Introduction by N icholas S. T imasheff . [Harvard University Press; London: Geoffrey Cumberlege. xlvi and 335 pp. 60s. net.] P rediction M ethods in R elation to B orstal T raining . Studies in the Causes of Delinquency and the Treatment of Offenders. I. By H ermann M annheim and L eslie T. W ilkins . With a Foreword by S ir F rank N ewsam . [London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1955. viii and 276 pp. 17s. 6d.] N ew Z ealand : T he D evelopment of I ts L aws and C onstitution . Under the general editorship of J. L. R obson, ll.m ., ph.d . [London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1954. xix and 884 pp. £2 10s. net.] L aw and P olitics in the W orld C ommunity . Edited by G. A. L ipsky . [Berkeley: University of California Press; London: Cambridge University Press. 1954. xx and 373 pp. 45s.] T he U niversity T eaching of S ocial S ciences : L aw . Report prepared by C harles E isenmann , Professor at the University of Paris, for the International Committee of Comparative Law. [UNESCO; translated from the French. 133 pp. 6s.] E mmet on T itle . Fourteenth edition by J. G ilchrist S mith . Volume I. [London: The Solicitors Law Stationery Society. 1955. xcix and 686 pp. £4 net.] C httty on C ontracts , Twenty‐first Edition. Volume 1: General Principles. Edited by K enneth S cott, m.a ., and B ryan C lauson, m.a . With Supplement to September 1, 1955. By B arry C hedlow . Volume 2: Specific Contracts. Edited by P eter A llsop, m.a ., B arry C hedlow , B ryan C lauson, m.a ., R aoul P. C olinvaux , C. G runfeld, m.a ., ll.b ., R. A. M ac C rindle, ll.b ., C live M. S chmitthoff, ll.m ., ll.d ., D. A. L. S mout, m.a ., ll.b ., ll.m . With Supplement to September 1, 1955. By B arry C hedlow . [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1955. Volume 1: clxiv and 836 pp. Volume 2: cxxxi and 744 pp. £7 15s. net.] C hitty's M ercantile C ontracts . Edited by B arry C hedlow . [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1955. lx and 673 pp. £2 15s. net.] O utlines of I ndustrial L aw . By W. M ansfield C ooper, ll.m ., of Gray's Inn, Barrister‐at‐Law. Professor of Industrial and Commercial Law in the University of Manchester. Second Edition. [London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers), Ltd. 1954. lxi and 378 and (index) 21 pp. 30s. net.] A M anual of the L aw of R eal P roperty . By R. E. M egarry, m.a ., ll.b . Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister‐at‐Law. Second Edition. [London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1955. lii and 646 pp. 37s. 6d. net.] T he C onflict of L aws . By P rofessor R. H. G raveson . Third Edition [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1956. xxiv and 505 pp. 40s. net.] A merican ‐D utch P rivate I nternational L aw . By P rofessor R. D. K ollewijn , University of Leiden. Bilateral Studies in Private International Law. A rthur N ussbaum , Editor. No. 3. Columbia University in the City of New York. Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law. Willis L. M. Reese, Director. 1955. 63 pp. [Distributed by Oceana Publications Inc., 43 West 16th Street, New York 11, N.Y., Price $2.] B odin . S ix B ooks of the C ommonwealth . Translated and Selected by M. J. T ooley . [Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 212 pp. 15s. net.] I ntroduction to E nglish L aw . Third Edition. By P hilip S. J ames, m.a ., of the Inner Temple, Barrister‐at‐Law, Professor of Law in the University of Leeds. [London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers), Ltd. 1955. xxvi and 454 and (index) 28 pp. 15s. net.] A F irst B ook of E nglish L aw . Third Edition. By O. H ood P hillips, m.a ., b.c.l ., of Gray's Inn, Barrister‐at‐Law, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Barber Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Birmingham. [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1955. xxiv and 298 pp. (including the index). 17s. 6d. net.] H atred , R idicule or C ontempt : A B ook of L ibel C ases . By J oseph D ean . [London: Pan Books Ltd. 1955. 251 pp. 2s.] R epertoire of the P ractice of the S ecurity C ouncil , 1946–1951. [New York: United Nations; London: H.M.S.O. 1954. xi and 514 pp. 37s. 6d.] R epertory of P ractice of U nited N ations O rgans . Volume 1, Arts. 1–22, xi and 742 pp. 25s.; Volume 2, Arts. 23–54, v and 467 pp. 25s.; Volume 3, Arts. 55–72, v and 596 pp. 25s.; Volume 4, Arts. 73–91, v and 461 pp. 25s.; Volume 5, Arts. 92–111, v and 417 pp. 25s. [New York: United Nations; London: H.M.S.O. 1955.] L aws C oncerning N ationality . United Nations Legislative Series. [New York: United Nations; London: H.M.S.O. 1955. xvii and 594 pp. 30s.] T he Y eah B ook of W orld A ffairs 1955. Published under the auspices of the London Institute of World Affairs. [London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1955. xiii and 392 pp. 42s. net.]