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The Cement Decision And Basing-Point Pricing Systems, Clyde L. Ball

Vanderbilt Law Review

The period since the end of World War II has been marked by a tremendous volume of litigation arising under the federal anti-trust statutes. One of the Government's principal attacks has been aimed at the basing-point system of pricing which has been employed in many basic industries. This attack marked no new departure on the part of the Government; the Federal Trade Commission has consistently opposed the system, and the courts have repeatedly been called upon to review Commission orders aimed at some feature of the basing-point system.

Until recently the system had successfully withstood these attacks. It had weathered …

The Cement Decision And Basing-Point Pricing Systems, Clyde L. Ball

Vanderbilt Law Review

The period since the end of World War II has been marked by a tremendous volume of litigation arising under the federal anti-trust statutes. One of the Government's principal attacks has been aimed at the basing-point system of pricing which has been employed in many basic industries. This attack marked no new departure on the part of the Government; the Federal Trade Commission has consistently opposed the system, and the courts have repeatedly been called upon to review Commission orders aimed at some feature of the basing-point system.

Until recently the system had successfully withstood these attacks. It had weathered …

Book Reviews, H. C. Nixon, L. Dale Coffman, George W. Stocking, Victor C. Heck, Constantine G. Belissary

Vanderbilt Law Review

TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS

The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights with An Introduction

by Charles S. Wilson, Committee Chairman.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947. Pp. xii, 178. $1.00..

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ROSCOE POUND

By Paul Sayre

Iowa City: College of Law Committee

State University of Iowa, 1948. Pp. 412. $4.50.

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A NATIONAL POLICY FOR THE OIL INDUSTRY

By Eugene V. Rostow

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1948. Pp. XVI, 173. $2.50.

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THE TRADE OF NATIONS

By Michael A. Heilperin

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Pp. xix, 234. $3.00.

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AMERICA'S ECONOMIC SUPREMACY

By Brooks Adams …