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Critical Examination Of Peace Agencies Since 1919, Gilbert Gidel

West Virginia Law Review

I intend to consider the practical value of the various means aiming at the prevention of war that have been suggested or put into effect since 1919. Why since 19197 I do not think that international law was created in 1919. But, whether one wishes it or not, an effort, unprecedented until now, has been devoted to the study of the technique of peace. The struggle against war is no longer limited to sentimental effusions, or fireside dreams: it has become an object of science; even of applied science. The program of the technique of peace is generally formulated today …

The Recognition Of Russia, Edwin D. Dickinson

Michigan Law Review

Revolution in Russia culminated, on March 15, 1917, in the abdication of the Romanoffs and the establishment of the Provisional Government. In November, 1917, the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolsheviki and the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic was proclaimed. Thus in nine turbulent months authority in Russia passed from the autocracy of the Czars, through the ineffective hands of the moderates, to extreme radicals frankly committed to communism and the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Procedure - Service Of Process - Jurisdiction Conferred By Consent

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a resident of England, and defendant, a resident of New York, entered into a contract for the sale and delivery of zinc. By a clause in the contract the parties agreed that all differences arising thereunder should be arbitrated at London pursuant to the arbitration law of Great Britain. Differences arose, and the plaintiff requested the defendant in New York to concur in the selection of an arbitrator, serving notice that, in the event of failure so to do, application would be made for appointment of one as provided by statute. This notice was ignored, and a form of …

Report On Prosecution, Rollin M. Perkins

Michigan Law Review

The logical starting point was the discovery and restatement of existing knowledge and information on these subjects, and because of the tremendous mass of material which has appeared in the form of surveys and reports within the last decade and a half, it was deemed wise to enlist the services of an expert in such matters. The analysis which he has produced, let it be added, amply justifies the Commission in his selection.

A German Work On Trade Marks And Unfair Competition In The United States, Hanna Katz

Michigan Law Review

The acquaintance of German lawyers with American trade-mark law and protection against unfair trading was based until now on the individual studies of persons especially interested in this subject. German textbooks and commentaries on industrial property rights treat international and foreign rules too, but they scarcely give a sufficient notion of how to create a valid trade-mark and protect the trader in his full enjoyment thereof in the U. S. A. Yet the necessity of having such knowledge is a rather broad one in Germany as in all other European countries selling trade-marked articles to their customers on the other …

Book Reviews

Michigan Law Review

Multiple book reviews by various authors.

Conflict Of Laws - Statute Of Limitations - Applicability

Michigan Law Review

Goods, shipped from France on a vessel of the French line, were damaged by seawater. The bills of lading were issued in France, containing a clause that litigation or disputes arising from their interpretation or execution should be judged according to French law. When the holders of the bills libeled the French line, they were met with the defense that the French Code allowed suit on such claims only if within one year after the ship arrived, which period had passed. Section 433 of the French Commercial Code, to the effect that such claims were barred by a one-year prescription …

Review: The International Mandates. By Aaron M. Margalith, Quincy Wright

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE INTERNATIONAL MANDATES. By Aaron M. Margalith

Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine

Michigan Law Review

H, an Englishman, married W in England. On separation H acquired a domicil in Germany. A child was thereafter born to Y, a woman with whom H was living in Germany. H subsequently divorced W in Germany and married Y. Whether the child was legitimate determined whether H had validly exercised a power of appointment in an English settlement. Held, legitimacy is to be determined by the law of the domicil, including its rules of private international law. Germany, referring the matter to English law, found a remittance which Germany accepted and applied German municipal law. The child, by …

Review: Annual Survey Of English Law 1929. London School Of Economics And Political Science (University Of London) Department Of Law., Everett S. Brown

Michigan Law Review

A Review of ANNUAL SURVEY OF ENGLISH LAW 1929. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) Department of Law.

The Law Of England During The Period Commonwealth, Robert C. Brown

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1930, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1930

Published by authority

Newspaper Copyright, Joseph M. Cormack

Faculty Publications

This is a report upon the state of the American law prepared for submission to the International Congress of Comparative Law to be held at The Hague, August 2nd to 6th., 1932. The report was prepared at the request of the American committee of the Interiationad Academy of Comparative Law, and is published with the approval of the Academy. The national reports are to form the basis of a general report, not exceeding xo,ooo words in length, covering the general state of the law in regard to the particular topic. Because of the limitations thus involved, it has been necessary …

The Mixed Courts Of Egypt, Edwin D. Dickinson

Michigan Law Review

A review of THE MIXED COURTS OF EGYPT By Jasper Yeates Brinton.

The Book Of English Law

Michigan Law Review

A Review of THE BOOK OF ENGLISH LAW By Edward Jenks.

Marriage-Validity Of Marriage Terminable At Will Of The Parties Under Soviet Law

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner married the respondent in Moscow, in 1924, the parties being the domiciled in the Soviet Union. By Soviet law a divorce could be secured upon the registration of both parties of their desire to terminate the marriage, or upon the application of one of them to a court which had no discretion but to dissolve the union. The petitioner filed a bill for separation in England, and an issue was directed in the lower court to determine whether the parties had ever been husband and wife. The court held the marriage invalid, but on appeal it was held the …

Garnishment-Foreign-Double Liability

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a resident of New York, obtained a judgment in Connecticut against El Saieh, a resident of Haiti, the court in that action obtaining jurisdiction by garnishment of a debt owed El Saieh by defendant, a Connecticut corporation, which was served with garnishment process, and admitted an obligation to El Saieh based on a policy of fire insurance issued through its agency in Haiti on a stock of goods located there. Plaintiff then sought to enforce the judgment against the defendant garnishee, which set up a defense of double liability, contending that under the laws of Haiti it was absolutely …

Review: Die Völkerrechtliche Stellung Irlands.

Michigan Law Review

A review of DIE VÖLKERRECHTLICHE STELLUNG IRLANDS. By Michael Rynne.

Judicial Interpretation Of International Law In The United States, By Charles Pergler, John G. Hervey

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

International Standing In Court Of Foreign Corporations, Elvin R. Latty

Michigan Law Review

The Supreme Court of Mexico has recently pronounced a decision of more than passing interest to the American Bar, not only because of the legal basis upon which the decision was rendered, but also because of its probable far-reaching consequences. The plaintiff corporation, organized under the laws of Delaware, brought suit for infringement of its trade mark which had been duly registered in Mexico. The Supreme Court held that inasmuch as the plaintiff was not registered in Mexico it had no existence there for the purposes of bring suit. It does not appear that the plaintiff was engaged in business …

Review: Annual Survey Of English Law, 1928 And State Law Index-An Index And Digest To The Legislation Of The United States Enacted During Ths Biennium 1925-1926.

Michigan Law Review

A Review of ANNUAL SURVEY OF ENGLISH LAW, 1928. By the London School of Economics and Political Science., and STATE LAW INDEX-AN INDEX AND DIGEST TO THE LEGISLATION OF THE UNITED STATES ENACTED DURING THS BIENNIUM 1925-1926. By the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress.

Criminal Law-Prosecution For Poisoning Not Resulting In Fatality

Michigan Law Review

In considering the question of criminal liability for poisoning not resulting in death, the problem may be discussed to best advantage by making the following four-fold classification: (1) administering with intent to kill, (2) attempt to administer with intent to kill, (3) administering with intent to injure, and (4) attempt to administer with intent to injure.

Outline Of Legal History, By Franklin Russell, Rudolph H. Nottlemann

Washington Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1929, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1929

Published by authority

Código Civil De La República Dominicana, Dominican Republic

Civil Codes (1800-1923)

Arreglado por la Comisión nombrada por el Poder Ejecutivo, y conforme al Decreto del Congreso Nacional de fecha 4 de Julio de 1882, conservando el orden de los artículos del texto francés vijente en la República Dominicana desde el año 1845.

Edición autorizada.

The Legal Effects Of Recognition In International Law, By John G. Hervey, N D. Houghton

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Italian Magistracy Of Labour A Fascist Experiment, Leonard Manyon

Michigan Law Review

The legislators of Fascist Italy, although they vigorously affirm the unprecedented and original character of their achievement, do not despise history--or even pre-history--as a measure of that achievement. In the social and economic no less than in the political sphere, they claim the merit of vast innovations, whose true significance, they tell us, can be gauged only by surveying, across the course of centuries, the evolution of human civilization.

The Immunity Of Foreign States When Engaged In Commercial Enterprises: A Proposed Solution, John G. Hervey

Michigan Law Review

Do governments which engage in commercial undertakings assume the civil and criminal liabilities imposed upon private corporations engaged in similar enterprises, or do governments confer sovereign privileges upon their undertakings? Can governments engage in commercial enterprises and thereby escape the liabilities imposed upon private individuals? More particularly, are foreign governments engaged in such undertakings exempt from process in the American courts?

Book Reviews

Michigan Law Review

A collection of book reviews by multiple authors.

The Fifteenth Century-The Dark Age In Legal History, Joseph F. Francis

Michigan Law Review

Everywhere during the last few decades there has been a revolution in the thinking of educated men. I refer to the revolution in logical method and thought that had its impetus first in the non-Euclidian mathematicians. was then carried on by the logicians and philosophers and finally culminated in the startling conclusions announced by Einstein. This revolution has been an attack on absolutism and on the metaphysical nonentities that pervade all man's learning. The attack is not new, it is only new in vigor, in scope, and in promise.