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Jurisprudencia Del Tribunal Supremo, V.3, Cuba. Tribunal Supremo

Cuban Law

República de Cuba. Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo. En materia criminal: segundo semestre de 1900. Volumen Tercero.

Jurisprudencia Del Tribunal Supremo, V.5, Cuba. Tribunal Supremo

Cuban Law

República de Cuba. Jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo. En materia civil: segundo semestre de 1900. Volumen Quinto.

Roman Law And Mohammedan Jurisprudence, Part 2, Theodore P. Ion

Michigan Law Review

In examining the early life of the Romans and comparing it with the social condition of the people of the Arabian peninsula in the pre-Islamic times, who are rightly considered the best type of the race, amongst those who embraced the faith of Mohammed, we are immediately struck with the great similarity that existed between the Roman gens; or the Greek ϒένος; and the Arabian Akila, though it cannot thereby be concluded that this likeness necessarily denotes a descent from the same stock. A distinguished French orientalist, in observing this striking similarity, ventured to conjecture that both …

The Position Of The Law Of Torts In The Spanish System, Clyde Alton Dewitt

Michigan Law Review

The penal and civil codes of Spain, together with its procedural codes, its commercial and notarial codes, and its mortgage law combine to form as highly developed a system of jurisprudence as that enjoyed by any of the civilized nations of today. Under it, the people of our insular possessions have carried on an extensive domestic and foreign commerce, and have developed an organized social and political life. Our government has adopted the commendable policy of interfering as little as possible with the local laws and institutions of the Philippines and Porto Rico, it being evident that any extensive attempt …

Roman Law And Mohammedan Jurisprudence (Part 1), Theodore P. Ion

Michigan Law Review

A comparison of the Roman law with Mohammedan jurisprudence, is a task not easy to accomplish, nor can an essay on that theme be made comprehensive enough to embrace all the ramifications of both legal systems. The object, therefore, of the present article, is to make only a cursory comparison of them; and to demonstrate their similarity in more than one point, showing the close analogy existing between them, and the influence that the laws of Rome exercised in the development of the Islamic legislation. As in the early days of Rome, law and religion had a close connection with …

The Scottish Jury, Rufus Fleming

Michigan Law Review

The origin of the jury is one of the subjects on which an agreement has not been. reached by writers on the history of law. A number of theories have been put forward at different times. At this day two of these theories receive considerable support. The first is that the jury system is a gradual and natural sequence from the modes of trial in use among the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Normans. The second-and perhaps the one more widely accepted at present-is that we owe trial by jury to the legal institutions of the Frankish empire. (Forsyth's "History of Trial by …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1907, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1907

Published by authority

Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction In China, Gustavus Ohlinger

Michigan Law Review

The Chinese have long been accustomed to the presence in their midst of foreign populations governed by laws peculiar to themselves and, perchance, owing allegiance to a foreign sovereignty. As long ago as the eighth century the Arabian traders who resorted to Canton were permitted to govern themselves by their own laws. The Mohaminedans have for many centuries formed a distinct element in the population, being subject to a separate law and to their own authorities. When, therefore, in the sixteenth century the first European traders began to appear on the China coast the government treated them as they had …

Note And Comment, Edson R. Sunderland, Henry M. Bates, Harry B. Hutchins, John R. Rood, James H. Brewster, James H. Brewster

Michigan Law Review

Constitutional Privileges in the Philippine Islands; A Laudatory Publication as a Cause of Action; The Cy-Pres Doctrine; Duty of Vendee to See to Investment of Funds; the Power to Declare a forfeiture and Sell Property Used in Violation of a Statute; Dying Declarations; "Juvenile Courts" and Jury Trials for Neglected, Delinquent, Children;

Código Civil, Honduras

Civil Codes (1800-1923)

At head of title: República de Honduras

Asamblea Nacional Constituyente. Decreto No. 76, 19 de enero de 1906.

Indice: Titulo Preliminar. Libro I. De las personas. - Libro II. De los bienes y de su dominio, posesión, uso y goce. - Libro III. De la sucesión por causa de muerte y de las donaciones entre vivos. - Libro IV. De las obligaciones y contratos. - Apéndice. Reglamento del registro de la propiedad. Modelos del registro del estado civil.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1906, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1906

Published by authority

Ley De Aguas Vigente En La República De Cuba, Cuba

Cuban Law

E Instrucción para Tramitar los Expedientes de Aprovechamiento de Aguas Públicas, con Notas y Aclaraciones

Law As A Culture Study, Edson R. Sunderland

Articles

That acute observer and commentator on American institutions, James Bryce, in an oft-quoted statement in his American Commonwealth, pays a high tribute to the efficiency of American law schools. "I do not know if there is anything," he writes, "in which America has advanced more beyond the mother country than in the provision she makes for legal education." In passing this generous judgment, in which many other eminent Englishmen have concurred, he views our law schools simply as institutions for developing technical proficiency among students destined to fill the ranks of the legal profession. And this is, indeed, the principal …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1905, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1905

Published by authority

Recopilación De Leyes Y Decretos De Venezuela, 1903, Venezuela

Venezuela

Recopilación de Leyes y Decretos de Venezuela. Tomo XXVI. Año 1903.

The Old Roman Law And A Modern American Code, Joseph H. Drake

Michigan Law Review

In Book II, on Property, Ownership, and its Modifications, the Porto Rican Code follows closely its Spanish prototype. The main variation in general outline is the omission from the American code of the special property in minerals and in intellectual productions.

The Old Common Law And The New Trusts, Ditlew M. Frederiksen

Michigan Law Review

T HE Civil Code of Porto Rico, our latest Roman American code, gives interesting proof of the fact that the two systems of law, the Roman and the English, which control most of the nations of the civilized world and their dependencies, are, in their essence, but slightly different enunciations of the same principles of natural justice. The parent of the Civil Code of Porto Rico1 is the Spanish Civil Code,2 in force in Spain since May I, 1889, and extended to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines on July 31, 1889. The Spanish Civil-Code is the result of the …

Note And Comment, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Lawyers and Jurists at the Exposition; Convention of the Commercial Law League of America; The Philippine Island Cases in the Supreme Court of the United States; The Writ of Habeas Corpus in Chinese Exclusion Cases; What is a "Crime" Within the Meaning of the Constitution?; Due Process of Law; Winding up Proceedings; Literary Criticism and the Law of Libel; The New Japanese Civil Code;

English History And The Study Of English Law, Arthur Lyon Cross

Michigan Law Review

Ranke, the Nestor of modern historical research, was wont to say that he only wanted to know how things had happened. Lamprecht, however, more truly indicated the aim and purpose of the investigation of the past when he said that be wanted to know how things had become. Another distinction between the schools which these two men represent is, that one is primarily interested in political affairs, while the other would include within the historical field all phases of social activity. A survey of the course of scholarship during the century just closed, leads to the conclusion that this latter …

French Jury System, Simeon E. Baldwin

Michigan Law Review

France has never adopted the principle of jury trials in civil cases. For criminal trials, it was introduced during the Revolution in 1790, and by a law of the next year any qualified elector: could be chosen as a juror. It has never, however, been extended beyond the decision of the issue between the accused and the public. If (as is permitted) when the offense for which the prosecution is brought has caused pecuniary injury to some private individual, he joins himself to the cause, as a party (partie civile), and claims judgment in his favor for the damages which …

Is The British Empire Constitutionally A Nation, Stephen B. Stanton

Michigan Law Review

The United Kingdom of course is a nation; its colonies respectively or collectively are not. How stands it with the Empire as a whole? The British "Interpretation Act" of 1889 has come to the rescue of the perplexed reader of such topics by defining certain much abused terms. "Colony," it defines as any part of His Majesty's Dominions exclusive of the British Islands and British India; "British Possession," as any part of His Majesty's Dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom; and "British Islands" as the United Kingdom together with the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. And "United Kingdom" of …

Recopilación De Leyes Y Decretos De Venezuela, 1901, Venezuela

Venezuela

Recopilación de Leyes y Decretos de Venezuela. Tomo XXIV. Año 1901.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1904, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1904

Published by authority

Recopilación De Leyes Y Decretos De Venezuela, 1902, Venezuela

Venezuela

Recopilación de Leyes y Decretos de Venezuela. Tomo XXV. Año 1902.

Recopilación De Leyes Y Decretos De Venezuela, 1900, Venezuela

Venezuela

Recopilación de Leyes y Decretos de Venezuela. Tomo XXIII. Año 1900.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1903, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in the year 1903

Published by authority

Tratado De Reciprocidad Comercial Entre La República De Cuba Y Los Estados Unidos De América, Cuba, United States

Cuban Law

Firmado en la Habana el 11 de Diciembre de 1902. Aprobado por el Senado de Cuba en 28 de Marzo de 1903 y por el Congreso Americano el 16 de Diciembre del mismo ano. - En Espanol e Inglés - ( Se publicó en la "Gaceta Oficial" el 18 de Diciembre de 1903).

The Judicial System Of The German Empire, Richard Hudson

Michigan Law Review

In the German Empire the administration of justice is for the most part left to the states, all the courts being state courts with the exception of the Imperial Court at Leipzig. The Empire has however established unity of tlie law, has given a uniform organization and procedure to the courts of the states, and has by the creation of the Reichsgericht as the highest court of appeal ensured a uniform interpretation of the law. These three methods of securing a uniform administration of justice will be studid in the order named.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1902, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in a session which began on the 4th day of February, and adjourned sine die on the 10th day of June, 1902.

Published by authority

Authority Of Allen V. Flood, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

Articles

In the case of Allen v. Flood, one of the Lords asked this interesting question, "If the cook says to her master, 'Discharge the butler or I leave you,' and the master discharges the butler, does the butler have an action against the cook?" This, Lord Shand said, was the simplest form in which the very question in Allen v. Flood could be raised.4 And, like the original question, it puzzled the judges and Lords very much to answer.