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Books Received, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Books Received

GOOD FAITH IN ENGLISH LAW

By J.F. O'Connor

Brookfield, Vermont: Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1990. Pp. 148.

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LAW AND ISLAM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Edited by Daisy Hilse Dwyer

New York, New York: Bergin & Garvey, 1990. Pp. 168.

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INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES REGULATION

By Norman S. Poser

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Pp. 799.

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COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERALISM

Edited by MarkTushnet

Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1990. Pp. 157.

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ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND U.S. TRADE

By Michael P. Melloy

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Pp. 752.

A Practitioner's Introduction To Saudi Arabian Law, Gali Hagel

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

There is no Saudi legal code. Although the literature on the Islamic faith is extensive, the only Saudi laws available in the English language are the corporate, tax, and labor regulations. This Note brings together the applicable principles and laws to provide a broad overview of the Saudi legal system: it discusses the way in which Islamic law has evolved in Saudi Arabia, analyzes the major Saudi corporate regulations, and, as an introductory research tool, directs the practitioner to more detailed resources. This Note also gives practical advice to attorneys representing clients doing business in Saudi Arabia, adding needed dimension …

Religion And The Public Schools, P. Raymond Bartholomew

Vanderbilt Law Review

The first amendment to the United States Constitution contains a dual command with respect to governmental involvement with religion: government must "make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Although some have insisted that the first amendment requires a strict separation of church and state, the conclusion is inescapable that the two clauses were intended to operate together in harmony. It is apparent, therefore, that the conflicting policies of the "no establishment" clause and the "free exercise" clause must be balanced and reconciled. The United States Supreme Court has held that this balancing effort …

Chief Justice Waite And The "Twin Relic": Reynolds V. United States, C. Peter Magrath

Vanderbilt Law Review

In the landmark case of Reynolds v. United States, the United States Supreme Court held that a general law prohibiting polygamy did not abridge the religious freedom of members of the Mormon faith guaranteed by the first amendment. The author here explores the background of Chief Justice Waite's opinion in Reynolds v. United States: the tenets and development of the Mormon faith in the United States, the character of the Waite Court, and the sources and development of Chief Justice Waite's opinion in the case.

Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan, Jerold Israel, Robert F. Drinan S.J.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Cases and Materials on Debtor and Creditor

By Vern Countryman

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964. Pp. lxiii, 841. $12.50.

reviewer: Ronan E. Degnan

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The Supreme Court on Trial

By Charles S. Hyneman

New York: Atherton Press, 1963. Pp. IX, 308. $6.50.

reviewer: Jerold Israel

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Religion and American Constitutions (1963 Rosenthal Lectures)

By Wilbur G. Katz

Northwestern University Press 1964. Pp. 114. $3.50.

reviewer: Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J.

Book Notes, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Diary of A.D.A.

By Martin M. Frank.

New York: Henry Holt & Co.,1960. Pp. 274. $3.95.

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Islamic Law in the Modern World

By J.N.D. Anderson.

New York:New York University Press, 1959. Pp. xx, 106. $2.75.

Austin's Theory Of The Separation Of Law And Morals, Samuel E. Stumpf

Vanderbilt Law Review

The lingering influence of the natural law theory in England brought forth a powerful new philosophy of law. The chief features of this new theory were developed by Hobbes and Bentham and found their most compelling formulation in the works of the "analytical"jurist, John Austin. What concerned these men most was how to deal with the existence of morally bad laws. Sir William Blackstone had said in his Commentaries that the laws of God are superior in obligation to all other laws; that no human laws should be allowed to contradict them; that human laws are of no validity if …

A Bibliography On Christian Faith And The Law, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Church and State SCM Press, London, 1939

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Christian Ethics and Social Policy Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, N.Y., 1946

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The Destiny of Man Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, N.Y., 1937

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The Divine Imperative Lutterworth Press, London, 1937

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The Theology of Religious Vocation Herder, St. Louis, Mo., 1951.

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Moberly, Responsibility (Riddle Memorial Lectures at the University of Durham, 1951). Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y., 1951

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The Nature and Destiny of Man Charles Scribner's Sons, New York,N.Y., 1943

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Christian Philosophy in the Common Law Blackfriars, Oxford,1947.

The Christian Lawyer As A Public Servant, William S. Ellis

Vanderbilt Law Review

This paper is concerned with the general topic of the Christian lawyer as a public servant. The paper attempts to describe very briefly the lawyer in his practice of law and in his relation to the legal and political systems, and the relevance of the Church to the law in each of these areas. The topic is a difficult one, for the writer would suggest that the lawyer by his very trade is "a Pharisee" and rarely a Christian.

Yet the lawyer is one of the most important and influential groups in this country. From the days of the pioneer …

The Christian Lawyer As A Churchman, William Stringfellow

Vanderbilt Law Review

Comparative studies of moral theology and legal philosophy are irrelevant if they are isolated from the concrete life of worship. Similarly, the question of the Christian vocation of the practicing lawyer must not be solely an attempt to articulate some ethics to guide a lawyer in his decisions in work. The Christian life is not so much about deciding and doing as it is about being that which Christians are called to be. Precisely, Christians are what they are called to be in worship. Worship is not an ancillary folk activity to which Christians resort out of sentiment or superstition, …

Introduction: Law, Christianity And The University, Wilber G. Katz

Vanderbilt Law Review

Demand for exploration of the relations between Christianity and law comes both from theologians and from members of the legal profession--practicing lawyers, judges, legislators and scholars. Among theologians, the demand reflects the concern of the Church for man's work and the desire to relate Christian teaching to the problems of the various professions. Among lawyers the demand reflects dissatisfaction with purely secular analyses of the functions and problems of the law and hope for profounder understanding in the light of Christian doctrine.

Within the university this effort is not merely the concern of the schools of law and theology. One …

Summary Of A Statement Of The Effect Of Religious Principles On Lawyers' Ethical Problems, F. B. Mackinnon

Vanderbilt Law Review

The lawyer-client relationship provides an opportunity for the intimate relationship in which religious principles can best be acted upon. But taking advantage of this opportunity may destroy the lawyer's usefulness to the legal system and be harmful to the client's purely "legal" affairs. And the trends of the profession toward specialization and combination reduce the intimacy of the lawyer-client relationship and emphasize the lawyer's concern with the legal aspects of his client's problem.

Book Reviews, Nels F.S. Ferre, Seymour W. Wurfel (Reviewer), Lloyd S. Adams (Reviewer)

Vanderbilt Law Review

Few topics are currently more at the center of both interest and need than that of Dr. Stumpf's new book. The ship of democracy is being tossed by heavy seas. Many are looking for a haven of faith. They tell us that the ship cannot stay afloat unless it reaches the well-protected harbor of religion. It needs at least to be overhauled, they say, and made more seaworthy in that harbor before it braves again the heavy onslaughts which it must necessarily breast. Dr. Stumpf probes too deeply into the relation between democracy and religion, however, to fall prey to …