Books Received. Fordham Law Review. Volume 27 Issue 4 Article 9. Recommended Citation

Transcription

1 Fordham Law Review Volume 27 Issue 4 Article Books Received Recommended Citation Books Received, 27 Fordham L. Rev. 665 (1958). Available at: This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact tmelnick@law.fordham.edu.

2 BOOKS RECEIVED ARMS CONTROL AND INSPECTION IN AMERICAN LAw. Louis Henkin. Columbia University Press. New York: Pp $5.50. A study of the effect of arms control and inspection on our laws and political institutions. The author'considers the legal implications of the limitations and prohibitions anticipated in a plan for the international control of armaments. **THE BILL or RIGHTS. Learned Hand. Harvard University Press. Cambridge: Pp. 77. $2.50. A concise summary of Judge Hand's philosophy of judicial review. **CAsE ON CRMINAL LAW AND ITS ENFORCEMENT. Livingston Hall and Sheldon Glueck, 2d ed. West Publishing Co. St. Paul: Pp $ A new edition of a casebook on criminal law. Cases dealing with basic problems in the law of evidence and various steps in a criminal proceeding are added to those dealing with the law of crimes. CRIME AND INSANITY. Edited by Richard W. Nice. Philosophical Library, Inc. New York: Pp $6.00. A provocative symposium on when shall a person charged with a crime be held legally insane. The existing statutes are examined in the light of contributions made by modem psychology to the shifting concepts of moral guilt and legal responsibility. CRIME AND JUvENILE DELINQUENCY. Sol Rubin. Oceana Publications, Inc. New York: Pp A rational approach to penal problems in which the author holds up, to the light of discussion and inquiry, central issues in the present treatment of crime and delinquency. **EDMUND BURKE AND THE NATURAL LAW. Peter J. Stanlis. University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor: Pp $5.75. A definitive study of a major political and literary figure. The author portrays Burke as "one of the most eloquent and profound defenders of Natural Law morality and politics in Western civilization." THE EFFECT of TAX POLICY ON EXECUTIVE AND WORKER COMPENSATION. Tax Institute Incorporated. Princeton: Pp. 80. $4.00. A symposium on the complex relationship of the income tax to executive and worker compensation. THE FEDERAL CONVENTION AND TE FORMATION OF THE UNION OF THE AMERICAN STATES. Edited by Winton U. Solberg. The Liberal Arts Press. New York: Pp $1.75. Part of the American Heritage Series, the primary purpose of this book is to illustrate the role of the Federal Convention in the formation of the American Constitution. FREE MAN vwrsus HIs GOVERNMENT. Arthur L. Harding. Southern Methodist University Press. Dallas: Pp $3.00. An examination of liberties long considered essential to a free society. There are four essays, each seeking to restate the basis of a freedom and a determination of how it is withstanding the assaults upon it. * Reviewed in this issue. ** Previously reviewed.

3 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW [Vol. 2 7 HER FATHER'S PARTNER. Alice M. McClanahan. Vantage Press, Inc. New York: Pp $2.50. An autobiography of a practicing lady lawyer in which the author sketches the human current of drama of which courtroom scenes are made. HIGH DAMS AND UPSTREAM STORAGE. Edited by Albert W. Stone. Montana State University Press. Missoula: Pp The proceedings of the Second Annual Water Resources Conference. The conference was dedicated to public education on the merits and demerits of upstream water and reservoir proposals, particularly with regard to the upstream state. *THE IDEA OF FREEDOM. Mortimer J. Adler. Doubleday & Co. Garden City: Pp $7.50. The results of the study by the Institute for Philosophical Research of two thousand-five hundred years of thought about freedom. The objective is to render an objective, impartial, neutrally formulated report of the centuries-old discussion of freedom. INCOME TAX DIFFERENTIALS. Tax Institute, Inc. Princeton: Pp $6.00. The subject of differentials in federal income tax law and administration as they affect various categories of taxpayers is the subject of intensive consideration in this symposium. Specific aspects of differentials in compensation and investment and the question of how best to reduce taxation are considered. INTERNATIONAL TRADE ARBITRATION: A ROAD TO WORLD-WIDE COOPERATION. Edited by Martin Domke. American Arbitration Association. New York: Pp $4.50. Articles on international commercial arbitration. Topics treated in this book include the economic aspects of international arbitration, the role of treaties, the movement for a uniform law, and international procedures for the settlement of disputes. LABOR UNIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY. Edward H. Chamberlin, Philip D. Bradley, Gerard D. Reilly, and Roscoe Pound. American Enterprise Association. Washington, D.C.: Pp $4.50. A series of articles tracing the growth and development of labor unions, the laws dealing with labor and the cases decided under them, and the place of labor in our society. **THE LAW OF CATHOLIC MARRIAGE. Rev. James E. Risk, S.T.L., J.C.D. Callaghan & Co. Chicago: Pp $7.50. The purpose of this book is to acquaint the lawyer with the laws of the Church on marriage to help him to appreciate more readily the position of his Catholic clients. THE LAW OF WATER ALLOCATION. Edited by David Haber and Stephen W. Bergen. The Ronald Press Co. New York: Pp $7.50. Papers and proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Conservation Foundation. Questions of state water rights legislation and water allocation policy are discussed with particular emphasis on the adaptation of existing water laws to changing patterns of water use. LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON THE REGIME OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA. United Nations. Columbia University Press. New York: Pp $7.00. A collection of laws and regulations prepared for the use of the International Law Commission. The texts of provisions of national legislation and of treaties and,international agreements are reproduced.

4 ] BOOKS RECEIVED LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OP FOUNDATIONS. F. Emerson Andrews. Russell Sage Foundation. NewoYork: Pp $4.50. A collection of representative instruments to indicate the wide variety of problems faced in foundation creation and operation. The book is designed primarily for persons considering setting up foundations and trustees and staff of existing foundations. *MARBLE PALACE: THE SUPREME COURT IN AMERICAN LIFE. John P. Frank. Alfred A. Knopf. New York: Pp $5.00. A lively and informal book about the Supreme Court in which Professor Frank presents his personal observations of the Court and its processes. My DOUBLE LIFE. Newman Levy. Doubleday & Co. Garden City: Pp $4.50. A description of the multiple satisfactions of a double life as a barrister-bard. RESEARCH IN LOUISIANA LAW. Kate Wallach. Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge: Pp $5.00. Major emphasis is placed on the description of the contents and on the arrangement of Louisiana lawbooks. *THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE. William 0. Douglas. Doubleday & Co. Garden City: Pp $4.00. The guarantees of the first amendment are searched by Mr. Justice Douglas with the burden of the collected lectures being that "freedom to believe has been conceived as absolute under the First Amendment, only action being subject to regulation in the public good." THE RULE OP LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. Committee of the American Bar Association to Cooperate with the International Commission of Jurists. American Fund for Free Jurists, Inc. New York: Pp An analysis of the body of precepts of fundamental individual legal rights permeating institutions of government in the United States. *SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN NEW YoRx. David 0. Paston. Central Book Co. New York: Pp $ A quick, ready reference of case law, forms, procedures, and suggested procedures for use in preparing to move or oppose a motion for summary judgment or to appeal an adverse decision. **THE SUPREME COURT FROM TAFT TO WARREN. Alpheus Thomas Mason.. Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge: Pp $4.95. An examination of the Supreme Court's recent history. Professor Mason presents his views on the Court and the problems confronting it today. **TRAFFIC VICTriS. Leon Green. Northwestern University Press. Evanston: Pp $4.00. Professor Green seeks to demonstrate the obsolescence and futility of common-law jury trials and liability insurance as a remedy for traffic casualties, and advocates compulsory comprehensive loss insurance as a substitute. **A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. Samuel Williston, 3d ed. Walter H. E. Jaeger. Baker, Voorhis & Co., Inc. Mt. Kisco: Vol. 1. Pp. xxii, 826. $ A new edition bringing Williston's treatise up to date. This first volume covers eight of the twelve chapters that were the subject of the first volume of the second edition with new material dealing with new subjects or with subjects which have increased in importance.

5 668 FORDHAM LAW REVIEW UNDERSTANDING THE ANTITRUST LAWS. Jerrold G. Van Cise. Practising Law Institute. New York: Pp $2.50. One of the Institute's guides for the general practitioner. *WoRMSER'S GUIDE TO ESTATE PLANNING. Rene A. Wormser. Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs: Pp $4.95. The objectives of estate planning are emphasized with the individual and family welfare principally in mind. YEARBOOK OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION United Nations. Columbia University Press. New York: Vol. I and II. Pp. 342 and 387. $3.50 and $4.00. Summary records and documents of the second session including the report of the Commission to the General Assembly.