QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. FRANCE. Discussion préliminaire du projet de loi sur les brevets d'invention, de perfectionnement et d'importation [Preliminary discussion of a proposed law concerning patents, &c.]; par une reunion d'industriels inventeurs, présidée par M. Théodore Regnault. Paris, Regnault. Des lettres de change et des effets du commerce en général [On bills of exchange and commercial paper in general]; par M. Louis Nouguier. 2 vols. Paris, Hingray. Nouveau Code du propriétaire et du commerçant [Proprietors' and merchants' new code]; par une société des jurisconsultes. 2e ed. Paris, Cormon et Blanc. Code maritime, ou lois de la marine marchande, [Maritime code, or laws relating to merchant vessels] réunies, coordonnées et expliquées; par M. Beaussant. Paris, Legrand. Dictionnaire de procédure civile et commerciale, etc, [Dictionary of civil and commercial procedure] par M. M. Bioche, Goujet, et plusieurs magistrats et jurisconsultes. 2e ed. tom. 1er (D.-E.) Paris, Videcoq. Manuel des inventeurs et des brevetés [Inventor's manual]; par M. Antoine Perpigna. 4e ed. Paris, chez l'auteur. De la propriété littéraire: Réfutation de l'exposé des motifs du projet de loi sur la propriété littéraire [Refutation of the reasons for the proposed law of literary property]; par M. Adolphe Breulier. Paris, Delamotte. de Exposé des principes généraux du mariage et de la séparation corps, suivi de la résolution des principales difficultés que presente cette matiere [An exposition of the general principles of marriage, &c., and a solution of the principal difficulties of the subject]; par M. Berriat-Saint-Prix. Paris, Renouard. Traité de la propriété mobilière suivant le code civil [Treatise on movable property according to the civil code] 2 v. in 8; par M. Th. Chavot. Paris, Passot et Poncet. Principes métaphysiques du droit [Metaphysical principles of right]; par Emm. Kant. Traduit de l'allemand, par M. J. Tissot. Paris, Ladrange. Traité du domaine de la propriété, ou de la distinction des biens, considérés principalement par rapport au domaine privé [Treatise on the domain of property, or the distinction of goods Lonsidered principally in relation to the private domain]; par M. Proudhon. 3 vol. Dijon, Ligier. Du divorce considéré au 19e siccle, etc. par M. de Bonald, Paris, Ad. Leclerc. Traité des droits d'auteurs, dans la litterature, les sciences et les beaux arts [On the rights of authors in literature, sciences and the fine arts]; par M. A. Ch. Renouard. Paris, Renouard et comp. Commentaire de la loi des successions [Commentary on the law of successions]; par feu Chabot. Nouvelle edition &c. Paris, Warée. UNITED STATES. Statutes of the Territory of Wisconsin, passed by the legislative assembly thereof, at a session commencing in November 1838, and at an adjourned session commencing in January, 1839. Published by authority of the legislative assembly. Albany, N. Y. Printed by Packard, Van Benthuysen & Co. 1839. The most important parts of Blackstone's Commentaries reduced to questions and answers, by Asa Kinne. Second edition. New York: W. E. Dean, and Collins, Keese & Co. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co. 1839. The most important parts of Kent's Commentaries reduced to questions and answers, by Asa Kinne. Same. Reports of cases argued and determined in the district court of the United States for the district of Maine. 1822-1839. Portland Colman & Chisholm, 1839. An argument in favor of the constitutionality of the general banking law of this state, delivered before the supreme court, at the July Term, 1839. By Samuel A. Foot, of the city of New York, counsellor at law. Geneva Ira Merrell, Printer, Seneca Street, 1839. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. By Octavius Pickering, Counsellor at Law. Vol. XXI. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. Precedents in Pleading with copious notes on Practice, Pleading, and Evidence. By Joseph Chitty, Jr., Esq. of the Middle Temple. First American from the first London Edition. In two volumes. Springfield Published by G. & C. Meriam, 1839. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. Fourth American from the seventh London edition. By S. March Phillips, Esq., Barrister at Law. In two volumes. With notes to the first volume, by Esek Cowen, one of the judges of the supreme court of the state of New York; assisted by Nicholas Hill, Jr., Counsellor at Law. New York: Gould & Banks, 1839. Notes to Phillipps's Treatise on the Law of Evidence. By Esek Cowen, one, &c; assisted by Nicholas Hill, Jr., counsellor at law. Parts I. & II. New York: Same. [This collection makes four large octavo volumes. The first is the first volume of the original work; the second and third contain the notes of Messrs. Cowen & Hill; and the fourth is the second volume of Mr. Phillipps's work, with notes by "a counsellor at law," whose name does not appear. We do not doubt the ability or learning of the editors; nor do we question the real value of their annotations; but we certainly cannot commend the manner in which their editorial labors have been brought before the public; the whole thing is got up and executed in quite a slovenly way.] Report of the Presbyterian Church Case: the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of James Todd and others, vs. Ashbel Green and others. By Samuel Miller, Jr., a member of the Philadelphia bar. Philadelphia: William S. Martin, 1839. Military Laws of the United States; including those relating to the Marine Corps, to which is prefixed the constitution of the United States. Compiled by Col. Trueman Cross, U. S. Army. Second edition. Washington city: Published by George Templeman, 1838. Manual of Political Ethics, designed chiefly for the use of colleges and Students at law. Part II. Political Ethics proper. By Francis Lieber. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the supreme court of judicature, and in the court for the correction of errors of the State of New York. By John L. Wendell, counsellor at law. Vol. XIX. Albany, Wm. & A. Gould & Co. 1839. The American Conveyancer, containing a large variety of legal forms and instruments, adapted to popular wants and professional use throughout the United States, together with forms and directions for applicants under the patent laws of the United States and the Insolvent Law of Massachusetts. By George T. Curtis. Boston Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. A Law Dictionary, adapted to the constitution and laws of the United States of America, and of the several States of the American Union; with references to the civil and other systems of forreign law. By John Bouvier. In two volumes. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson, 1839. The Practice in the Courts of Law and Equity in Virginia. By Conway Robinson. Vol. III. Containing practice in criminal causes; in cases before courts of probate; and in other cases wherein appeals are demandable of right, such as mills, roads, and the like. Richmond: Smith and Palmer, 1839. An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors and for the more equal Distribution of the Effects; passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts, April 23, 1838. With an outline of the system thereby introduced, and forms of proceeding under the same. By L. S. Cushing. Second Edition, revised and corrected. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1839. IN PRESS. By T. & J. W. Johnson, Philadelphia. New Recopilacion of the Laws of Spain and the Indies: being a general collection of the Colonial Charters, Royal Commissions, Edicts, Ordinances, and other papers illustrative of Spanish, French, and British Colonial History, the Laws of Mexico and the general and colonization Laws of Coahuila and Texas. To which is prefixed the translation of Judge Johnson, of Trinidad, of the Institutes of Aso and Manuel, and to the original institutes have been added the commentaries and notes of the learned doctor of laws, Don Joaquin Maria Palacios, professor of the university of Huesca. The whole compiled and arranged by Joseph M. White, Esq., of the New Orleans Bar. By C. C. Little and James Brown, Boston. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance. By W. Phillips. 2d ed. A Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seaman, according to the British, the American, and the Foreign Law; with a supplementary chapter on the Interest and Distribution of Prize, &c. By George T. Curtis. [We have been allowed to peruse a portion of the manuscript of this work. It promises to be a work of value and usefulness to practical navigators as well as professional men, since it contains rules and directions, by which masters of vessels may act in the various emergencies which occur, especially in foreign ports, and thus be enabled to avoid the serious mistakes into which they sometimes fall from ignorance of their own duties, and the rights of their seamen.] Digest of the Massachusetts and Pickering's Reports. By J. C. Perkins and J. H. Ward. By Hilliard, Gray & Co., Boston. A Digest of the Decisions of the American Courts of Law and Admiralty. By Theron Metcalf and J. C. Perkins. INDEX. Alvord, James C., Biographical sketch of, 373–381. Codification and Reform of the law, 282-303. Collision, Case of, 464. Consideration, executed, 1-16; arising from third persons, 16-20; which the Contingent Remainders, 283. Contracts, Law of, 1–26; 249–277; void for immorality, 250; to do punish- Cook, Elisha, Biographical Sketch of, 142-145. Criminal Law, Fourth Report of the English Commissioners on, 238. Criminal Laws, Extent of, 381–395. Critical Notices :-Adams's Jubilee of the Constitution, 219; Blanc, Traité |