BOOK RECIEVED

• Date: 01 March 1975
• Published date: 01 March 1975
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1714.1975.tb00365.x

134

J

Vol.

13

/

American

Business

Law

Journal

I

see little use of this volume for students and teachers of busi-

ness law except possibly to provide a reference example of

a

large-

scale industry subject to federal legislation and regulation, and

some of the results of that legislation and regulation.

Georgia State University

GEORGE R. WREN

BOOKS

RECEIVED

COPYRIGHT

LAW

SYMPOSIUM

American Society

of

Composers, Authors and Publishers. New

York:

Columbia University Press,

1974.

Pp. 286.

Few business law courses cover copyright law. For those that do,

this compilation of prize winning essays offers stimulating and

relevant treatment

of

the following topics: The Economic Ration-

ale for Copyright Protection for Published

Books;

Jazz

and Copy-

right; Performance and the Right of the Performing Artist; Tape

Pirates: The New

"Buck"-sneer$;

Protection

for

the Artist: The

Alternatives; Protecting Authors in Copyright Transfers: Revi-

sion Bill

0

203

and Alternatives. There

is

much of value in this

collection for one delving into a relatively specialized field.

ENGLISH

LAW:

THE

JUDICIAL

CONTRIBUTION

George

W.

Keeton. North Pomfret,

Vt.:

David

&

Charles,

1974.

Pp.

394.

This one volume excursion into legal history offers rather spotty

coverage of the Anglo-Saxon to Norman periods, the era

of

Lord

Mansfield and such modem developments

as

administrative law,

torts, contracts and criminal law. Some parts offer an interesting

contrast of scholars’ theories about developing legal institutions

(e.g.

the origin

of

the jury) but the emphasis is clearly on the well-

ploughed field

of

English, rather than American, law.