Book Reviews : Current Legal Problems 1956. Edited by G. W. KEETON and G. SCHWAR- ZENBERGER. (London: Stevens & Son Ltd. 1956. Pp. 272, Index. $5.50.)

• Author: Minos D. Generales
• Date: 01 September 1958
• Published date: 01 September 1958
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295801100324
• Subject Matter: Articles

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BOOK

REVIEWS

Current

Legal

Problems

1956.

Edited

by

G.

W.

KEETON

and

G.

SCHWAR-

ZENBERGER.

(London:

Stevens

&

Son

Ltd.

1956.

Pp.

272,

Index.

$5.50.)

The

ninth

volume

of

&dquo;Current

Legal

Problems&dquo;

comprises

twelve

public

lectures

presented

by

members

of

the

Faculty

of

Laws

at

University

College,

London,

during

1955-56

and

an

address

to

the

Bentham

Club

by

its

presi-

dent,

Sir

Patrick

Devlin.

Many

aspects

of

the

theory

and

practice

of

various

branches

of

law

are

dealt

with

in

these

papers.

Justice

Devlin

(&dquo;The

Common

Law,&dquo;

&dquo;Public

Policy

and

the

Execu-

tive&dquo;)

examines

the

encroachment

of

the

executive

in

England

on

areas

previously

outside

the

scope

of

government

regulation

and

presently

not

handled

by

common

law.

Professor

Raphael

Powell’s

inaugural

address

(&dquo;Good

Faith

in

Contracts&dquo;)

presents

a

comparative

study

of

actionable

situations

under

the

bona

fides

assumption

in

civil

contracts

under

Roman,

Canon,

English,

Scottish,

French,

and

German

law.

O.

R.

Marshall

(&dquo;Gifts

in

Favour

of

Sport&dquo;)

provides

an

amply

documented

dissertation

examining

the

legal

channels

for

making

valid

gifts

for

purposes

of

sport.

Glanville

Williams

(&dquo;Mens

Rea

and

Vicarious

Responsibility)

analyzes

the

evolution

of

the

strict

construction

of

penal

statutes

and

the

concept

of

absolute

lia-

bility

especially

with

reference

to

vicarious

responsibility.

Dennis

Lloyd

traces

the

more

recent

developments

in

publishers’

liability

in

regard

to

pornography

(&dquo;Obscenity

and

the

Law&dquo;).

Douglas

Payne

(&dquo;The

Intention

of

the

Legislature

in

the

Interpretation

of

Statutes&dquo;)

examines

the

rule

which

prohibits

reference

to

the

travaux

preparatoires

in

court

interpreta-

tion

of

statutes.

E.

R.

H.

Ivamy

presents

proposals

for

the

&dquo;Revision

of

the

Sale

of

Goods

Act&dquo;

in

an

article

under

that

name.

E.

H.

Scamell

(&dquo;Secur-

ity

of

Tenure

Under

the

Landlord

and

Tenant

Act.

1954&dquo;)

construes

changes

introduced

by

this

statute

in

the

regulation

of

leasehold

property

as

related

to

the

Rent

Acts.

In

a

paper

on

&dquo;The

Control

of

Monopolies

and

Restrictive

Trade

Practices,&dquo;

Mrs.

Valentine

L.

Korah

contrasts

English

procedures

which

emphasize

the

role

of

courts

in

handling

these

cases

with

that

of

the

United

States,

Norway,

and

Denmark

which

rely

on

economic

and

industrial

experts

for

their

regulation.

Richard

C.

Fitzgerald

(&dquo;The

Constitutional

Future

of

Malta&dquo;)

deals

with

the

report

of

the

Malta

Round

Table

Conference

in

1956.

Denys

C.

Holland

presents

a

revealing

survey

of

conditions

in

dependent

territories

in

&dquo;Freedom

of

the

Press

in

the

Com-

monwealth.&dquo;

Bin

Cheng

deals

with

the

1955

Hague

Protocol

to

the

War-

saw

Convention

as

regards

international

carriage

(&dquo;Recent

Developments

in

Air

Law&dquo;).

George

Schwarzenberger

discusses

the

role

of

the

deductive

and

inductive

processes

in

the

determination

of

binding

norms

of

interna-

tional law

(&dquo;The

Province

of

Doctrine

of

International

Law&dquo;).