BOOKS RECEIVED

• Published date: 01 September 1978
• Date: 01 September 1978
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1714.1977.tb01442.x

BOOKS

RECEIVED

DESIGN PROTECTION

Herman Cohen Jehoram, editor. Leyden: Sijthoff, 1976. Pp.

203.

This book contains papers presented at a conference on the

legal protection of industrial designs, held in Amsterdam in May,

1975. The main emphasis is on the law of several continental

countries, especially the Netherlands, but one speaker describes

the law in the United Kingdom.

A

starting point for much discus-

sion is the B.enelux Design Act which became effective on January

lst, 1975. The law of industrial designs is influenced by several

legal areas, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair

competition, but seems to be distinct from all

of

these. Most

of

the papers appear to have been given in languages other than

English; the translations are understandable but not

of

high liter-

ary quality.

INVESTMENT INSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Theodor Meron. Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications,

1976. Pp. 935.

This work presents an apparently comprehensive treatment

of

insurance protection for overseas investments. Such protection

has increased in importance as foreign investments have ex-

panded greatly and xenophobia has not diminished. The major

emphasis is on United States practice, particularly in relation to

the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, an agency of the

U.S.

government established in 1969. The institutions of Canada

and the United Kingdom are also considered. Several hundred

pages

of

cases, statutes and regulations are included.

PERSONAL FINANCE, SECOND EDITION

Paul Hastings and Norbert Mietus. New York: McGraw-Hill,

1977. Pp. 612.

Law teachers who are assigned courses in personal finance may

wish to consider this text, one

of

the authors of which is a profes-

sor of law. Much current material is included. The level

of

presen-

tation seems higher than in some personal finance books, yet a

high degree of readability is achieved. An instructor’s manual is

available.

Eastern

Michigan

Uniuersity

THOMAS

M.

JOHNSON