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...County Cricket Concert of England held at Lord's sometime ago, it was moved "that the attention of the M. C. C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) be called to the unsatisfactory effect of Law 24, and to recommend that it shall be so altered as to read that a batsman shall be out if, with any part of his person being in a straight line from wicket to wicket, he stop the ball which, in the opinion of the umpire would have hit the wicket." A long debate followed, at the end of which the motion was carried by a vote...
...generally supposed that the M. C. C. will accept the recommendation of the Council, and will amend Law 24, as suggested. Such action would undoubtedly be followed in this country, as many of our leading cricketers favor such a step. The effect would be to give the slow breaking bowler a much greater opportunity than he has previously had, and, for a time at least, to reduce the scoring...
...editors of the Harvard Law Review deserve congratulation for the success of their magazine during the first year of its existence. The Review was started for the purpose of extending the influence of the Law School and of affording a medium through which the work of the professors and students might be given to the public. The standard was set very high at the beginning, and it has been well maintained, as those who have read the numbers of the Review can testify. The editors promise to continue the same policy in the future and the prospects for the next...
...March number of the Harvard Law Review, which has just been issued, completes the first volume of that magazine. The year has been very successful, both in the great interest which has been awakened in the Review and in the high standard of the articles which have been contributed. The leading article of the present number is the third part of the "Brief Survey of Equity Jurisdiction," by Prof. C. C. Langdell, of the Law School. Prof. Langdell is regarded as one of the leading authorities in the country on this subject, and he has gathered into the pages printed...
...Parker, of the Law School, contributes to this number a paper on the "Nature of a Policy of Insurance with regard to its assignment." It is a clear and careful study of the subject. The usual editorials, notes, and summaries of recent cases complete the number. It is announced that the coming volume will contain papers on the history and development of "Assumpsit," by Professor Ames, and an article by Professor Keener on "Mistakes of Law." A number of well known legal authorities, outside of the Law School, have also promised to contribute. The success of the coming volume seems...