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...first number of the second volume of the Harvard Law Review, which was issued yesterday, contains the opening part of the "History of Assumpsit," by Professor J. B. Ames. The writer treats of "Express Assumpsit" and examines the various theories which have been formed to explain the origin of the doctrine of "consideration" as a part of the law of contracts. The work is very carefully done. Mr. Schofield contributes a paper on the "Principle in Lumley vs. Gye and its Application." The article is a critical examination in its several aspects of the point decided in this noted English...
...Harvard Law Review for April came out yesterday...
...Monthly will be out today. The usual review was crowded out of this issue, but will appear tomorrow morning...
...quarter of each class spend between $450 and $650. As to the four upper grades, it seems hardly worth while to analyze so closely the expenses of "hardly more than a quarter" of the class, when the other end of the scale is treated in such a cursory review. One column instead of four would reduce the exaggerated proportions of this part of the table. The author claims that over two-thirds majority of each class spend from $810 to $1,410; but this evidently a mere guess based upon data altogether insufficient. Professor Palmer's much more trustworthy calculation...
...board of editors of the Harvard Law Review, with its recent additions, is composed of: G. R. Nutter, E. T. Sanford, E. J. Smith, A. E. McCordic, S. H. Smith, O. R. Hansen, E. V. Abbot, E. M. Ludden, G. P. Furber, W. G. Crosby. J. Walker...