Books and Publications Received
| Date | 01 January 1969 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1969.tb02288.x |
| Published date | 01 January 1969 |
118
THE
MODERN
LAW REVIEW
VOL. 32
soundings revealed only one misprint
:
p.
52,
line
m).
It
is
a
valuable addition
to our knowledge of the history of Roman law studies, which is sadly neglected
in this country but which must be of special interest in South Africa where
Roman law is still to some extent in force. And for those of
us
who teach
Roman law it is an interesting combination of
a
conceptual approqch wholly
unknown to the Romans and
a
wealth of examples which was
so
characteristic
of them. How many of
us
would dare to illustrate the various degrees
of
mlpa
as
is
so
clearly done on page
59,
note 34?
On
the other hand, the lectures are simply
a
commentary on Bockelmann’s
nutshell on Roman law (the title is distinctly misleading on that point). They
were delivered long before the beginning of the modern scientific study of the
subject; and their contribution to our understanding of
it
is minimal. Surely
the time that has been devoted to these manuscripts would have been far more
fruitfully spent on original research or on translations
of
modern works for the
bendt of students, in both of which fields the editors have already made
important contributions? DAVID
PIJOSLEY.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
MERCANTILE
AND
COMPANY
LAW.
By
J.
T. R.
GIBSON.
Second Edition. [Capetown: Juts
&
Co.
London:
Sweet
&
Maxwell.
1966.
25
17s.
net.]
THIS
work is intended primarily
to
meet the needs of students for commercial
law in professional examinations and
at
the universities (such
as
degrees
in
commerce
or
in accountancy).
It
may also be used
as
a
book of
first
reference by legal practitioners, and
is
certainly of value at this level in
comparative law studies. The English lawyer
will
find much familiar ground,
in company law and in the law
of
negotiable instruments, both statutory
enactments being based primarily on the English statutes of the time; topics
such as the general principles of contract and the law of agency
are
broadly
comparable, allowing for the absence of the doctrine of consideration. This
second edition reflects
a
number of xevisions in the text which is also extended
to meet enactments since 1963.
LEONARD
LAZAR.
Books and
Publicathns
Received
:
FREEDOM,
TIIE
INDIVIDUAL
AND
THE
LAW.
Second Edition. By
HARRY
STREET.
[London
:
MacGibbon
&
Kee. 1.967.
302
pp. inc. index. 36s. net.]
GUIDE
TO
FOREION
LEOAL MATERIALS
:
B~~L~IUM-L~XEM~UR~-NETHERLANDE.
By
PAUL
GRANLICE,
PAWLETIT,
GUILLITIT,
JAN
F.
GLASTRA
VAN
LOON
and
L.
E.
VAN
HOLK.
[Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications Inc. (Pub-
lished for the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia
University, New York). 1968. 2K8 pp. inc. index. $10.00.1
By
ENID
CAMPBELL
and DONALD MACDO$GAIL [Australia: Law
Book
Co.
Ltd. London:
Sweet
&
Maxwell Ltd. 1968.
240
pp. inc. index. €3 9s. 6d.l
TXIE
LAW
OF
TRUSTS.
Ninth Edition. By
GEOROE
W.
KEETON. [London:
Sir
Isaac
Pitman
&
Sons Ltd. 1968.
622
pp. inc. index.
MS.
net.]
REVENUE
LAW.
By BARRY
PINSON.
Third Edition. [London: Sweet
&
Maxwell Ltd. 1968. 697 pp. inc. index.
S3
18s.
Od.]
ELEKENTS
OF
TIIE
LAW
OF
INCOME
AND
CAPITAL GAINS
TAXATION.
Eighth
Edition. By
C.
N. BEAXTIE. [London
:
Stevens
&
Sons Ltd.
1968.
809
pp. inc. index.
€2
7s.
6d. net.]
TAX
PLANNINO
FOR
THE
FAMILY
SOLICITOR.
Third Edition.
By
PHILIP
LAWTON.
[London
:
Oyez Publications. 1968.
123
pp.
inc. index.
27s.
6d.l
LEOAL
RESEARCH
:
MATERIALS
AND
METHODS (AUSTRALIA).
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