The American Law Register Volume 43 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...of the law which made him subsequently one of the most distinguished of our jurists. Such a theoretical knowledge of the law of process is apparent on every leaf of this most valuable treatise. We. should not, however, do the author justice, did we not equally extol the practical aspect of his work. The every-day importance of the subject and the practical handling which it has received, will, we believe: secure to the book aplace in the library of every active lawyer. FRANcIs FISHER KANE. HANoBooi or CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. By WM. T. CLARK, r., Author of Clark s Handbook of Criminal Law, Etc. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co. I895. This admirable little volume forms an excellent companion "to the Handbook of Criminal Law, issued some months ago by the same author; and what was said in praise of that book: applies equally to this. Here the practitioner may find in compact form all that is really necessary for practice in the trial of criminal cases; and he will find it decidedly to his advantage to have it always at his hand. The author is very clear and positive, as usual, in his statements of the lav, and less bound by authority than by the dictates of his ov11 reason. For example, in speaking of extradition, after having mentioned the fact that there is a conflict on the question whether or not a person illegally arrested in a foreign country can be legally tried in the country to which he is brought, he very wisely adds, that in reason, it would appear that the person arrested should not be-allowed to raise any objection, though an objection coming from the authorities of the country from which he was ab'clucted should be regarded: --a distinction which does not seem to be stated, at least in such a concise manner, in any...