Book reviewed in this article:Essays on the Law of Evidence. By Z. Cowen, Barrister‐at‐Law, Professor of Public Law in the University of Melbourne, and P. B. Carter, Barrister‐at‐Law, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. [Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Cumberlege. 1956. xx and 278 pp. (with index). 35s. net.]Capital Punishment as a Deterrent: and the Alternative. By Gerald Gardiner, q.c. [London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd. 1956. 95 pp. 5s. net.]Reflections on Hanging. By Arthur Koestler. [London: Victor Gollancz. 1956. 193 pp. (with index). 12s. 6d.]Juvenile Offenders Before the Courts. By Max Grünhut, Reader in Criminology in the University of Oxford. [Oxford: Clarendon Press. London: Cumberlege. 1956. viii and 143 pp. 21s.]Negligence. Third Edition. By J. Charlesworth, ll.d. [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1956. 688 pp. £4 4s.]Slater's Mercantile Law. Thirteenth Edition. By Lord Chorley, m.a., of the Inner Temple, Barrister‐at‐Law, formerly Sir Ernest Cassel Professor of Commercial Law in the University of London, and O. C. Giles, ll.m. [London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. 1956. xlv and 466 pp. (with index). 30s. net.]The Law of Carriage by Inland Transport. Third Edition. By Otto Kahn‐Freund. [London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1956. xxxii and 472 pp. 35s.]The Law of Stamp Duties. Second Edition. By J. G. Monroe, b.a., of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, Barrister‐at‐Law. [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1956. 214 pp. 27s. 6d.]The Law of Stamp Duties (Alpe). Twenty‐fourth Edition. By Peter E. Whitworth, b.a., of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, Barrister‐at‐Law; sometime one of H.M. Inspectors of Taxes, and James Mackenzie, of the Office of the Controller of Stamps, Inland Revenue. [London: Jordan & Sons, Ltd. 1956. 525 pp. £2 15s.]Calendar of the Caernarvonshire Quarter Sessions Records. Vol. I, 1541–1558. Edited by W. Ogwen Williams, County Archivist. With a foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Morris, p.c., c.b.e., m.c., ll.d., d.l. [Caernarvonshire Historical Society, on behalf of the Caernarvonshire Joint Records Committee of Quarter Sessions and County Council. 1956. cix and 385 pp. 20s.]Law Relating to Hospitals and Kindred Institutions. Third Edition. By S. R. Speller, ll.b. [London: H. K. Lewis & Co. 1956. xi and 650 pp. £3 10s.]Eigendomsverkrijging Bij Koop Van Roerende Goederen in het Westeuropees Internationaal Privaatrecht. By J. C. Schultsz. ['s Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff; agents in the British Commonwealth, B. T. Batsford, Ltd. 1955. 340 pp.]Die Vertragsverletzung im englischen und schweizerischen Privatrecht. By Bernhard Staehelin, dr.jur., Privatdozent an der Universitaet Basel. Basler Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft: Heft 41. [Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel. 1954. x und 331 pp. Sw.Fr. 23.75.]Principles of South African Law. Fourth Edition. By G. Wille, ll.d. [Cape Town: Juta & Co., Ltd. 1956. £3 6s.]Landlord and Tenant in South Africa. Fifth Edition. By 6. Wille, ll.d. [Cape Town: Juta & Co., Ltd. 1956. £3 3s.]The Law of Agency in South Africa. By (Judge President) J. E. de Villiers, m.a., b.c.l. and J. C. Macintosh, b.a., ll.b. Second Edition. By D. B. Knight, b.a. [Cape Town: Juta & Co., Ltd. 1956. £4 15s. 6d.]Judicial Interpretations of the South African Criminal Procedure Acts (1915–1955). By (Ex‐Judge President) C. W. H. Lansdown, b.a., ll.d. and E. F. Van der Riet, b.a., assisted by G. N. Dock, m.a. [Cape Town: Juta & Co., Ltd. 1956. £4 15s. 6d.]The Public Control of Land. By J. F. Garner, ll.m., Solicitor. [London: Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd. 1956. xxiii and 196 and (index) 8 pp. 35s. net.]Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol. VI, 1956. [United Nations Publication (1955.V.3). xiii and 408 pp. 28s. net.]
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