THE

LAW MAGAZINE;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR FEBRUARY, 1839; AND MAY, 1839.

VOL. XXI.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS,
(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH and son,)

43, FLEET STREET.

1839.

CONTENTS.

ART. I. INTRODUCTION TO LAW STUdies.

A Course of Legal Study, addressed to Students

and the Profession generally. By David Hoff-

man, Jur. Utr. Doct. Göttingen. Second Edition,

re-written and much enlarged

ART. II.-IMPORTANCE OF CHEAP POSTAGE TO THE LAW.

The First and Second Reports of the Select Com-

mittee on Postage. Ordered to be printed by

the House of Commons, 4th April and 1st Au-

gust, 1838

ART. III.-LIFE OF LORD ELDON-(continued.)

Page

336

56

ART. IV. MERCANTILE LAW, No. XXV.-MARINE INSU-

RANCE (continued.)

87

ART. V.-STAMPS ON CONVEYANCES, BONDS AND AGREEMENTS 121

ART. VI.-THE INFANT CUSTODY BILL

145

ART. VII.—CANADA.-LORD DURHAM'S Ordinance

172

CONTENTS.

Page

ART. I.-ENGLISH EQUITY IN AMERICA.

Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, &c. By Joseph

Story, LL.D. Dane Professor of Law in Harvard

University

ART. II.-RURAL POLICE.

233

First Report of the Commissioners appointed to In-

quire as to the best Means of Establishing an

efficient Constabulary Force in the Counties of

England and Wales. Presented to both Houses

of Parliament by command of Her Majesty . 258

ART. III.-OF CONTRACTS OPERATING IN RESTRAINT OF

ART. IV.-RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF RETIRING AND CON-

TINUING PARTNERS

ART. V.-State Trials. Specimen of a New Edition. By

Nicholas Thirning Moile, Esq. of the Inner

Temple, Special Pleader

ART. VI.-CHANCERY REFORM.

On the Present Unsettled Condition of the Law and

its Administration. By John Miller, Esq., of

Lincoln's Inn.

An Address to the Public, &c. on the Present un-

satisfactory State of the Court of Chancery, &c.

By George Spence, Esq., Q. C..

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