Review of Periodicals Social Psychology. "Laws of Diminishing Environmental Influence." By Dr. Frederick Adams Woods. Popular Science Monthly, v. 77, p. 313 (Apr.). Will be found interesting by those who would like scientific light on the problem of the influence of environment on mental and moral traits; the author regards this in fluence as "greatly overestimated," and presents a large amount of biolo ‘ml data in support of laws which he has d uced and here proposes. Status. See Bankruptcy. Taxation. "An Experiment in Equaliza tion, and its Result." By William Carpenter.
8 Michigan Law Review 374 (Mar). The Michigan statute of 1909 providin a remedyofor the injustice often occasione by the ards of Sn rvisors in equalizing the assessment rolls 0 the several townships, wards and cities of their respective counties, is here favorably regarded, and dissent is expressed from the o inion of the Sn reme Court of Michi an in immer v. Bay ounty Supervisors, 16 et. L. N. 871, 123 N. W. 899; and in Robinson v. Westo'uer, l6 Det. L. N.
875, 123 N. W. 904. See Real Property. Taxation (Federal Corporation Tax). "Is the Federal Corporation Tax an Interference with the Sovereignty of the States?" By John S. Sheppard, Jr., 23 Harvard Law Review
be available for wer purposes by the erec tion of dams, tiig only interest the public has is to see that the navigation rights are not interfered with." workmen’: Oornponsation. See Employer’s
Liability.
Mbcellaneous Articles of Interest to the Legal Profession
Alaska. “The Vast Riches of Alaska." By Benjamin B. Hampton. Hampton's, v. 24, p. 451 (Apr.). "It is senseless to assume that Alaska can be develo d without great aggregations of capital. t the government provide the transportation as a public facility. Then let it recognize the need of corporations for the development of the coal and the copper and the mother-lodes from which the vast wealth of Alaska's future gold production will come. Let these mines be opened and worked on a properly adjusted royalty basis." Biography. Kent. "James Kent: A Legal Pioneer." By the Editor. 16 Case and Comment 259 (Mar.). "In a country village to which he retired when his college studies were interrupted by military operations, he found and read the four volumes of Blackstone. ‘Parts of the work,‘ he tells us, ‘struck my taste, and the work inspired me, at the a e of fifteen, with
invasion of the sovereignty of the states. Torrens System. See conveyances. Waters. “The Public Right in New York Water Power." By George P. Decker. 16
awe, and fondly deterrnin to be a lawyer.’" Lindsey. “The Beast and the Jungle." By Judge Ben B. Lindsey. Everybody's, v. 22, p. 528 (Apr.). Telling how the “system” tried to shear the uvenile Court of its powers, and Judge Lin sey was victorious. Pond. "The Late Ashley Pond." 8
Case and Comment 264 (Man).
Michigan Law Review 396 (Mar.).
380 (Man).
Directed at a refutation of the argument b Charles W. Pierson in the Outlook (v. 9, p.a639, Nov. 20, 1909), that the tax is an
"For many years he was justly regarded
"If the law of public right is not co-extensive with future pub 'c interest to have the utility of public waters for power devoted to public benefit, the sovereign may roceed under its fishery and navigation rig ts to reclaim those waters wherever diverted from natural channels, and to reclaim the channels where ever occu ied by structures serving to divert the flow or power, or to subserve any other use for private benefit, and regardless of the length of such user." “Legal Rights in New York Water Power." By Henry P. Farnham. 16 Case and Comment 270 (Man). "The rule is that in nontidal streams the right of the public is limited to navigation, and all other rights wing out of the con formation of the land and the flow of the stream belong to the riparian owner. If the stream has fall enough to be of much value for power purposes, it is not navigable in fact, and the public has no rights in it; and in
This book contains many im rtant pa rs on different phases of the child bor prob em, and reports from state and local child labor committees, in addition to the proceedings of the sixth annual meeting of the National Child Labor Committee. Conservation of Natural Resources. “The Forests." By James S. Whipple, Commis
those streams which are navigable, but can
sioner of the
as one of the ablest men at the Michigan Bar,
if not its unquestioned leader in many respects. . . . His power of rapid analysis was great, his clearness of thought unusual, his knowl edge of principles broad, his power of apply ing instantly the true principle to the facts extraordinary, and his reasoning marvelously quick and accurate." Child Labor. “Child Employing In dustries.” Supplement to Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, March, 1910.
State of
New York Forest,
