The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

LECTURES AT THE INNS OF COURT.

The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be
delivered during the ensuing educational term by
the several Readers appointed by the Inns of

Court :--
" CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY.
"The public lectures to be delivered by the Reader
on Constitutional Law and Legal History will comprise
the following subjects :
"The Reign of George 11., the Progress of our Juris-
prudence, the State Trials and Debates in Parliament.
The Reader will thee trace the Origin and Progress of
our Constitution through the Reigns of the Plautagenets,
the Tudors, and the Stuarts.
"In his private classes the Reader will follow the
same course.
"Books.—' Tindal or Bellham's History of George
the Second ;" Blackstone's Commentaries, by Kerr,
vols. 1 and 4 ; Political Register and Annual Register
during the Period ;" Parliamentary History,' Hallam's
Constitutional History,' Statute Book," Preface to
Gilbert on Uses,': by Sugden ; ' Bracton's Treatise,'
' Matthew Paris,' Reeve's History of the English Law,'
Sullivan's Lectures,' Fortescue de Laudibus Legum
Anglite' (Amos's edition), History of the Con
stitution,' Creasy on the Constitution.'

"EQUITY.
"The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during
the ensuing educational Term a course of nine lectures
on the following subjects :
"1. Oa the General Principles adopted by Courts of
Equity with reference to Trusts and to Equitable En-
cumbrances on Real and Personal Estate.
"2. On Notice and Registration.
" 3. On the relief afforded in Equity against Penal-
ties and Forfeitures.
" 4. On the Nature of Legal Mortgages,
"5. On the Equitable Rights and Remedies of Mort-
gagors and Mortgagees.
"6. Oa the Jurisdiction of the Court over Charities.
" The Reader will continue with his senior and junior
classes the general courses of equity alrtady commenced.
He will also continue in the senior class and continence
in the junior t 3 exoiain Cie leading rules of pleading
equity from the work of Lord Redesdale.
"THE LAW OF REAL_
PROPERTY.

"The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes
to deliver in the ensuing educational term a course of
nine public lectures on the followin .; subjects :
" 1. The Insolvency Acts BO far as they affect the
Law of Real Property.
" 2, On Conditions of Sale.
"3. -A cornpari6on between the Old, and New Law
with respect to Wills.
" 4. The Statutes lit of Victoria, cap. 26, and 15th
and 16th of -Victoria, cap. 24.
" 5. The decisions upon those Statutes.
"In his private classes the Reader on the Law of Real
Property will refer more particularly to the cases cited
in the public lectures. He will also endeavour to go
through a complete course of Real Property Law, using
the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text-book.
JURISPRITDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW.
"The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law
proposes to deliver in the course of the ensuing
educational term nine public lectures on the following
subjects :
"1. The Influence of certain Theories of the Roman
Juri,consults on li.ternational Law, and the Existing
Relations of Sovereign States to each other.
" 2. Crimes and Delicate.
" 3. Ancient Codes : their Nature and Influence.
" 4. The conception of Equity, and the Forms it has
assumed in various system of Jurisprudence.
"5. The development of the Ronan Law.
" With his private class the Reader will proceed
through the principal departments of Roman Law, using
as his text book the Systema Juris Romani Hodie
Usitati, Latin edition of Mackeldey (beginning at page
132).
" The Reader will endeavour to form a second class
for the study of the Elements of Roman Law. This
latter class is intended for gentlemen who have no
previous acquaintance with the Roman jurisprudence.
He will read the Institutes of Justinian, beginning at
their commencement.
"COMMON LAW.

"The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver
during the ensuing educational term nine public lectures ;
the first six of which will be on the Law of Contracts,
and the three remaining lectures on the Law of Bail-
ments, as under :
" THE LAW OF CONTRACTS.
. .

" Lecture I.—On Contracts generally ; their Nature
and Classification.
" Lecture 2.—On Special Contracts.
"Lecture 3.-0 a Contracts between Landlord and
Tenant, and Remedies incident thereto.
" Lecture 4.—Of Simple Contracts and the In-
gredients in the Right of Action ex-Contractu.
" Lecture 5 will he devoted to an inquiry respecting
the Nature of Implied Promises.
" Lecture 6.—A general view will in this lecture be
taken of Mercantile Contracts and Remedies.
" THE LAW OF BAILMENTS.
"Lecture 7.—The Nature and Classification of
Bailments, with especial reference to the case of Cogs
v. Barnard.' Lord Raym, 909, will be considered.
" Lectures 8 and 9 will be devoted to an examination
of the Law applicable to various classes of Bailees,
Common Carriers, Innkeepers, and others.
" With his private class the Reader will consider the
Law of contracts and of Bailmeute according to the plan
above indicated, illustrating the subjeots treated of by
reference to recent cases, and to the following works
Smith's Mercantile Law' (ed, by llowdeswell), and
Leading Cases' (4th ed.), ' Story on Bailments' (sth
ed.), Broom's Commentaries on the Common Law.
6' By order of the Council,
4• RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman.
"Council Chamber, Lincoln's-inn, Dec. 18."

" The following are the days and hours for the delivery
of the public lectures by the Readers appointed by the
Inns of Court, and for the attendance of the private

classes :
"The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal His-
tory, at Lincoln's-inn Hall. Public lectures, Wednesday,
2 p.m. First Lecture, the 20th Jan. Private lectures,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at hall-past 9to
half-past 11 a.m. First class meets on the 21st January.
Classes meet in the Bombers' Bealing-room. -
"The Reader on Equity, at Lincoln's-inn Hall. Pub.
lie lectures, Thursday, at 2 p.m., first lecture, Jan. 21.
Private lectures, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
at a uarterst 3 and a quarter-past 4 p.m. First class
meets on the -pa
22d Jan. Classes meet in the Benchers'
reading-room.
"The Reader on the Law of Real Properly, &c., at
Gray's-inn Hall. Public lectures, Fridays, at 2 p.m.
first lecture, Jan. 15. Private lectures, Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter to 12 a.m. to
a quarter to 2 p.m. ; first class meets on Jan. 18.
Classes meet in the North Library.
"The Reader on Jurisprudence and Civil Law, at
the Middle Temple-hall. Public lectures, Tuesdays,
at 2 p.m. ; first lecture on Jan. 19. Private classes,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a quarter to
4 p.m. ; first class meets on Jan. l. Classes meet
at 4, Garden-court, Temple.
"The Reader on Common Law, at the Inner
Temple-hall. Public lectures, Mondays, at 2 p.m. ;
first lecture, Jan. 18. Private classes, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, from a qurter to 12 a.m.
to a quarter to 2 p.m. ; ,first class meets on Jan. 19.
I Classes meet at the Inner Temple-hall.
" Note.—The educational term commences on Jan.
111, and ends on. March 30.
1 "The first meeting of each private class will take
place on the usual mornin or evening of meeting
next after the fiat public lecture on the same subject ."