, 1866-02-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

the present work will doubtless he welcomed
by the profession. at Is designed" )" tho au-
thor informs us, *sto bo Thoroughly Amsrtcon.
While English cases have been cited, sufl-
cicntly TO give correct view Of the English
law, as The original foundation and an exist
ing constituent part Of our oxn jurisprudence,
applied to them than to the decisions of the
American courts, which last are deslgucd to
be fully aud exhaustiveIy stated"
Following the above announcement, In the
preface, Is this singular paragraph: "At the
present moment, when the Indications are go
strong Of a prevailing desire to have the
events Of the last four years treated Us II they
had never been, 1t is perhaps hardly necessary
to remark that, In citing the American cases,
no distinction is made between tho Northern
and Southern States" And then follow some
remarks upon "the one great subject which
now seems to. have proridenttAily d.sap-
peared from the broad surface of American
social aud civil 1ife." It Is not easy TO dis
cover any connection between this = great
snbjcct" " and the law OF lnjunctiona; and
the AUTHORS reason for citing the decisions of
Southern courts, reminds us of IN original
character, described La Barrington's sketches,
who formerly figured at the Irish bar, and
who was called "Son sequitur" from the
mconsequcntial nature Of his discourse.
"shocking accident that Is in the mornings
papers," he wonld say, "fherxYoFe let us take
up the motion in Doc IS. Jones," Thi. Is very
similar to the manner Of Mr. Hllliord.
Ths Plan OF this volume appears to us cx7
tremely defective. A vast number Of decisions
a1c stated, in the body Of the work, many Of
them depending on the statutory enactmenta
Of various States, and having little In COM
mon, e1cep. common subject. It u divided
into chapters and sections; bat each para
grnph is merely the syllabus OF reported
case This plan, however, has been dellbc-
rately adopted by Mr.. billiard, and Is similar
to that OF hls former publications. In the pre-
face to the American Law Of Real Property,
he teIla us that that work ':.was designed 10 be
for the American lawyer what Cruise's Digest
Is for the English lawyer" And, IN his Intro
duction to the Law Of Vendors and Purchas-
ers. ho says, ut has always seemed to mo
peculiarly imprncticable, In an American text
book, for the writer to advance any proposi.
tion Of his own as .hs 1a.p, authoritatiyely el-
minated from the opposing Cases; because, in
each of the United States, the decisions Of ita
own Court are the controlling ru1e-";
Accordingly, the present work Is not 80
much Treatise ns Digest. AL the casea
cited stand On much the same footing. Each
one haa place In the text, not on account of
It's intrinsic value, but merely from. having
been published In some volume of reports.
thla mclhod ol a!l'a1x ~" LOOK As*!ts Ro'
vantages- tie compiler, but is rather try
Ing to the patience Of reader, II is fatlguing
to peruse dozen pages In search ofIa single
point and, a. mere question OF form, We
mucn prefer tue arrangement adopted In
Aam's AMERICAN tleest OF fateat Cases.
1ms, however, Is minor deiect. aut, even
considered "a digess. this "o:k Is hardly
"nat VIC nao 1agat 10 expect. treating oi
sngle oraneh OF equity Jurisprudence, and
mol even processing 10 give mora than seiec-
tlon Of Engmn cases. the author should a.
least fedeem INC promsse OF bis preface, aud
present. .'ul1 ma exhaustive collection
OF Inc ame1,can OCCASIONS 1as ne has iaa!ea
70 10 sof Instance, ne omits .ul!y one-tnied
o. 1ne in,nos eaees ano ~ Is eVioen.slaa! no
,as. 1as eeaanso ~ ~ non - .ta.ases ia'9r tnan
ieo.. ~ page ~ ~ 1.a,eo tua' y nnnos'
eAeeps 9u,.a ~ ssss % a1anc.Ioas 10 lostah &c
nons ~ ta", oauaees eannot oe aNafaeo on
~ S.'.a, y. ~ Auus'vH .,.. u.. ~, tuo
"nen sas s,'r,. nd =; ~ sta.u'e !0ol' !vne.n-
es 4-. =. 20 oesliuo.s, ~ = 1e1'.pooA, glse .ne
s.a.usofs ,. pso'lslons M o. AZ sae various slates
NAY pe Question, ~ 'at .nete eau p' no aouo.
.aa', ~, Il a'aseo a. a''' 'ae5 oogns 70 % slated
~ "!..,
1ne aalnoF navlng mostly eonhnea n1mseu
.seaa 10 sess ae'us ~. aeeens; ana no. having
sloanse s'eu ,lns neio tnoloaSny' some
.oplss eunaee.su VIII lns LII" Q. ln9ane1ions
n1' 9teaIeo vety @esgteT: among !otnels,
VIC may msnl'on me ptae1lee n easee xnere
IN msoA'clen' oooa aas oeen n'ea ana Inc
comnon-laW remedy Tor malicious and
wrongful Injunction; to which topics there
| are scarcely given dozen lines anfece. Amin.
there Is hardly apy statement OF The nrnetice