THE

L A W M A G A ZINE;

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,)

ING

CONTENTS.

Page

Art. 1.-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

36

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

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

CONTENTS.

Page

Art. 1.-ENGLISH EQUITY IN AMERICA.

Commentaries on Equity Pleadings, &c. By Joseph

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

University

233

ART. II.-RURAL POLICE.

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

TRADE

306

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

TINUING PARTNERS

320

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

Nicholas Thirning Moile, Esq. of the Inner

Temple, Special Pleader

328

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. .

338

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