THE

LAW MAGAZINE;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR JANUARY, 1832; AND APRIL, 1832.

VOL. VII.

LONDON:

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

43, FLEET STREET.

1832.

ART. I.-SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS.

1. Report from the Select Committee on Secondary Pun-

ishments, together with the Minutes of Evidence, an Ap-

pendix of Papers, and an Index. Ordered by the House

of Commons to be printed, 27th Sept. 1831.

2. Facts relating to the Punishment of Death in the Me-

tropolis. By Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Esq. London,

1831.

ART. II.-UNANIMITY OF JURIES

ART. III.-LIFE OF LORD THURLOW (concluded)

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ART. IV. - ON COVENANTS AND CONDITIONS IN LEASES

ART. VI. WHETHER GOODS CONSTITUTE A GOOD CON-

SIDERATION FOR AN ANNUITY

THE 53 G. 3. c. 141.

GRANTED UNDER

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By Sir E. B.

ART. VII.-1. A Practical Treatise on Powers.

Sugden. Fifth Edition. 1831.

2. A Treatise on Powers. By Henry Chance, Esq. of

Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. In two volumes, 1831. 115

ART. VIII.-BACON'S ABRIDGEMENT.

A New Abridgment of the Law. By Matthew Bacon,

of the Middle Temple, Esquire. The Seventh Edition,

corrected, with large additions, including the latest Sta-

tutes and Authorities. Vols. 2, 3, and 4 (except the Ad-

denda,) By Sir Henry Gwillim, of the Middle Temple

Knight; late one of the Judges of His Majesty's Su-

preme Court at Madras. Vols. 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and

the Addenda to the other volumes, By Charles Ed-

ward Dodd, of the Inner Temple, Esquire, Barrister

at Law. In 8 vols. royal 8vo. London, 1832.

ART. IX. THE NEW REFORM BILL

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ART. X.-TITHES IN GERMANY.

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Die rechtliche Natur der Zehnten, aus den Grundeigenthum-

verhältnissen des römischen und frankischen Reichs his-

torisch entwickelt mit Berücksichtigung der neuesten An-

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träge auf Zehntabschaffung und mit Andeutungen für die

Geschichte des Lehnwesens, von Dr. F. M. F. Birnbaum,

Professor, Ritter des Königlich-neiderländischen Löwen-

ordens, und Korrespondenten des Königlich-niederländi-

schen Instituts. (The true Nature of Tithes, historically de-

duced from the state of landed property under the Roman

and Frankish empires, with peculiar reference to the

most recent plans for the abolition of Tithes, and with

hints for the History of the Feudal System. By Dr. J.

M. F. Birnbaum, Professor, Knight of the Royal Order

of the Lion and Correspondent of the Royal Institute of

the Kingdom of the Netherlands.) Bonn, bei Adolph.

Marcus. 1831.....

ART. XI.--THE SPANISH CODE OF COMMERCE.

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Codigo de Commercio. Madrid, 1829.

ART. XII.-MR. BENTHAM AND LORD BROUGHAM.

Boa Constrictor, alias Helluo Curiarum: Observations on

the "Resolved-on" Absorption of the Vice Chancellor's

Court, and the Master of the Rolls' Court, into the

Lord High Chancellor's Court. London, 1832

ART. XIII.-ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT — CLAIM OF SIR AU-

GUSTUS D'ESTE.

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A Letter to a Noble Lord, explanatory of a Bill in the

Court of Chancery, filed on behalf of Sir Augustus

D'Este, from Sir J. J. Dillon. London, 1831........ 176

CONTENTS.

ART. I.-ECCLESIASTICAL REPORT.

The Special and General Reports made to His Majesty

by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the

Practice, &c. of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England

and Wales, 1831 and 1832.

ART. II.-AUSTIN'S LECTURES.

The Province of Jurisprudence Determined. By John

Austin, Esq. Barrister at Law. London.

1832.

Murray.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High

Court of Chancery. By J. Russell and J. W. Mylne,

Esqrs. Vol. I. Part 2.

ART. V.-LEASES AND AGREEMENTS FOR LEASES.

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ART. VI.-THE SPECIAL COMMISSION AT BRistol.

ART. VII.-WORKS ON CONVEYANCING.

1. The Practice of Conveyancing, (vol. iii.) relating to

Abstracts of Title, and Evidence connected with Real

and Personal Property. By James Stewart, Esq. of

Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. Saunders and Ben-

ning. 1831.

3. On Conveyancers' Evidence. By Thomas Coventry,

Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. London.

Clarke.

1832.

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