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THE
LAW MAGAZINE;
OR,
QUARTERLY REVIEW
OF
JURISPRUDENCE,
FOR JUNE, 1828; OCTOBER, 1828; AND JANUARY, 1829.
VOL. I.
SECOND EDITION.
LONDON:
SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS, (SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON),
43, FLEET STREET.
CONTENTS.
ART. I.--PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF PLEADING.
1. Speech of H. Brougham, Esq., on the Present State
of the Law.
2. A Letter to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, on some of the
Legal Reforms proposed by Mr. Brougham. By C. E.
Dodd, Esq., Barrister at Law.
3. Suggestions on Practice, Pleading, and Evidence. By
Edward Lawes, Serjeant at Law.
4. The Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica; Ar-
ticle "Jurisprudence." By James Mill, Esq., Author of
the History of British India.
5. Westminster Review, No. VII. Art. 5. Law Abuses and
Pleading; No. XI. Art. 3. On Practice and Pleading.
ART. II.-REFORMS IN CHANCERY.
1. A History of the Court of Chancery, with Practical
Remarks, &c. By Joseph Parkes, Solicitor, Birming-
ham.
2. An Inquiry into the Present State of the Civil Law of
England. By J. Millar, Esq.
3. Copy of the Report made to His Majesty by the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into the Practice of
Chancery.
ART. III.-MERCANTILE LAW. No. I.
ART. IV.-ON CONVEYANCING.-No. I.
Critical Remarks on some Popular Writers.
ART. V.-AN INQUIRY INTO THE OPERATION OF THE LATE
BANKRUPT ACT, 6 G. IV. c. 16. WITH EXCLUSIVE RE-
FERENCE TO REAL PROPERTY.
64
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ART. VI. ON THE DOCTRINE OF ESTOPPEL WITH REFER-
ENCE TO THE TRANSFER OF CONTINGENT AND EXECU-
TORY INTERESTS..
76
ART. VII.-ON THE MODES OF PROCEEDING AGAINST
TENANTS HOLDING OVER. ....
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ART. VIII.-ON THE CUSTOM OF MAKING ALLOWANCES
OUT OF THE POOR RATE TO ABLE-BODIED LABOUR-
ERS IN INCREASE OF THEIR WAGES
ART. IX.-ON THE EFFECT OF AN ASSIGNMENT BY THE
HUSBAND, FOR A VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, OF HIS
WIFE'S LEGAL CHOSES IN ACTION, AS AGAINST HER
ART. X.-WHETHER PAYMENT OF PURCHASE MONEY
WILL TAKE A PAROL AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF
LANDS OUT OF THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS.....
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ART. XI.-A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR. FEARNE,
WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON HIS ESSAY ON CON-
TINGENT REMAINDERS, &C.
115
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ART. XII. THE COURT OF CHANCERY.
A Satirical Poem,
by R. J. Blewitt
124
ART. XIII.-LORD LANSDOWNE'S ACT:
Substance of "An Act for consolidating and amending
the Statutes in England relative to Offences against the
Person," now under consideration of Parliament .....
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ART. I. THE CONSTITUTION AND PRACTICE OF THE ENG-
LISH COURTS OF COMMON LAW, WITH A SKETCH OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF FRANCE.
1. An Inquiry into the Present State of the Civil Law
of England. By John Miller, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.
Murray. 1825.
2. Rationale of Judicial Evidence specially applied to Eng-
lish Practice. From the Manuscripts of Jeremy Ben-
tham, Esq., Bencher of Lincoln's-Inn. Hunt and Clarke.
1827. Book VIII. On the Technical System of Pro-
cedure.
3. Des Institutions Judiciares de l'Angleterre comparées
avec celles de la France, et de quelques autres Etats
anciens et modernes. Par Joseph Rey, de Grenoble,
Avocat, ancien Magistrat. A Paris, ches Nève, Libraire,
Palais de Justice. 1826
ART II.-STATE TRIALS.
State Trials; or a Collection of the most interesting Trials
prior to the Revolution of 1688, reviewed and illustrated.
By S. M. Phillipps, Esq. London, 1826
ART. III.-MERCANTILE LAW.-No. II.
185
219
242
ART. IV.-ON CONVEYANCING.-No. II.
With some Preliminary Remarks on Mr. Burton's Elemen-
tary Compendium of the Law of Real Property
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266
ART. V.-AN INQUIRY INTO THE VALIDITY OF THE POWER
OF SALE AND EXCHANGE IN SETTLEMENTS, WHEN NOT
CONFINED TO THE PERIOD ALLOWED FOR SUSPENDING
ALIENATION....
.... 282
ART. VI.-ON THE EFFECT OF THE WILL OF QUASI TE-
NANT IN TAIL OF AN ESTATE PUR AUTRE VIE, UPON
THE QUASI ENTAIL AND REMAINDERS OVER........ 289
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