All this has consequently meant the creation of a very considerable amount of case law which for the sake of uniformity in the administration of justice it was necessary to bring together in some convenient form for reference. Mr. Yao Tseng's volume takes the form of a lengthy recapitulation of principles as enunciated in the decision of many cases which have come before his Court, and really amounts to the setting out of what in English jaw texts are the headnotes to cases. It is to be regretted that the learned author has not seen his way to set out the cases themselves in short for while the principles themselves are of—immense importance, more than a little guidance might be obtained by pleaders in being able to find the et circumstances in which the principles laid down have been applied, or as apparently has been the case sometimes, crofted precedents for the future. Thi: seems to be met to a certain extent by references to the cases by which the principles were established, but for convenience a short statement each case would have been of great assistance, At the same time, however. that the book table one. As law as it stands its worth is grest and it.
be hoped that Mr. Yao, despite the immense amount of work that he has to do in connexion with his Court, the business of which is rapidly growing, will find time to extend the scone of the work he has just published. In doing so he will confer a great benefit upon the Chinese legal profession and the country at large.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.