fail souly Call, Tw Puclure and Problems ya Study Hancock's well-documented treatise brings up to date our know-edge of the development of the British Empire in its political, tegal and constitutional structure, He docs of. deal with defence problems. His starting point of the end of the War ig convenient to elaborate the new theory of Empire especially as pressed in the adoption of the term British Commonwealth, On that point the Chatham House Report has an Interesting terminological note. Tt uses both Empire and Commonwealth but approves the tendency to prefer the former when the "idea to be called, ups that of the group of countries as whole, without reference to the political articulations within it" and the latter when attention has to be drawn {0 the free association subsisting between the self-governing councles with their respective depend~ endes. As a historical survey Mr. Hancock's book Is a remarkably fine compilation. Tt is obviously the Standard book of reference for the student of Empire affairs. and it made. all the more valuable by a legal section contributed by Mr.
Latham who discusses the Common Law, unity in Commonwealth Law and the Nature and the Future Commonwealth Obligation. Incidentally he adds an appendix to expound the constitutional and legal effects of the Abdication of King Edward Vili—a Very interesting and informative document, "He comes to the conclusion that King Edward behaved throughout in accordance with Jaw, for his Instrument of Abdication was merely a request that hho' should be relieved of his statutory duties:
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