these authorities though he can not yet speak with their assurance and convincing force. He may be congratulated, however, on having thus early contributed a work of merit and permanent usefulness upon a subject of international interest. CHARLES NOBLE GREGORY. Extradition. By Sir Edward Clarke. 4th edition prepared by the author and E. Percival Clarke. London: Stevens and Haynes. 1903. This work is divided into two parts; the first, the treatise upon the subject; the second, an appendix. The treatise is divided into eight chapters, (1) theory of the subject; (2) early treaties and cases; (3) history of the law in the United States; (4) history of the law in Canada; (5) history of the law in Great Britain; (6) history of the law in France; (7) rules of practice in the different countries; (8) conclusion. The appendix purports to contain the extradition acts of Great Britain, including Canada, and the United States, together with a list and texts of existing British extradition treaties; a list of United States extradition treaties; demands made by Great Britain on France, 18521865; note upon the Lamirande case; and note upon political offences. It is somewhat difficult to determine the exact purpose which the author had in mind in preparing this work. His own statement is “the constant, although of course not very large, demand for a trustworthy book upon the law of extradition has required the preparation of another edition of this work." As will be noted from the outline given above the author has attempted to cover the law of extradition as it exists in the United States, France, and Great Britain, including Canada, and to accomplish all this, including certain theoretical discussions and conclusions, in 263 pages, of which 65 pages are devoted to the law of extradition as it exists in the United States. The result is certainly no better than might be expected. The only classification of his subject which the author has attempted to make, is geographic, that is, each chapter is devoted to the law of one country. The matter contained in the chapters themselves is entirely unclassified For example, the author while stating that the law of the United States was " in the matter of extradition, until 1870, better than that of any country in the world; and the decisions of the American # judges are the best existing expositions of the duty of extradition, in its relation at once to the judicial rights of nations and the general interests of the civilization of the world," has yet in his chapter devoted to extradition in the United States failed to do more than chronicle in their order various cases which have arisen and been determined in the American courts upon questions of extradition. Moreover, he is guilty of the common, though it would seem unpardonable error, of failing to distinguish between the American federal and state jurisdictions, and so confuses interstate rendition with international extradition. The result is of course misleading as to extradition proper. This discussion of the law in the United States is of little practical value to an American lawyer seeking information regarding the law of extradition as it exists in his own country. Another feature of the work that is not likely to commend itself to the busy man who seeks to use the book, is that while the name and date of the case are given in the footnotes, the citation of the case is found only in the table of cases and it is therefore necessary in every instance to look to the table of cases to determine, first, whether or not the case cited is an American case; secondly, if American, whether or not it is a state or federal case. If the book were such a one as could be used by the American practitioner this would be a matter of considerable inconvenience. The matter contained in the appendix so far as the United States is concerned is likewise most unsatisfactory and incomplete. The author has included the acts of August 3, 1882, and March 3, 1883, affecting extradition, but has wholly omitted those laws which were incorporated into the revised statutes as R. S. 5270 et seq., and which set forth the fundamental provisions of our extradition law. The book as a whole may perhaps be considered as a collection of judicial essays, indifferently accurate, dealing with the historical development of the doctrine of extradition in the countries whose laws are considered. It is not believed, however, that any American lawyer who already has either the elaborate two volume work upon extradition prepared by Professor John Bassett Moore, or that most excellent little monograph prepared by Mr. Frederick Van Dyne, appearing sub voce in "Cyc," would find in this work of Sir Edward Clarke's, anything of particular use or value. Classics of International Law. Washington: Carnegie Institution. The Carnegie Institution announces the republication of the work of Ayala, one of the predecessors of Grotius, edited (with translation) by John Westlake, K. C., formerly Whewell professor of International Law of the University of Cambridge; and the work of Zouche, to be edited with translation by Thomas Erskine Holland, K. C., Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford. It is expected that these will appear in the course of the year. Professor Holland will also prepare for the series the works of Gentilis, an Italian jurist; while a new and critical edition of the following works of Grotius: De Jure Praedae, Mare Liberum, and De Jure Belli ac Pacis, will be brought out under the personal direction of the general editor of the series, Dr. James Brown Scott. The translation of the Grotius will be made by the Reverend Mr. John G. Maguire, professor of Latin in the Catholic University of America. Deuxième Conférence de la Paix. Actes et Documents. The Hague: Imprimerie Nationale. 1909. Vol. 2, pp. lxxxviii, 1106; vol. 3, pp. xevi, 1180, and general index. In the JOURNAL for October, 1908, (2:972) attention was called to the appearance of the first volume of the official report of the Second Hague Conference, published by the Dutch Government. In May of the current year the second and third volumes, completing the official report, appeared. The second volume is devoted solely to the work of the first commission, that is to say, to the consideration of subjects directly or indirectly concerned with arbitration, and contains the discussions on arbitration, the limitation of force in the collection of contract debts, the establishment of an international court of prize, the project of a permanent court of arbitral justice, and the amendments adopted in the light of actual experience to improve arbitral procedure. In addition, the volume contains the proceedings in the four committees of examination appointed by the first commission to facilitate its labors. The third and concluding volume is devoted to the second, third and fourth commissions, dealing with land and naval warfare, and the rights of neutrals. This volume is uniform in plan and execution with the second and closes with the brief but adequate analytical index which places the official report at the disposal of the reader and student. Those interested in the possession of the volumes may obtain them. either from Stechert and Co., New York City, or from M. Nijhoff, at The Hague. PERIODICAL LITERATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (For table of abbreviations used, see Chronicle of International Events, p. 000.) Achilles Heel of Germany, The. R., 189:51. Aërial Peril, The. T. G. Tulloch. Archibald R. Colquhoun. North American Nineteenth Century, 65:808. Africa. L'Angleterre en Afrique. E. de Renty. Q. dipl., 27:319, 648. Africa in transformation. Cyrus C. Adams. R. of R., 39:322. After the Storm-reflections on the downfall of the British Empire. By Algeria. Un essai de pénétration pacifique en Algérie. Jacques Ladreit de Andrew A. Bruce. Yale Law J., 18:377. les États-Unis d'Amérique. Exposé du point de vue allemand. her. R. générale de dr. int. public, 15:580. A de Flock Le conflit américan-japonais et l'opinion publique américaine. Avesnes. Le correspondent, N. S., 199:36. Anglo-French relations. William Beckford's adventure in diplomacy. An unpublished correspondence. Lewis Melville. Nineteenth Century, 65:783. Asia, Does Japanese trade endanger the peace of? Adachi Kinnosuke. World's Work, 17:11463. Blockade. Le blocus pacifique. J. Westlake. R. de dr. int. et de législation comparée, 11:203. Some points in the law of. Lord Justice Kennedy. J. of the Society of Comparative Legislation, 20:239. Boycott in international law. King Boycott: a new potentate. E. Ware Cook. East and West, 8:53. Une forme nouvelle des luttes internationales: le boycottage. René Pinon. R. de deux mondes, 51:199. British colonial system, The. Annie G. Porritt. Forum, 41:605. British diplomacy and Canada. Andrew Macphail. University Magazine, 8:188. Central Asia. La Russie et l'Angleterre en Asie Centrale. Dr. Rouire. dipl., 27:519. China. L'impératrice douairière Tsheu-hi. Ann. sc. pol., 24:257. Q. Jean Rodes. Q. dipl., 27:368. La transformation de la Chine. Claims of individuals against states. refus d'arbitrage par le Mexique. politica exterior, 4:97. Congo question, The. Felix H. Hunicke. North American R., 189:604. Courts of Egypt and of the Sudan, The. W. R. B. Briscoe. Law Magazine and England and Germany. Flotte anglaise et flotte allemande. E. Lémonon. Q. dipl., 27:665. La rivalité de l'Allemagne et de l'Angleterre. deux mondes, 50:154. Six German opinions on the naval situation. teenth Century, 65:725. René Pinon. R. de Eneas O'Neill. Nine England and Russia. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. National R., 53:209. European federation: an interview. Charles Lowe. Contemporary R., 95:264. Experiment in constitutional government in China, The. O. F. Wisner. North American R., 189:731. Extradition. Cas intéressants d'extradition dans l'Empire britannique en 1907 et 1908. W. F. Craies. J. de dr. int. privé, 36:378. The Rudowitz extradition case. Edwin Maxey. Green Bag, 21:147. Extraterritorial effect of judicial decisions. de la convention franco-belge de 1899. 36:416. De quelques abus dans l'application Family of nations in conference at The Hague, The. William I. Hull. Chautauquan, 54:177. First Pan-American Scientific Congress, The. Paul S. Reinsch. 16:249. World Today, Foreign policy. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett. Fortnightly R., N. S., 85:615. of Italy, Signor Tittoni and the. Contemporary R., 95:429. of Japan. La politique étrangère du Japon contemporain. Michael Revon. Q. dipl., 27:447. La politique extérieure du Japon depuis quinze ans. Vicomte de Guichen. R. d'histoire diplomatique, January, 1909. Franco-German agreement. L'accord Franco-Allemand. politique et parlementaire, 59:433. René Millett. R. German Naval case, The. Michel. Contemporary R., 95:395. Grecian democracy. Une democratie en Orient. Britsch. Le correspondent, April 25, 1909. Hague conference. Henri Hantich. La nation grecque. Amédée L'œuvre de la Haye et les deux conferences de la paix en 1899 et 1907. Léon Adam. R. d'histoire diplomatique, January, 1909. Haiti, Le problème de. M. Marchand. Q. dipl., 27:262. International arbitration. Joseph B. Moore. Michigan Law R., 7:547. International law. Les États-Unis et le droit des gens. int. et de législation comparée, 11:142. Ernest Nys. R. de dr. G. L'individu devant l'autorité judiciaire et le droit international. Diena. R. générale de dr. int. public, 16:57. |