A.

Abinger, Lord, Memoir of, 79-95-
his qualities as an advocate, 80. 82.
84-birth and education, 85-in-
justice done in not giving him a silk
gown, 85. 88-his obligations to
the Whig party, 88-90-is made
Attorney-General, 93-resigns, ib.
-raised to the Bench, 92-his ju-
dicial character, ib.

Act of Parliament, loose mode of
drawing, 135. 186.

Administration Business of the Court
of Chancery, 421.

Advertisements, Judicial, under the
control of the Judges in France, 432.
Advocate, distinction between duties
of, in Equity and at Common Law,
80, 81.

Alien Law, act to amend the law re-
lating to, 122—absurdity of the
former law, 123-alterations made
by the late act, 123, 124.

Chancery Fees, reduction of, 246-
possessed by the clergy down to a
late period, 392, 393.
Circuit, attendance on, 155.
Civil Law, 73-study of, 145.
Civil Rights, rules as to, 12.
Clergy, connection of, with the Law,
382-practised as advocates, 382,
383 retained possession of the
Court of Chancery to a late period,
383. 394. See Conveyancing.
Code of Laws, advantages of, 8, 9-
Theodosian, 22-Justinian, 23-
Visigoth and others, ib.-Napoleon,
24-modern, 24. 248.

Common Forms in Conveyancings,
recent alterations as to, 162.
Compensation, how far objectionable,
308.

Counsel to Prisoners, bill for, 449.
Conveyancers, opinion of Real Property
Commissioners as to, 170.
Conveyancing, forms of, opinion of
Real Property Commissioners as to,
158 other opinions as to necessary
changes in, 159-162-modes sug-
gested for effecting alterations in,
162. 400-recent acts relating to,
162, 163-operation of Transfer of
Property Act, 163-166- further
amendments required, 166. 404-
arguments against, 167-inquiry as
to, necessary, 169. 404-early his-
tory of, 384-the Druids the first
conveyancers, 384 Anglo-Saxon
conveyancers, 385-clergy employed
as, down to the Reformation, 386.
388-history of, in Scotland, $89-
392-history after the Reformation,
394-396-present race of convey-
ancers, 397-their peculiarities and
seclusion from the world, 397-399
-difficulty of abbreviating forms
of, 400, 401-recent works as to,
399-404.

Corner, Mr., his work on the Prac-
tice of the Crown Side of the Q. B.,
172.
Courts of Justice, rules as to, 10, 11.
Costs. See Fees.

Criminal Acts, rules as to, 13.
Criminal Law, defects of, 331. 337.
452-on the consolidation of the,
438-its history and present state,

M M

439-neglected, and inquiry into
it necessary, 440-its vigorous oper-
ation belongs to the State, 441—
consequences of inadequacy of, 443–
446-recent attempts to improve,
Sir Robert Peel's Acts, 446-450-
necessity for further improvements,
450-conditions essential to the
operation of, 450-sources of, too
widely diffused, 452-454-want of
due promulgation of, 452-455—un-
certainty of, 457-state of the law
of punishments, 458-necessity for
the reduction of the unwritten, 459
-illustrated, 459-665 - bill for
consolidating, supported by many
eminent peers, 464, 465.

Darwin, Dr., 32.

D.

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Davidson, Mr, his "Concise Prece-
dents in Conveyancing" reviewed,
382. 400.

Debating Societies, advantages of, 151.
Debtor and Creditor, 180-191.
Denman, Lord C. J., speech on the
bill for relieving scrupulous persons
from taking oaths, 125-its import-
ance and peculiar characteristics,

126-133.

Divorce, history of the law as to, 353

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allowable by Scripture, 356-
opinion of the Church as to, 357-
361. 365 decision of the Star
Chamber on, 361-Lord Roos's case,
362- Countess of Macclesfield's
case, 364-Duke of Norfolk's case
and other cases, 364, 365-conse-
quence of refusal of, S66—expences
of present system of, 367, 368-Dr.
Johnson's opinion as to, 369-wife's
claim to, 370-375-to what juris-
diction, should be committed, 376.
Duval, Mr.. memoir of, birth and edu-
cation, 139-practises as a convey-
ancer, 140-appointed a Real Pro-
perty Commissioner, 141-proposes
a plan of a general register, 141-
his station in the profession, 142—
his private life and pursuits, 143.

E.

Ecclesiastical Courts, objections to
committing divorce, a vinculo, to,
378-381.
Eldon, Lord, his repugnance to any
alteration of the law, 27-36-its
consequences, 28-his injustice to
Mr. Scarlett and others, 87. 278-
life of, by Mr. Twiss, its merits
and defects, 249-252-his private

character, 252-255-his public cha-
racter, 255-declares that he prefers
the Common Pleas to the Great
Seal, 256-intrigues with Mr. Pitt
during the Addington administra-
tion, 260-suffers George III. to
transact business, his mind being
diseased, 267-attacks on, 271-
his judicial qualities, 271–274. 283
-his hesitating character, 272-274
-shown in his anecdote book, 275-
277-his injustice in the distribution
of professional rank, 278.

Erle, Mr., created a judge of the Com-
mon Pleas, 245.

Erskine, Mr. Justice, his retirement,

245.

Evidence, rules as to, 16. 18.

F.

Fact and Law, of the distinction be-
tween, 37-61-when the cause con-
sists partly of, 50.

Fees and Costs, law of, 61-79-among
the Saxons, 298-after the Norman
Conquest, 300-system of payment
by fees, 307. 414. 418-its in-
equality and injustice, 415-injus-
tice of fees, now paid, 417. 420-
history of the change of paying by,
instead of salaries, 419.
Fines and forfeitures, 66. 71.
France, administration of justice in,

78-the judicial system of, 428-
her government, and its administra-
tion, work on, noticed, 434.

fully known, 509-Captain Wil-
liams's Report on, 509.
Improvement of the Law, resistance
to, 26.

Inns of Court, account of, by Fortescue,

25.

Insolvency. See Bankruptcy.
Ireland. See State Trials.

J.

Joint-Stock Companies, necessity for
legislation as to, 96-Registration
Act, ib.-how introduced, 97-reme-
dial clauses as to, 99-provisional
and complete registration of, 100-
102-provisions as to director or
patron of, 104-provisions and de-
cisions on Bubble Act, 105–110—
the effect of its repeal, 111-as to
suing unincorporated, 112-117-
effect of judgments against members
of, 117, 118-how far the principle
of limited liability is in force, 117–
119-act for winding up affairs of,
119-course of proceedings under,
ib. 120, 121
summary of the
changes made by the late acts, 121.
Judicial Committee of Privy Council,
without a permanent head, 510.
Judicial Decisions, on the influence of
political motives on, 471-474.
Judges, rules as to, 10, 11- what

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should decide, 39. 45..50-how paid,
76, 77-far too numerous in France,
429-431-in France allowed to sit
in the Chamber of Deputies, 431,
432-English excluded from the
lower House of Parliament, 432-
on the appointment of, 465. 470—
how far party feeling should be ex-
cluded, 468.

Judicial

Establishment, principles
which should govern, 9. 12-ele-
ments of, 63, 64-expenses of, 303
-should be borne by the State, 314.
413-mode of paying in India, 315
-of France, 428-vices of the French
system of, 429-434.

Junior Barrister, advice to, 156.
Jurisprudence, science and study of,
1. 25-history of, 21.

Jury, what questions should be re-
ferred to, 39, 40. 45. 50.
Justice, rules as to administering, 62.

L.

Law of nations, 3, 4-nature, 3, 4-
municipal, 5-division of, 5, 6-of
Greece and Rome, 21-written and
unwritten, 462, 463.

Law University, reason for establish-

ing, 347-how it should be consti-
tuted, 348. 350-its government,
351, 352.

Law Reviews, French, 511.
Lawyer's bill, opinion of the public as
to, 161-faults of, 442.
Lectures, Law, 350.
Legal Budget, the, 413.

Legal Education, 24-defective state
of, in England, 145, 146. 345-in
Scotland, 147-the real mode of, in
England, 148-advice to the student
as to, 148, 149.

Legal Profession, commencement of,
64-history of, 69, 70-proper in-
terests of, should be supported, 168
-and properly remunerated, 310-
312 proper mode of remunerating,
312-what the, pays to the State,

flight from Carlton House, 280-

283.

Procedure, rules as to, 15. 19-history
of, 67.

Promulgation of the Law, 8.
Public Bills, report on, revision of, 134
-progress as to revision of private
bills, ib.-public bills how drawn,
135-necessity for some examination
and revision of, 136-officers to be
established for this purpose, 137—
advantages and disadvantages of, 137
-expense of, 138.

Punishments, rules as to, 14, 15-
grounds of the right to inflict, 451
-should be certain, 457.

Student, Law, advice to the, 148. 411
-what studies best adapted to en.
sure his success, 150. 155-to what,
may look forward, 157.
Subpoena, ad testificandum, rules as to,
284. 287-how issued, 292.
Succession to Property, return as to,
510.

T.

Taxation of suitors, its inequality, 413.
Taxes, legal, how levied, 413-rules
as to, 416-correctly imposed in the
Lunatic Visitor's Office, 422-how
they should be levied, 423-425-
system in Ireland, 425.

Transfer of Property Act, 162. 246—

not acted on by the profession, 399.
Twiss, Mr., created vice-chancellor of
the county palatine of Lancaster,
245-his Life of Lord Eldon re-
viewed, 251-283- inaccuracies in,
279. 282.

W.

Williams, Mr. Joshua, his "

Principles
of the Law of Real Property" re-
viewed, 382. 402.

Wilson, Mr., his plan for adapting the
machinery of the public funds to
the transfer of real property, noticed,

171.

Witnesses, on enforcing attendance of,
at common law, 284-expences of,
and compensation to, 289-291–
compulsory process as to, 291-
when guilty of contempt, 293. 296
-suit for non-attendance of, 296,
297-examination of, 321.

V.

Vice-Chancellors, deficiency of courts
for, 246-observations as to prece-
dency of, 410.