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Page 1: Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Compensationby R. A. Gordon

Editorial Committee of the Cambridge Law Journal

Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Compensation by R. A. GordonReview by: E. C. S. W.The Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1937), p. 298Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Editorial Committee of the Cambridge LawJournalStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4503029 .

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Page 2: Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Compensationby R. A. Gordon

The Cambndge Law Journal. The Cambndge Law Journal. The Cambndge Law Journal. 298 298 298

Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Cornpensation. By R. A. GEORDON, M.A., LL.X. , E.C. Second edition. London: Stevens &; Sons, Ltd. 1936. ss and 367 pp. (12s. 6cl.)

A WEAL of legislation bearing directly upon this impoHant subject has been enacted since tha first edition of this work appeared in 1925; and the author need make no apology for a second edition. We venture to make the criticism that the earlier chapters take n little too much for Branted. It would have been better to have stated in the introductioll the object of the Acquisition of Land Act, 1919, as has been done with the Land Clauses Act, 1845; and again, to have said on p. 19 for what purposes a Town Planning Aut:hority can purchase land by compulsion. The subject-matter i8 necesfiarily highly techllical, and a book of this character ought not to assume previous knowledge of its subject-matter.

E. C. S. W.

The Student's Law Dictionary. Sisth edition. By G#. R. HUGHES, B.A. (02[0n), Barrister-at-Law. London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1936. vii and 344 pp. (8s.)

TRI9 is a Pocket Law Lexicon under a new title. A useful feature i8 the list of Law Reports of the United Kingdom, and the usual abbre- viations. The description of terms used in property law i8 reasonably detailed and goes further than mere definition. A curious omission is

anJr reference to ' acts of State '. E. C. S. W.

Equity. A Course of Lectures. By F. T. MAITLAND. Etlited by A. H. CHAYTOR and W. J. WVHITTAKER. Revised by 3. BRENYATE, hI.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, and of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Cambridge IJniversity Press. 1936. s2riv and 343 pp. (15s. net.)

THIS work, like much of the late Professor Maitland's other work, has become part of the stock-in-trade of the Cambridge Law School. As an introduction to the studJr o£ the principles of Equity it has no superior, and Mr. Brunyate has wisely decided to leave the text as it stood with the ezcceptionF of the omission of some obsolete matter. The effect of the legislation of 1925 and decisions consequent thereon has been lucidly and concisely stated in a series of notes, with the aid of which the 6tudent will be able to obtain a clear grasp of the present-day operation of equitable doctrines. Mr. Brunyate has executed a difiicult task with great skill and accuracy.

D. T. O.

Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Cornpensation. By R. A. GEORDON, M.A., LL.X. , E.C. Second edition. London: Stevens &; Sons, Ltd. 1936. ss and 367 pp. (12s. 6cl.)

A WEAL of legislation bearing directly upon this impoHant subject has been enacted since tha first edition of this work appeared in 1925; and the author need make no apology for a second edition. We venture to make the criticism that the earlier chapters take n little too much for Branted. It would have been better to have stated in the introductioll the object of the Acquisition of Land Act, 1919, as has been done with the Land Clauses Act, 1845; and again, to have said on p. 19 for what purposes a Town Planning Aut:hority can purchase land by compulsion. The subject-matter i8 necesfiarily highly techllical, and a book of this character ought not to assume previous knowledge of its subject-matter.

E. C. S. W.

The Student's Law Dictionary. Sisth edition. By G#. R. HUGHES, B.A. (02[0n), Barrister-at-Law. London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1936. vii and 344 pp. (8s.)

TRI9 is a Pocket Law Lexicon under a new title. A useful feature i8 the list of Law Reports of the United Kingdom, and the usual abbre- viations. The description of terms used in property law i8 reasonably detailed and goes further than mere definition. A curious omission is

anJr reference to ' acts of State '. E. C. S. W.

Equity. A Course of Lectures. By F. T. MAITLAND. Etlited by A. H. CHAYTOR and W. J. WVHITTAKER. Revised by 3. BRENYATE, hI.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, and of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Cambridge IJniversity Press. 1936. s2riv and 343 pp. (15s. net.)

THIS work, like much of the late Professor Maitland's other work, has become part of the stock-in-trade of the Cambridge Law School. As an introduction to the studJr o£ the principles of Equity it has no superior, and Mr. Brunyate has wisely decided to leave the text as it stood with the ezcceptionF of the omission of some obsolete matter. The effect of the legislation of 1925 and decisions consequent thereon has been lucidly and concisely stated in a series of notes, with the aid of which the 6tudent will be able to obtain a clear grasp of the present-day operation of equitable doctrines. Mr. Brunyate has executed a difiicult task with great skill and accuracy.

D. T. O.

Compulsory Acquisition of Land and Cornpensation. By R. A. GEORDON, M.A., LL.X. , E.C. Second edition. London: Stevens &; Sons, Ltd. 1936. ss and 367 pp. (12s. 6cl.)

A WEAL of legislation bearing directly upon this impoHant subject has been enacted since tha first edition of this work appeared in 1925; and the author need make no apology for a second edition. We venture to make the criticism that the earlier chapters take n little too much for Branted. It would have been better to have stated in the introductioll the object of the Acquisition of Land Act, 1919, as has been done with the Land Clauses Act, 1845; and again, to have said on p. 19 for what purposes a Town Planning Aut:hority can purchase land by compulsion. The subject-matter i8 necesfiarily highly techllical, and a book of this character ought not to assume previous knowledge of its subject-matter.

E. C. S. W.

The Student's Law Dictionary. Sisth edition. By G#. R. HUGHES, B.A. (02[0n), Barrister-at-Law. London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1936. vii and 344 pp. (8s.)

TRI9 is a Pocket Law Lexicon under a new title. A useful feature i8 the list of Law Reports of the United Kingdom, and the usual abbre- viations. The description of terms used in property law i8 reasonably detailed and goes further than mere definition. A curious omission is

anJr reference to ' acts of State '. E. C. S. W.

Equity. A Course of Lectures. By F. T. MAITLAND. Etlited by A. H. CHAYTOR and W. J. WVHITTAKER. Revised by 3. BRENYATE, hI.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, and of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Cambridge IJniversity Press. 1936. s2riv and 343 pp. (15s. net.)

THIS work, like much of the late Professor Maitland's other work, has become part of the stock-in-trade of the Cambridge Law School. As an introduction to the studJr o£ the principles of Equity it has no superior, and Mr. Brunyate has wisely decided to leave the text as it stood with the ezcceptionF of the omission of some obsolete matter. The effect of the legislation of 1925 and decisions consequent thereon has been lucidly and concisely stated in a series of notes, with the aid of which the 6tudent will be able to obtain a clear grasp of the present-day operation of equitable doctrines. Mr. Brunyate has executed a difiicult task with great skill and accuracy.

D. T. O.

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