The Administration of Justice in Criminal Matters (in England and
Wales). By G. Glover Alexander, LL.M. (Cambridge Univer- sity Press. ls. net.)—This is a very instructive and useful little volume. It describes the qualifications and functions of Stipendiary Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and in Part II. deals with Quarter Sessions, Recorders, Assizes, the Grand and the Petty Juries. Part III. gives a summary of recent legislation. 'There is much in every part of the book that is especially worth noting ; appendix B, " the Justice at Home," puts a matter now toeing discussed with some fervour in a new light. "It is clear"— 'the quotation is from a recent article in the Justice of the Peace- ." that a man who undertakes the duties of a justice should not do so for his own gratification, and he ought to be prepared to sacrifice such time as is necessary to help his poorer neighbours when possible."
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