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25 Mass. L.Q. [i] (1940)

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VOLUME   XXV.


NUMBER 1.


                             1 911



            Massachusetts


          Law Quarterly


               JANUARY - MARCH, 1940

                        CONTENTS

                                                           PAGE
TENTATIVE  DRAFT  RULES FOR  THE ORGANIZATION   OF THE BAR
  OF MASSACHUSETTS   AS A SELF-GOVERNING   BODY, PREPARED
  IN 1938 FOR THE CONSIDERATION AND CRITICISM OF THE BENCH
  AND  BAR, AND  NOW  SUBMITTED   FOR  SUCH CONSIDERATION
  AND  CRITICISM IN CONNECTION   WITH  THE  CONTINUED  DIS-
  CUSSION OF THE  SUBJECT IN THIS COMMONWEALTH, AND THE
  GROWTH  OF THE ORGANIZATION   MOVEMENT   IN OTHER STATES   1

THE  PRESENT  STRUCTURE  OF  THE MASSACHUSETTS   BAR  ASSO-
  C IA T IO N   ............................................................................................  16

THIRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE SIXTH EDITION OF CROCKER'S NOTES ON COMMON
  FORMS...........................................................................Roger  D . Swaim  23
CORRECTION OF A PROOF-READING ERROR AS TO SUFFOLK COUNTY PROBATE COURT
  IN THE 15TH  REPORT OF THE  JUDICIAL  COUNCIL............................................  25
OUTLINE OF A STUDY IN THE DRAF TING OF WILLS AND TRUSTS: POWERS IN LIFE
  TENANTS TO CONSUME PRINCIPAL' '-A LECTURE BY Professor Leach............... 26
THE ENGLISH FAMILY PROVISIONS ACT OF 1938...........................................  28
A LETTER TO THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL IN ANSWER TO REQUESTS FOR SUGGESTIONS IN
  THE 15TH REPORT...............................................................Geoffrey  Bolton  29
MORE ABOUT THE STUPID PERSECUTION OF CHILDREN OVER THE FLAG SALUTE...... 31
THE LAW AT CROSS PURPOSES....................................................................... 32
A LESSON IN PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENCE (From the Preface of Parke's History
  of the Court of  Chancery  in  1828)............................................................  33
JURISTS............................................. .................  33
LORD MANSFIELD AND  RELIGIOUS TOLER!ANCE........................... ....................  34
   HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED SKETCH BY COPLEY FOR A PORTRAIT OF LORD MANS-
     FIELD...............................................................................................  35
                (By the Courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum)
   LORD MANSFIELD AS A MODERN BUSINESS JUDGE................................. .....  36
VERBOSITY AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION-A CRUSADER FOR ADEQUATE BREVITY
  -REMARKS OF CHARLES A. BEARDSLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BAR
  ASSOCIATION............................................................................................ 37
  N  OTE ....................................................... ........................................  40
NOTICE OF REVISED RULES OF THE BOSTON MUNICIPAL COURT............................ 40


               Issued Quarterly by the
MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION, 60 State St., Boston, Mass.

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