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applicant for a driving licence to submit to a test of
competence—a much needed requirement in the
Republic.
Will our government realise that while there is
plenty of room for improvement in the road-traffic
law, this can best be achieved by seeking advice
from those with a wide experience of road-traffic
problems ?
In this connection it may be well to
recall that when the Road Traffic Bill 1932 was
going through the Dail a
casus ommissus
would have
been created but for the intervention of a solicitor
in private practice as a result of which a last minute
section was inserted in the Bill.
It is to be hoped that no time will be lost in
giving consideration to the above aspects of law
reform.
GIFT OF AMERICAN LAW BOOKS.
His Excellency William Howard Taft HI, United
States Ambassador to Ireland, has very kindly
donated as a free gift to the library the under
mentioned volumes which were formerly in the
American Information Library
in Fleet Street,
Dublin, prior to its closing in January, 1956.
Mr. Taft's generous gesture, as well as the kind
co-operation of the staff of the American Information
Library, and of Mr. T. D. McLoughlin, who was
instrumental in arranging this gift, is gratefully
acknowledged.
Here follows an alphabetical list of the books :—
Annals of the American Academy of Political and
Social
Science,
Philadelphia.
May,
1946—The
Netherlands during German Occupation.
May,
1948—Peace Settlements of World War II.
July,
1949—World Government. March, 1950—Aiding
Undei>Developed Areas Abroad.
May, 1950—
Gambling.
July, 1950—Formulating a Point Four
Economic Programme.
January, 1952—Medical
Gare for Americans.
July, 1951—Lessons from
Asia. November, 1951—The Search for National
Security.
ANDERSON (William)—
The Nations and the States,
Rivals or Partners ?—
1955. BALDWIN (Roger N.)—A
New Slavery—forced 'Labour in Communist Countries—
1953. BARTHOLOMEW (Paul)—
Summaries of Leading
Cases on the Constitution—
1954.
BAUER (Elizabeth
Kelly)—
Commentaries of Leading Cases on
the Con
stitution—
1954.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY—
The Caspar
G. Bacon Lectures on the Constitution of the United
States
(1940-1950)—1953. CAHN (Edmond), ed.:—
Supreme Court and Supreme Law—
1954. COMMAGER
(Henry Steele), ed.:—
Documents of American History,
5th Edn.—1949.
COTLE (David Cushman)—
The
United States Political System—
1954.
DOMICK
(Marshall Edward)—
American Government in Action
—
1947. FRIEDRICH (Carl) and MCCLOSKEY (Robert,)
eds. :—
The Hoots of American Constitutionalism from
the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution—
1954.
GABRIEL (Ralph), ed. :—
Hamilton, Madison and faj
on
the Constitution—Selections from
the Federalist
Papers—
1954.
HAINES (Charter Grove)—
The Role of the Supreme
Court in American Government and Politics
(1789-1 83 5)
—1944.
Harvard Law Review—
from March, 1951 to
January, 1956.
HUGHES
(Charles Evans)—
The
Supreme Court of the United States—
1928. HOLCOMBE
(Arthur N.)—
Our More Perfect Union
—from i8th
century principles to 2oth century practice—1950.
HYMAN
(Sydney)—
The American President—
1954.
JACKSON (Robert)—
The Supreme Court in the American
System of Government—
1955. KETCHUM (Richard M.)
ed.:—
What is Democracy?—
1955. KETCHUM (Richard
M.), ed. :—
What is Communism?—
1955.
NEVINS (Allan)—
Ford:
The Times, The Man,
The Company—
1954. NEWMAN (Edwin S.), ed. :—
The Freedom Render—
1956.
MARKE (Julins)—
The
Holmes Reader
(Writings of Justice O. Wendell
Holmes)—1955.
MCLAUGHLIN
(Andrew)—
Con
stitutional History of the United States—
1935. PATMAN
(Hon. Wright)—
Our American Government—
1954.
RIKER (William H.)—
Democracy in the United States—
SECKLER-HUDSON
(C.)—
The United
States
of
America—A Government by
the People.
SWISHER
(Carl Brent)—
American Constitutional Development
—
1954.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS—COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN AFFAIRS—Report of Sub-Committee No.
5—Strategy and Tactics of World Commission—
1948. UNITED STATES CODE—1946 Edn.—Supple
ment 4—Titles 34-50 ;
1946 Edn.—Supplement 5
—Titles 1-33
(covers Legislation from January,
1947 to January, 1952).
GOLFING SOCIETY.
THE inter-provincial competition for the Enterprise
Cup will be held in Killarney under the auspices
of the Kerry Solicitors Association on Saturday.
May 1 2th.
Members should communicate with
Mr. L. K. Branigan, Central Office, Four Courts,
REGULATIONS UNDER THE
SOLICITORS' ACT, 1954.
THE following Regulations are on sale at the
Government Publications
Sale Office, G.P.O.
Arcade, Dublin and are also printed in the 1956
edition of the Society's
Calendar and Law Directory.
Solicitors' Accounts Regulations, 1955 (S.I. No.
218 of 1955);
Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Professional
Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Regulations, 1955
(S.I. No. 152 of 1955).