Reviews of Books ENGINEERING CONTRACTS Contracts in Engineering: the interpretation and writing of engineering-commercial agreements; an elementary text-book for students in engineering, engineers,
contractors
and
business
men.
By
James Irwin Tucker, B.S., LL.B., member Boston Society of Civil Engineers, and Asistant Profes sor in Civil Engineering at Tufts College. First edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York. Pp. xii + 274 + 19 (appendix) + 14 (index). ($3 net.)
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tions. By Henry Campbell Black, M.A. 2d edi tion. West Publishing Co., St. Paul. Pp. vi + 1238 + 76 (appendix). ($6.)
HE first edition of this standard dictionary, issued in 1891, immedi
ately took its place on the shelves of the legal profession as one of the most use ful and convenient works of the kind in existence, and the second edition, just
HIS book is not primarily a law book, and is too elementary in character to be of use to the practising
issued, has been brought fully up-to-date
lawyer, being intended chiefly for students
advantages over some other standard
of engineering. The writer lays great emphasis on the importance of the busi ness side of the engineering profession.
dictionaries, executed with no less abil ity, are found in its one-volume form,
Of late the number of undertakings of great magnitude has increased, and the technical knowledge of the engineer, if
he has the requisite business training, renders his services invaluable in a great variety of positions in the employ of corporations. Hence the advantage of his familiarizing himself with the prin ciples of business law involved in the successful practice of his profession on its business side. The book deals mainly with the law of
by the inclusion of new material, with no increase in the bulk of the book. Its
in the copiousness and succinctness of its materials, and in its being distinctly a dictionary and not an encyclopedia. The book is not too bulky to be handled easily, and its makers have produced a great time-saver. The new edition affords evidence of a high degree of skill, not the least merit being the discernment with which the author has employed well chosen brief
quotations for the purpose of illustrat ing his definitions. The extracts from judicial opinions have been made, as he
contract, but there is also much informa tion regarding the subjects of agency, corporations, torts, and real property,
says in his preface, with the idea of bringing to light the “best and clearest
presented in its bearings on engineering,
cal terms. As a consequence, a brevity and a lucidity are secured which are most commendable. The new matter which has been added, especially in the field of medical jurisprudence, will start the book on a career of renewed use fulness.
and the engineer who has charge of large construction contracts should certainly
have some knowledge of these subjects. It is a book evidently prepared by a man of careful and practical methods, and should well serve the purpose for which
thinking" upon the meaning of techni
it was designed. BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY A Law Dictionary; containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English juris prudence ancient and modern, and including the principal terms of international, constitutional, ecclesiastical and commercial law, and medical jurisprudence, with a collection of legal maxims, numerous select titles from the Roman, modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish and Mexican law, and other foreign systems, and a table of abbrevia
LAND REGISTRATION IN ENGLAND Land Law and Registration of Title: A Compari son of the Old and New Methods of Transferring Land. By Eustace J. Harvey. Longmans, Green 81 Co., New York and London. Pp. 278. ($2.60 net.)
HE writer of this book gives a clear exposition, evidently addressed pri
