Massachusetts Act Provides Informal Procedure in Small Cases. New Jersey Short Practice Act, 1912..... Foundation of English Procedure-Schedule of Rules Attached to the Judicature Act, 1873... Model Short Procedural Act, Including Rule-Making Power. Speedy Justice in Ancient Rome under Formula Procedure, by Prof. North Dakota Supreme Court Abolishes Delay, by Mr. Justice Grace.. Why Confer Rule-Making Power (Prof. Manley O. Hudson Quoted). Methods of Work in Supreme Courts. Procedure in Criminal Cases Grand Jury Reform.. 4 3 77 Lessons from Military Justice, by Col. John H. Wigmore. American Bar Report on Law Enforcement Criticized... Criminal Justice: Its Clarification, etc., by James Bronson Reynolds.. Crime and Heredity, by Chief Justice Harry Olson... Informations or Indictments in Felony Cases, by Prof. R. Justin Miller Selection, Tenure and Retirement of Judges For plans, see model judicature acts under court organization for states and cities. How Shall Judges Be Chosen-Debate in Commonwealth Club.. Selecting and Retiring Judges-Why Popular Election Fails in Cities. Chicago's Bar Association's Triumph Over Political Bosses, by Amos Taking Judges Out of Politics, by George B. Harris. Pontius Pilate and Popular Judgments, by Col. John H. Wigmore... 133 3 5 10 00 00 5 42 8 258 8 47 What Distrust of Courts Does A judicial system which has no head, no statistics of work and accomplishment, and no direction cannot do better than merely muddle along. An illustration often used to point the helplessness of our existing court systems to coordinate themselves for efficiency is the way jurisdiction is being taken from the courts to be lodged in commissions, administrative boards and similar contrivances. When the courts could not achieve justice for the tens of thousands of employees who are annually maimed or killed in industry the movement for reform found its easiest course to be that of avoiding the courts and setting up boards to award compensation for injuries. Under the rules then legislated injuries were compensated according to a primitive fashion, so much being allowed for a finger, so much for a hand, a foot, or an eye. This is precisely the way justice was administered at the time our history begins. The code of Hammurabi, the oldest known laws, enacted for the people of Babylon, specifies damages for injuries in precisely the same way. In our country the movement away from the courts toward mechanical, administrative justice has been a striking object lesson in recent years. For the needs of a swift age something has been gained, but great harm has been done to the courts and to the ideal of justice according to law. Real and lasting reform lies in giving courts unified administration, so that they can develop procedure and practice commensurate with growing needs. When you have found an old Use the Inquiry Card Below! The Second Decennial Digest covers all decisions of all appellate courts in the United States from 1907 to 1916 under one alphabetical arrangement; it is complete in 25 volumes, including a Table of Cases and Descriptive-Word Index. West Publishing Company St. Paul How? WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY St. Paul, Minn. How can I find in three minutes in the Second Decennial Digest the latest and contro ling authorities in point with an old case I have found in the text-books? |