Apices Juris and Other Legal Essays, in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Apices Juris and Other Legal Essays, in Prose and VerseThis book is not a very large one, but it bulks in one respect, namely, variety of contents. In glancing over it the author is afirighted at the spectre of heterogeneity that arises from its pages. But, on the other hand, the book extends itself wholly within the domain of the literature of the law; and it may well be that this very diversity will prove its fortune at the hands of the profession in the mass. There is an attempt to provide matter fittingly serious for him who thinks the hard science of the law has no light some side; while there is a fair portion for those who hold to the view that waters from the fountain of Justice may be improved, upon occasion, by the process of aeration. Hence it is hoped that the tide upon which this entirely new departure in Canadian legalliterature is launched will not turn out to be that of sullen Lethe,' but the sort which, taken at the flood, leads on to more than dreams of royalty cheques and pleasant demands for new editions.The author avails himself of this opportunity to confess his obligations to the publishers of the Ameri can Law Review, the Green Bag, the Canadian Law T z'mes and the Canada Law Journal for their cour teous permission to reprint here several of their articles protected by copyright.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.