SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.]
Messrs. Stevens and Sons have issued two valuable contribu- tions to the discussion of legal questions raised by the war. Mr. Leslie Scott has republished, under the title of Trading with the Enemy (2s. 6d. net), the paper on " The Effect of War on Contracts " which he wrote for the Madrid Conference of the International Law Association last year, and has added some useful notes on those matters which are still in doubt as to the position of alien enemies in this country and as to con- tracts with enemies made before the war.—Dr. A. Pearce Higgins publishes a timely essay—intended for this year's Hague meeting of the International Law Association—on Armed _Merchant Ships (1s. 6d. net), in which he clearly shows that a merchant ship armed in self-defence may lawfully capture any assailant—if she can.
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