LE COURRIER DU CANADA

We bave often thought that the aspirant for forensic honours had great difficulties to overcome at his outset, for want of some assistance to direct his inquiries, instead of plodding through a mass of indigested learning, to be found in the multiplicity of books, and by a severe and tedious process to extract the theory of Law, or else, by an assiduous attendance on the Court, to pick up theory and practice together. We therefore cordially weicome the above work, by Professor Bibaud, the first volume of which is now complète, and we think the learned Commentator is entitled to and will receive, the thanks of the profession for this valuable addition to our elemenlary works on Law. It is the first com presse d treatise in the law of Lower Canada that lias been published, and is remarkably clear, concise and comprehensive, — an évidence of the industry, learning and ability of the author. The student will bave the means of acquiring a compétent knowledge of the Law and its principles. Professor Bibaud is evidently well versed in the Roman Civil Law, that noble and rich treasure of jurisprudence which is the foundation of almost the whole of our common law, and impressed with a high sensé of the dignity and importance of that noble and honorable profession, and beingso, inculcates upon the student the necessiîy of an accurate and complète knowledge of Roman History and Antiquilies as a necessary preliminary to the study of the Law. The learned author, lucidly and ably, traces every law and rule to the principles, and leads, as it were, the student to the origin, reason and history of each. What is a lawyer witout a knowledge of the principles of Law ?.. a mère " Rabula" a quack. Law is a science, than which

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none is more vast, more complicaled, or more necessary, and as such the présent vvork will exhibit it lo the reader. This volume treats of the following ^ubjects.

History of the Roman Law.

Analytical Sketch of the Instilutes of Justinian.

General Principles of Public and Privale Law.

Obligations and Contracts. — Treaties or contracts between Nations. — We highly approve of it, and recommend it to the professional student for a studious and attentive perusal.