ABSTRACT
Butifyouarealawyerwithaninterestinthewideraspectsof hisprofessionwhoisalsotakingsometimeoffforseriousreading, thismaybeaverygoodbookforyouindeed.Onethingissure: thereisnothinggatheredinEnglishwhichreportsthesamegeneralrangeoflegalthinkingasdoesthis.Inthemain,moreover, theideas,liketheirsources,aretranslatedintolanguage-and oftenintoapplication-whichwecanallunderstand.Andthe wholeisinfusedwiththepowerfulandcriticalhome-growninsightaboutus-folk,ourlegalproblems,andourlegalways,which hasbeenthefoundationofPound'sgreatnessandwhichhasbeen sostrikinglyabsentinsomany(Idonotmean,e.g.,Radinorthe CohensorSeagleorCairns)whohavequarriedabroadnotto enrich,buttosubstitute.Ifyouarethisinquiringlawyer,you willmeetskillfulpresentationandcritiqueoflaw-directedthinkingespeciallyfromtheGermanandtheFrench,withGreekand Latinnotneglected,informedbyanencyclopedicacquaintance
withAnglo-Americanjudicialwritinguptosay1930whichfew haveevermatched.Theresultwillliftyoureyes,stiryourmind, and,itmaybehoped,refreshyoursoul.Itwillalsoornament yourshelf:boundinhandsomebrownwithRoscoePound'ssignatureingold,andwiththepaperthickorthinasmaybeneeded tomakeallfivevolumesharmoniousinbulk.
