Regular attendance at class exercises is required as a condition of receiving credit for work done, and the privilege of membership in the School may be vithdrawn for unsatisfactory work or attendance.

PRACTICE COURSES, MOOT COURTS, AND PUBLIC SPEAKING

To familiarize students with the more generally prevailing rules of procedure in American courts, courses in practice are offered in the second and third years of the curriculum, which include a study of the processes of litigation, and practical exercises in the preparation and trial of cases. Both courses are required of all law students.

The former law clubs have been replaced by a Moot Court conducted by the School, in which every entering student is given opportunity to obtain some experience in brief-making and legal argument under competent supervision. Systematic instruction is also given in the use of digests and other legal searchbooks.

The University courses in public speaking and debate are open without extra charge to students of the Law School, and law students are eligible for the University prize debates, and for places upon the intercollegiate debating teams.

ORDER OF THE COIF

The Order of the Coif is a national law-school honor society, founded to encourage scholarship and to advance the ethical standards of the legal profession. Its members are selected during the Spring Quarter each year from the 10 per cent of the third-year class who rank highest in scholarship.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION, 1914-15

PRE-LEGAL COURSES

Various studies especially valuable in the preliminary education of a lawyer have been designated as "pre-legal courses" and are enumerated below. Though not required, prospective law students are strongly advised to elect at least a year of work (chiefly in the third college year) from this group, and to choose their Junior College electives with this view. Candidates for the degree of LL.B. are also urged to take at least a year of pre-legal work before entering the Law School.

A choice among the courses offered in the University upon the following subjects is particularly recommended:

Principles of Political Economy and Political Science; Constitutional and Political History of the United States; National, Federal, State, and Municipal Government; Constitutional and Political History of England; Oral Debates and Argumentation; Bookkeeping and Accounting; Railway Transportation and Regulation of Rates; Economic and Social History; Finance, Money, and Banking; Financial and Tariff History; Labor and Industry; Organization of Business Enterprise; Introduction to Study of Society; Social Origins; Contemporary Society in the United States; Industrial Groups and Urban Communities; Charities and Social Treatment of Crime; Social Forces in Modern Democracy; Logic and Psychology; Political and Social Ethics.

With the approval of the Dean of the Law School other courses may also be accepted as pre-legal work, especially those offered in the Departments of Political Economy and Political Science, courses in English, American, and modern European history, and courses dealing with modern social and municipal problems. Students who have not had the course in Civil Government in the United States, or who have not completed the English composition required in the Junior Colleges, should take these before entering the Law School.

NOTE. For detailed information concerning the above courses, see the Departments of Political Economy, Political Science, History, and Sociology, in Part II of this Register. Announcements of those Departments will be sent upon application to the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

[Mj. Major course, four hours weekly for one quarter. M. Minor course, four hours weekly for one term. DM. Double Minor course, eight hours weekly for one term. Twelve hours a week is full work. Many of the courses continue through more than one quarter, and for these no partial credit will be given. Credit for the first part of a course is provisional until its completion.]

I. FIRST-YEAR COURSES

[The work of the first year is required.]

1A. Contracts I.—Mutual assent and its communication; offers and their expiration or revocation; consideration; requisites of contracts under seal; rights of beneficiaries; joint and several contracts. Williston, Cases on Contracts, Vol. I. Mj. Áutumn, PROFESSOR MOORE. (Two sections.)

1B. Contracts II.-Alternative contracts; conditional contracts; illegality, impossibility; duress; discharge of contracts or causes of action arising thereupon by rescission, novation, accord and satisfaction, release or other means. Williston, Cases on Contracts, Vols. I (part) and II. Mj. Winter, PROFESSOR COOK.

2. Torts. Trespass to person and to property; excuses for trespass; conversion; negligence; legal duties; statutory torts; legal cause; contributory and imputed negligence; contributory illegality; possessory duties; acting at peril; liability for animals; deceit; defamation: slander, libel, privilege, malice; right of privacy; malicious prosecution; interference with social and business relations: inducing breaches of duty, fair and unfair competition, strikes, boycotts, business combinations. Ames and Smith, Cases on Torts (ed. of 1909-10), Vols. I and II. 1Mjs. Autumn; Winter, First Term (five hours); and Second Term (two hours), PROFESSOR HALL. (Two sections in Autumn.)

2A. Torts. Course 2 through possessory duties. DM. Summer, First Term, PROFESSOR HALL. Real prop

3. Property.-Distinction between real and personal property. erty: tenures; estates; seisin and conveyance; statute of uses; profits; natural rights; easements; covenants as to use of lands; rents; landlord and tenant; emblements; manure; fixtures. Personal property: acquisition of rights; gift; bailment; lien; pledge. Gray, Cases on Property (2d ed.), Vols. I and II. 14Mjs. Autumn (five hours); and Winter, First Term, PROFESSOR BIGELOW. (Two sections in Autumn.)

4. Agency. Nature of relation; appointment; liabilities of principal: torts, contracts, crimes, admission; liabilities of agent; parties to writings; undisclosed príncipal; obligations between principal and agent; delegation of agency; termination of agency; ratification. Wambaugh, Cases on Agency. DM. Summer, Second Term, PROFESSOR HUSTON. IMjs. Winter, Second Term; and Spring, PROFESSOR MECHEM.

60. Criminal Law.-The criminal act; criminal attempts; consent; criminal intent, specific and constructive; circumstances affecting intent: justification; parties in crime: agency, joint principals, accessories; jurisdiction over crimes;

crimes against the person, especially murder and manslaughter; larceny and kindred offenses. Beale, Cases on Criminal Law (2d ed.). 14Mjs. Winter, Second Term (two hours); and Spring, PROFESSOR COOK.

80. Common Law Pleading.-Forms of action, including their scope, necessary allegations, and methods of pleading defenses; demurrers for defects in form, dilatory defects, and defects in substance; defaults; pleas: dilatory, to capacity, and in bar by way of traverse or confession and avoidance; cross demands; replications and further pleadings; amendments. Whittier, Cases on Common Law Pleading, and Ames, Cases on Pleading (ed. of 1905). Mj. Spring (five hours), PROFESSOR HINTON.

II. SECOND- AND THIRD-YEAR COURSES

[These courses are elective, and need not be taken in any fixed order. Students are advised to postpone starred (*) courses to the third year. The practice courses are required.]

7. Persons.—Parent and Child: custody; support; property and earnings; emancipation; damages to parental rights; liability for torts of children. Infants: contracts; conveyances; affirmance, disaffirmance, restoration of benefits; particular contracts and obligations; necessaries; torts. Husband and Wife: rights of spouses in each other's property; incapacities of wife; antenuptial contracts; torts; separate estate in equity; statutory changes of common law; marriage and divorce. Woodruff, Cases on Domestic Relations (2d ed.). Mj. Summer, PROFESSOR FREUND. Kales, Cases on Persons. Mj. Spring, PROFESSOR HALL.

[Given in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

14. Title to Real Estate.-Essentials of a deed; signing, sealing, delivery; priority, notice, and record; leases; covenants for title; estoppel; the property conveyed; original acquisition; acquisition by lapse of time. Gray, Cases on Property (2d ed.), Vol. III, and selected cases. Mj. Spring, PROFESSOR BIGELOW.

15. Wills and Administration.-Intestate succession; dispositions in contemplation of death; testamentary capacity; execution, alteration, revocation, and revival of wills; probate; executors and administrators; survival of rights and liabilities; priority of claims; assets; payment of legacies and distribution, ademption, and lapse of legacies. Costigan, Cases on Wills. Mj. Winter, PROFESSOR FREUND.

16. Future Interests.-Life estate, fee, and fee tail; contingent remainders and executory devises; powers; rule against perpetuities; conditions; restraints on alienation; joint ownership; curtesy; dower. Gray, Cases on Property (2d ed.), Vols. V and VI (part). Mj. Autumn, PROFESSOR FREUND.

19. Mining and Irrigation.-Mining: location of lode claims; preservation and loss of location; relocation; tunnel claims; placer claims; extra-lateral rights; cross veins and veins uniting on the dip; proceedings to obtain patent. Irrigation and Water Rights: water rights at common law; other systems of law as to use of water; the doctrine of appropriation; basis and nature of right acquired; requisites of appropriation; priorities; transfer and extinguishment of water rights. Costigan, Cases on Mining Law, and selected cases on Irrigation. DM. Summer, Second Term, PROFESSOR POUND.

[Given in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

20. Equity I.-Nature of jurisdiction; specific performance of contracts; affirmative contracts; negative contracts; third persons; legal consequences of right of specific performance; partial performance; consideration; marketable title; statute of frauds; plaintiff's conduct as a defense; mistake; hardship; mutuality. Ames, Cases in Equity Jurisdiction, Vol. I (part). DM. Summer, First Term. Mj. Autumn, PROFESSOR COOK.

21. Equity II.-Bills for an account; specific reparation and prevention of torts: waste; trespass; disturbance of easements; nuisance; interference with business relations; libel; monopoly rights: patent; copyright; franchises. Ames, Cases in Equity Jurisdiction, Vol. I (part). Mj. Winter (two hours), PROFESSOR HINTON.

22. Equity III (including Quasi-Contracts).-Interpleader; bills of peace; bills quia timet: cancellation of contracts, cloud on title, perpetuation of testimony, rights of future enjoyment. Reformation and rescission of contracts, restitution, at law (quasi-contracts) and in equity: mistake: fraud, misrepresentation, concealment; duress and undue influence; illegality; benefits received without contract; benefits received under contract unperformed on account of impossibility, illegality, statute of frauds, or inexcusable default. Ames, Cases in Equity Jurisdiction, Vol. II; Keener, Cases on Equity Jurisdiction, Vol. III (part); and Woodruff, Cases on Quasi Contracts. 1Mjs. Winter, Second Term; and Spring, PROFESSOR COOK. [The Spring work may be taken separately.]

24. Trusts. Nature and requisites of a trust; express, resulting, and constructive trusts; charitable trusts; appointment and office of trustee; nature of cestui's interest; transfer of trust property by trustee or by cestui; cestui's interest as affected by death, marriage, or bankruptcy of trustee or cestui; duties of trustee; extinguishment of trust; removal or resignation of trustee; accounting. Ames, Cases on Trusts (2d ed.). 14Mjs. Autumn; and Winter, First Term, PROFESSOR COOK.

30. Suretyship.-Kinds of suretyship; statute of frauds; surety's defenses due to original defects in his obligation or its subsequent discharge; surety's right of subrogation, indemnity, contribution, or exoneration; creditor's right to surety's securities. Ames, Cases on Suretyship. DM. Summer, First Term, PROFESSOR VANCE. Mj. Spring (three hours), PROFESSOR MOORE.

[Given in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

31. Mortgages.-Essential elements of legal and equitable mortgages; rights of mortgagor and mortgagee at law and in equity: title, possession, dower, curtesy, waste, priorities, collateral agreements, foreclosure, redemption; extension, assignment, and discharge of mortgages. Kirchwey, Cases on Mortgage. Mj. Spring (three hours), PROFESSOR MOORE.

[Omitted in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

40. Sales. Subject-matter of sale; executory and executed sales; bills of lading and jus disponendi; stoppage in transitu; fraud; factors' acts; warranty and remedies for breach of warranty; statute of frauds. Williston, Cases on Sales (2d ed.). 1Mjs. Winter, Second Term; and Spring, PROFESSOR MECHEM.

41. Bills and Notes.-Formal requisites; acceptance; indorsement; transfer; purchase for value without notice; overdue paper; extinguishment; obligations of parties; checks; diligence: presentment, dishonor, protest, notice; the Negotiable Instruments Law. Ames, Cases on Bills and Notes, Vols. I and II. 11Mjs. Summer (six hours). Winter, Second Term; and Spring, PROFESSOR MOORE.

42. Public Service Companies and Carriers.-Nature of public employment; its rights and duties; railroads and canals; telegraph and telephone; light and water companies; irrigation and drainage; inns and warehouses. Common carriers of goods and persons; liability; limitation of liability; bills of lading; stoppage in transitu; connecting carriers; actions against carriers; tickets; baggage; compensation and lien. Wyman, Cases on Public Service Companies (2d ed.). Mj. Autumn (two hours); and Winter, First Term (two hours), MR. ECKHART.

44. Insurance. Fire, life, and accident insurance, with respect to: insurable interest; concealment; misrepresentation; warranties; other causes of invalidity of contract; amount of recovery; subrogation; conditions; waiver, estoppel, election, and powers of agents; assignees and beneficiaries. Wambaugh, Cases on Insurance. DM. Summer, Second Term. Mj. Winter (three hours), PROFESSOR BIGELOW.

50. Partnership.-Nature of a partnership, its purposes, and members; creation of partnership; nature of partner's interest; firm name and good-will; mutual rights and duties of partners; actions between partners, at law and in equity; powers of partners; liability of partners; dissolution; notice; conse

quences of dissolution; debts; distribution of assets; limited partnerships. Mechem, Cases on Partnership (3d ed.). 14Mjs. Autumn; and Winter, First Term (two hours), PROFESSOR MECHEM.

*51. Private Corporations.—Nature of a corporation and relation to its stockholders; its creation; stock subscriptions; promoters; interpretation of charters; formalities of contracts; powers and duties of directors; rights of stockholders; dividends; transfer of stock; forfeiture of charters: corporate liability; ulira vires transactions; rights and remedies of creditors; preferences; stockholders' liability; intercorporate relations; purchase by a corporation of its own stock; dissolution; receiverships; foreign corporations; limits of legislative control. Richards, Cases on Corporations. 1Mjs. Autumn; and Winter, First Term, PROFESSOR MECHEM.

*52. Bankruptcy.-Jurisdiction of the United States and the states; who may be a bankrupt; who may be petitioning creditors; acts of bankruptcy; what property passes to the trustee; provable claims; protection, exemption, and discharge. Williston, Cases on Bankruptcy. Mj. Autumn (three hours), MR. OLIPHANT.

63. Constitutional Law I.-Making and changing constitutions; function of judiciary in enforcing constitutions; separation and delegation of powers of government; personal liberty; interstate privileges and immunities of citizens; operation of fourteenth amendment; due process and equal protection of law: procedure, police power, taxation; eminent domain; protection to persons accused of crime. Hall, Cases on Constitutional Law. Mj. Winter, PROFESSOR HALL.

*64. Constitutional Law II.-General scope of powers of federal government; money, banking, postal, and military powers; citizenship and suffrage; foreign relations, Indians, aliens; territories, dependencies, new states; federal taxation; regulation of commerce; inter-governmental relations; state laws impairing obligations of contracts; retroactive civil laws; jurisdiction of federal courts. Hall, Cases on Constitutional Law. [Course 63 is not a prerequisite.] Mj. Spring, PROFESSOR HALL.

65. Municipal Corporations.-General nature; creation, alteration, dissolution; legislative control; internal organization; powers: general, legislative, police, taxation, contracts, property; liability: contracts, quasi-contracts, torts in general, negligence in performance of various functions; enforcement of judgments against. Beale, Cases on Municipal Corporations. Mj. Winter, PROFESSOR MOORE.

[Omitted in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

67. Administrative Law and Officers.-Administrative power and action: discretion; form and proof of official acts; notice: hearing and evidence; execution. Relief against administrative action: action to recover damages; specific relief (extraordinary legal remedies); jurisdiction, conclusiveness, and judicial control. Freund, Cases on Administrative Law. Mj. Summer. Winter, PROFESSOR FREUND.

[Given in 1914-15 and in alternate years thereafter.]

*70. Conflict of Laws.—(1) Jurisdiction: sources of law and comity; territorial jurisdiction; jurisdiction in rem and in personam; (2) remedies, rights of action, and procedure; (3) creation of rights: personal rights; rights of property; inheritance; obligations ex delicto and ex contractu; (4) recognition and enforcement of rights: personal relations; property; inheritance; administration of estates; judgments; obligations. Beale, Cases on Conflict of Laws, Vols. I, II, and III. 1Mjs. Winter, Second Term; and Spring, PROFESSOR BIGELOW. 71. International Law.1-Mj. Winter, PROFESSOR JUDSON.

[See the Department of Political Science in this Register.]

Not credited toward a law degree if taken before courses 1, 2, and 3.