THE AMERICAN JURIST AND LAW MAGAZINE. FOR OCTOBER, 1835, AND JANUARY, 1836. SAMUEL COLMAN, SUCCESSOR TO LILLY, WAIT & CO. MDCCCXXXVI. NOTICE. In consequence of a fire which, on the morning of the 1st October, 1835, consumed a large portion of the American Jurist for the quarter ending with that month, the publication has been delayed till January, 1836. The next number will be issued in April, and will commence a new volume. The consequence of this change will be, that our year will commence with the month of April, instead of the month of January as heretofore, intermitting, therefore, one quarter in the regular series of the Journal. 6 1966 30A0 ART. CONTENTS OF NO. XXVII. PAGE. Can the agreement of the wife, to join with her husband in IV. IS A CONSIDERATION NECESSARY TO THE VALIDITY OF A V. THE GERMAN HISTORICAL SCHOOL OF JURISPRUDENCE Introduction général à l'Histoire du Droit; par E. LERMI- NIER, Professeur de l'Histoire des Legislations com- parées au College de France. Seconde Edition. Un A General Introduction to the History of Law. By E. LERMINIER, Professor of the History of Legislations compared, in the College of France. VI. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE HON. NATHAN DANE. VII. OPINION OF JUDGE TROWBRIDGE ON THE CONSTRUCTION IX. THE JURIDICAL WRITINGS OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH Principal Cases in 12 Pickering's Reports in the Supreme |