Robert Holland

Book Review: At the Feet of Mahatma GandhiAt the Feet of Mahatma Gandhi. By PrasadRajendra. 1955. (New York: Philosophical Library. vii, 350pp.

also the essence of the life of the Russian intelligentsia, the Jew was drawn into the intelligentsia and hence the revolution. A simpler explanation would be: the Jew was among the most persecuted and educated of Russians; discrimination plus education makes revolutionaries. Whatever the minor defects of this work, students of Soviet Russia should be grateful for the interesting and thorough studies of Plekhanov, Martov and Axelrod based on materials so rarely available.

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branch of the law and contains many references to judicial decisions, it will be valued by lawyers for its usefulness. But the authors intent was not to write a book that would merely be an aid in finding out what the law is; his purpose, it seems to me, was to examine the present law comparatively and then critically so that he might suggest what the law ought to be. His emphasis is on law reform; and, indeed, hardly a chapter passes without some suggestion for improving the law. Most of the authors proposals for reform seem reasonable and deserve serious consideration, for this branch of the law is yet imperfectly worked out. The recent legislation in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States of America and other countries goes far to remove the most serious defects of the law, but shortcomings still remain, bearing testimony to the tenacity with which governments cling to the doctrine of governmental immunity long after it is outmoded. The Canadian will regret that there is not in the book the same emphasis on Canadian law as there is on English, American and French law. Nonetheless, he will find it a valuable source of material and an aid in working out problems that will arise under the Crown Liability Act.