/library/oar/handle/123456789/70568 2025-11-02T20:25:48Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/69216 Title: The Law Journal : Volume 1 : Issue 1 Abstract: The Law Journal was, at the time, the first and only local legal publication on our island. Its existence was indicative of a lacuna, one which academics would not fill. It took a group of law students, balancing their studies and other commitments, to organise such a publication. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original. 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/69215 Title: Editorial [The Law Journal : volume 1 : issue 1] Abstract: The present Academical Course of law has had a chequered career. It has had in particular a long innings of upheaval and innovation, admittedly justified by attending circumstances. The urgent need for a sweeping and transformation in university life, University culture, and, above all, University outlook brooked no question. The greatest and most difficult transition of which the history of the University bears record had to be effected. Ina addition the conservative attitude and the deep lethargy of proportion of the undergraduate community had to be overcome. Progress towards this goal has been, it is true, jerky and halting at times; but a certain amount of progress has been made and we are now definitely paddling in smoother waters. The undergraduates are becoming more and more liberal in their views and a spirit of rebirth is pervading the walls of the Alma Mater. This is not only evidenced by the frequent excursions in realms of dancing and amateur dramatics, but even more clearly by a rapid increase in the number of undergraduate societies. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original. 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/69214 Title: Re-establishment of self-government Abstract: I FEEL it an honour and a pleasure to have been asked by your Society to deliver this inaugural address after that the Rules of the Society have been definitively approved by the General Council of the University. It is an honour because the objects the Society has in mind, as stated in the rules themselves, are of raising the standard of University Students and to place them in a position ready to prepare themselves befittingly for the hard struggle of life after that they shall have finished their university career. It is a pleasure, because it reminds me of the good old days when I was a University student and this gathering recalls to my mind the ancieties of school life to which, once they are over, I look with satisfaction. Indeed, University life represents the happy periods of one's life, when one does not realize the heavy responsibilities of office and of manhood in general. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original. 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/69213 Title: Foreseen and unforeseen damages Abstract: IT is a rule of law that obligations lawfully entered into by the parties must be performed with good faith (art. 699}. It sometimes happens, unfortunately, that such obligations are not performed. The first effect of such non-performance is " enforcement"; but the Court cannot always enforce an obligation; it is a well-known maxim of law that nemo precise cogi potest esse ad factum . In many cases all that can possibly be done by the Court is to give money compensation, i.e. to order a payment which shall put the plaintiff in the same financial position as if the duty had been fulfilled or the wrong not committed. And here we come to the second effect of the non-performance of obligation, namely liability for damages on the part of the debtor. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original. 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z