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Iso. 2. " The sources, formation and development of what is 

 generally designated ' The Common Law of England.' " By 

 " Vox Populi." 



No. 3. " The sources, formation and development of the Com- 

 mon Law." By " Imogene." 



Under the second of the subjects designated in the Society's 

 circular of 1st May, 1893, to wit : " The theory of the State, 

 treated historically and upon principle, with a discussion of the 

 various schools of classical, mediaeval, and modern thought upon 

 the subject," five essays were referred to us, entitled and desig- 

 nated as follows : 



No. 1. " The Theory of the State." By "Ayala." 



No. 2. " The Nature of the State." By " Cegra." 



No. 3. " The Theory of the State." By "Amicus Plato, 

 Amicus Socrates, Sed Magis Arnica Veritas." 



No. 4. '• The Theory of the State." By " Civis XXV." 



No. 5. " The Theory of the State, treated historically and upon 

 principle, with a discussion of the various schools of classical, 

 mediaeval, and modern thought upon the subject." By "A 

 Sovereign." 



Upon the third of the subjects designated in the Society's 

 circular of 1st Ma3% 1893, to wit : " The historical and doctrinal 

 relations of the Roman Law and the English Law, illustrated by 

 parallels and contrasts," no essays were submitted to us. 



As a preliminary to the determination of the relative merits 

 of the several essays, we concluded that our duty to the Society 

 forbade us to set the seal of its approval upon any essay which 

 should fall short of a very high standard of excellence. 



We are unanimously of opinion and we report that no one of 

 the essays referred to us in competition for the first subject 

 designated by the Society, to wit : " The sources, formation, and 

 development of what is generally designated ' The Common 

 Law of England '" is of sufficient mei'it to justify the award of 

 a prize to it. We, therefore, recommend that the three essays 

 submitted in competition upon this subject be returned to their 

 respective authors. 



We have carefully considered and compared the five essays 

 referred to us in competition for the prize to be awarded for the 

 best essay upon the second subject stated in the circular of the 



