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ANALES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIENTÍFICA ARGENTINA 



BANKRUPTCY AND DIVORCE IN WAR TIMES IN ENGLAND AND AVALES 



Table 20 indicates tlie amount of bnsiness in the civil coiirts of 

 England during war, pre-war and post war periods. As a rule in En- 

 gland, it will be found tbat tlie conrse of civil justice is similar to 

 tliat of criminal justice. 



TABLE 20. — Bankruptcy and Divorce in ivar times in England and Wales 

 (Niimber peí' 100.000 popiüation) 



Civil 



Peace time 



War time 



Peace time 



/ 1895. 

 U896. 

 )l897. 

 \ 1898 . 



1899. 



1900. 

 J1901. 

 (l902. 



/1903. 

 \l904. 

 n905. 

 V 1906 . 



fi =5 



2.41 



2.66 



2.64 



» 



2.42 

 2.33 

 2.76 

 3.18 



2.89 

 2.63 

 2.70 

 2.6. 



Table 21 gives for France the number of all kinds of lawsuits 

 begun, all bankruptcy petitions and all divorce and matrimonial suits 

 relative to the population. 



The number of all kinds of civil court proceedings shows an incre- 

 ase during the war period. But bankruptcies, which are in a category 

 nearer the criminal line, show a distinct decrease during war time and 

 subsequent increase, as is the case with the more serious forms of 

 crime. 



The number of those accused of committing the more serious cri- 

 mes in France during the Franco-Prussian war time, afewyears pre- 

 vious thereto and after, are given in the first pait of table 21, and the 



