509th OEDTNARY GENERAL MEETING. 



MONDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 1910. 



Archdeacon Beresford Potter, Member of Council, 

 IN the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Mrs. G. F. Whidborne was elected a Member and Miss E. Zol 

 Johnson, Miss P. M. Bishop and Miss Lisa Bishop were elected 

 Associates of the Institute. 



The Chairman said : It was an interesting coincidence that 

 while the paper, by a member of the Institute resident in the 

 U.S.A., was being read here, the officers of the American Fleet 

 were being entertained in London. It was gratifying to see these 

 evidences of the strong bond of union between the two peoples. 



The following paper, in the absence of the Author, was read by the 

 Secretary : 



THE THEOBY OF JURISPRUDENCE.'' 

 By Judge George H. Smith, Los Angeles, California. 



Problem to be Considered. 



THE problem I propose to consider upon this occasion, is to 

 determine " the relation of Jurisprudence to the Law'' 

 This will involve the definition of these terms ; and, it 

 will be proper to say — as indicating the method upon which I 

 shall proceed — that my view of the matter is, that, in the 

 successful accomplishment of this task, the problem must find 

 its solution. 



Of the two terms, the definition of Jurisprudence is sufficiently 

 simple, and will be considered presently. But the definition 

 of " the Lcvw " is a problem of more difficulty ; and it has even 



* The first Essay v/ritten by Judge Smith was too long to be read or 

 printed in extenso in this Journal. He kindly submitted the following 

 outline of his paper instead. — Ed. 



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