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CONTENTS

The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849
Other Acts conferring Jurisdiction .
CHAPTER III. JUDICIAL APPEALS . ’
$8 1. THE PREROGATIVE IN THE DOMINIONS . Lo
The Prerogative and the Statutory Right }
Power of Colonial Legislatures to affect the Prerogative
The Canadian Act of 1888 regarding Criminal Appeals
Appeals of Right and by Special Leave .
Appeals in Canada and the Commonwealth
The New Procedure ; :
The Order in Council of 1909-11
THE LIMITATIONS OF THE PREROGATIVE .
The Canadian Act . . .
The Views of Sir R. Stout , :
The Commonwealth Constitution
The Judiciary Act, 1903 . . .
The Conflict between the High Court and the Judicial
Committee . . :
The Judiciary Act, 1907 . .
The Ontario Bill of 1909 .
Tue CONSTITUTION OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE
The Composition of the Court .
Colonial Representation .
The Functions of the Court
The Procedure of the Court
The Conference of 1901 .
vs ’ ,, 1907 ; ‘
The Proposal for the Conference of 1911
Possibility of improving the Court
CASES OF SPECIAL REFERENCE
The Act of 1844 . . .
Cases of Refusal to Decide :
Appeals from Canadian references .
CHAPTER IV. THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY
§ 1. Ture PREROGATIVE UP TO 1878 .
The Nature of the Prerogative : :
The Letters Patent of the Period prior to 1878
The Instructions . .
Sir H. Parkes’s Views . . .
Sir H. Robinson’s Views ‘
Lord Carnarvon’s Views . .
The Case of Louisa Hunt in Tasmania
Nanadian Practice

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