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Covers compensation for civil defense workers, public assistance, unemployment compensation, and workmen's compensation.

The following is an unfinished review by Professor Sholley of Politics and the Constitution in the History of the United States by William Winslow Crosskey, University of Chicago Press, 1953, two volumes, pp. 1410, $20.00.

Although not so described on its title page, this is essentially a casebook and is an amplification of materials prepared by the editors for a course offered by them at Yale Law School. In addition to cases, the great majority of which are decisions of the United States Supreme Court, there are numerous excerpts from legal and non-legal literature designed to provide a factual background for the problems considered in the cases, and to supplement the doctrinal analyses and arguments of the opinions. Then there are digests of a host of recent cases, and finally, extensive bibliographies of the literature, legal and nonlegal, on each of the areas covered in the book. These last two features are designed, most successfully, to meet the needs of the practicing lawyer, or any other person who wishes to pursue a particular subject further.

The Washington legislature at its regular 1933 session enacted a series of statutes radically altering the system of public utility regulation in this state both in scope and method. Recent years have witnessed similar developments in several other states. As is always the case with novel legislation, a number of questions of statutory construction and of constitutional law have arisen. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss one of the basic constitutional problems presented by the Washington legislation. Can preliminary, fact-finding orders of a public service commission which have been affirmed by the state courts be made conclusive as to such facts in subsequent litigation?

The Washington legislature at its regular 1933 session enacted a series of statutes radically altering the system of public utility regulation in this state both in scope and method. Recent years have witnessed similar developments in several other states. As is always the case with novel legislation, a number of questions of statutory construction and of constitutional law have arisen. It is the purpose of this paper to discuss one of the basic constitutional problems presented by the Washington legislation. Can preliminary, fact-finding orders of a public service commission which have been affirmed by the state courts be made conclusive as to such facts in subsequent litigation?

In undertaking to survey the work of the 1941 legislature the aim has not been to attain complete coverage. Space limitations and the time factor have dictated that only certain phases be considered and that brevity rather than complete analysis be the guide. In selecting topics for discussion the aim has been to give attention to those statutes which are likely to be of greatest concern to practicing lawyers. At the outset this meant that virtually all of the largest group of statutes, those dealing with the powers of governmental units, be eliminated. Of the remaining statutes all could not be discussed, or even mentioned, and while the selection has been arbitrary the attempt has been to focus upon those which appear to be of the most general interest. Special regard has been had for statutes affecting judicial procedure, to those of a regulatory character and to social legislation. Because of space and time limitations consideration of some material has necessarily been postponed until the next issue of the Review. Among the statutes which will be discussed in the later issue are those dealing with agriculture, banking, small loans, taxation, trusts, and workmen's compensation. The survey has been a cooperative enterprise by the members of the law faculty of the University of Washington, with the valuable help of members of the student editorial board of the Review. In particular, Dean Falknor was assisted by Mr. Arthur Quigley. Mr. Robert Buck aided Professor O'Bryan. Professor Shattuck had the assistance of Mr. Herbert Droker, and Professor Sholley, of Mr. Snyder Jed King and Mr. Bayard Crutcher.

The survey of selected important enactments of the Twenty-Seventh Legislature of the State of Washington, first installment of which appeared in the April issue of the REVww, is continued and concluded in this issue.