University of Virginia Library

First Volume Contains Menzie's Lectures

Law School Plans 'Legal Studies' Series

Publication of Virginia Legal
Studies, a series of scholarly
works, will be begun late this
fall by the law school.

The first volume will contain
the lectures given at the University
by Sir Robert Menzies,
former prime minister of Australia.

The legal studies series, which
will print original works and reprints
in law and related fields,
will be published in connection
with the University Press.

Sir Robert's lectures, entitled
"Central Power in the Australian
Commonwealth: An Examination
of the Growth of Commonwealth
Power in the Australian
Federation," were delivered at
the University in 1966-67 while
he was Scholar-in-Residence.

Hardy C. Dillard, dean of the
law school, said, "The initial
volume by Sir Robert Menzies,
which deals with Australian
constitutional law, treats in a
profound and illuminating way a
whole range of problems including
federal-state relations that
are relevant to an enlarged understanding
of our own system."

Planners for the series hope to
provide an avenue for the publication
of valuable and scholarly
legal or law-related works.
They also hope to free writers
and editors from difficulties
arising from the marketing of
manuscripts and assure them an
acceptable outlet for their efforts.

They feel that these considerations
are particularly important
to younger scholars who have
not broken into the "hard cover"
field. Authors and editors are
not limited to personnel of the
University, although the University
will supply most of them.

Other books to be included in
the series are now at press including
A. E. Dick Howard's
"The Road From Runnymede."
Mr. Howard, associate dean and
professor at the law school,
writes in his new book of the influence
of the Magna Carta on
American constitutional law.

Another law professor,
Charles K. Woltz, has been selected
to edit a reprint of the
Attorney General's Committee
on Administrative Procedure,
which will be issued soon in the
series. Entitled "Administrative
Procedure in Government Agencies,"
the book has been out of
print for more than 20 years,
and is much in demand as a
handbook for students.

Dean Dillard said that the
program represents an exciting
and significant development in
the life of the law school.

"The conception is sound and
in keeping with the best traditions
of the University," he said.
"Emphasis is not on conventional
textbook-type scholarship but
on the kind that is more broadly
oriented.