LINCOLN CENTER AND NEW YORK

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A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections, Marie C. Malaro. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. 351 pages, appendix, bibliography. $29.95. Reviewed by Joyce L. Hagen.     

Arts Organizations: The National Endowment for the Humanities—Its History and Purpose

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Theatre Management and Production in America: Commercial, Stock, Resident, College, Community and Presenting Organizations Stephen Langley New York: Drama Book, 1990, 707 pages, cloth $37.50: Reviewed by Gregg Stull.

Crossroads: Reflections on the Politics of Culture Don Adams and Arlene Goldbard Talmage, Calif.: DNA Press, 1990, paper $13.95: Reviewed by Edward Arian.     

Dance Films Association is Still Growing

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Reluctant Bureaucrats: The Struggle to Establish the National Endowment for the Arts Charles Christopher Mark Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt, 1992, 239 pages, paper $19.95

The Audience for American Art Museums J. Mark Davidson Schuster Research Division Report #23, National Endowment for the Arts Washington: Seven Locks Press, 1991, 46 pages, paper $10.95

21 Voices, The Art of Presenting the Performing Arts Naomi Rhodes Washington, D.C.: Association of Performing Arts Presenters, 1991, 324 pages, paper $20.00 members, $24.00 nonmembers.

Workpapers I: Rethinking and Restructuring The Arts Organization Nello McDaniel and George Thorn, eds. New York: FEDAPT, 1990, 141 pages, paper $16.95.

Workpapers II: Arts Boards: Myths, Perspectives and New Approaches Nello McDaniel and George Thorn, eds. New York: FEDAPT, 1991, 86 pages, paper $16.95.     

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A Casebook of Grants Proposals in the Humanities, edited by William Coleman, David Keller, and Arthur Pfeffer. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1982, 248 pp., $29.95. Reviewed by Elizabeth Hamilton.

Women in American Theatre by Helen Krich Chinoy and Linda Walsh Jenkins. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1981, 370 pages, 83 Illustrations, $19.95. Reviewed by Elizabeth Hamilton.     

Annual Index Volume 12, 1982–83

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Surveying Your Arts Audience, Research Division, National Endowment for the Arts. Washington, D.C.: Publishing Center for Cultural Resources, 1985. 80 pages, appendix, $9.00, $1.00 shipping Reviewed by Joseph Wesley Zeigler.

Contemporary Canadian Theater: New World Visions, Anton Wagner, editor. Toronto, Ontario: Simon &; Pierre Publishing Company Limited, 1985. 411 pages, appendices and bibliography, $29.95 (Canadian dollars) Reviewed by Claire McCaughey.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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A Handbook for Cultural Trustees: A Guide to the Role, Responsibilities and Functions of Boards of Trustees of Cultural Organizations in Canada , Marion Paquet, with Rory Ralston and Donna Cardinal. Waterloo, Ont.: University of Waterloo Press, 1987. 75 pages, $22.95. Reviewed by Brann J. Wry.

Bureaucratizing the Muse: Public Funds and the Culture Worker , Steven C. Dubin. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. 226 pages, index. Reviewed by George C. Koch and Joan Jeffri.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ANTHONY LEWIS (New York: Random House, 1991)
ALAN M. THOMAS (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991)     

Review notice: The Old Bailey proceedings online

Roman Statutes. M.H. CRAWFORD (ed.). Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement 64, 1996. 2 volumes. I: xxviii + 553; II: vii + 322 + 13 half‐tone plates + 14 figures. £90 hb (the set). ISBN 0 900587 69 5.

Greek Law in its Political Setting: Justifications not Justice. L. FOXHALL and A.D.E. LEWIS (eds.). Oxford. 1996. Clarendon Press. £25 hb.

The Early History of the Law of Bills and Notes: A Study of the Origins of Anglo‐American Commercial Law. JAMES STEVEN ROGERS. Cambridge. 1995. University Press. xxv + 267 pp. (inc. Index). £35/$59.95 Hb. ISBN 0 521 44212 5.

The Paths to Privity: The History of Third Party Beneficiary Contracts at English Law. VERNON VALENTINE PALMER. San Francisco. 1994. Austin &; Winfield. 250pp. (inc. Index). £58.50/S64.95 hb/£35.95 pb. ISBN 1 880921 16 2/1 880921 15 4.

Leading Cases in the Common Law. A.W.B. SIMPSON. Oxford. 1995. Clarendon Press. xxi+311pp. (inch Index). £25 hb. ISBN 0 19 825852 6. Oxford. 1996. Clarendon Press. xxi+311pp. (incl. Index). £16 pb. ISBN 0 19 826299 X.

Justice et Institutions Françaises en Belgique (1795–1815). ACTES DU COLLOQUE TENU A L'UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE II LES 1, 2 ET 3 JUIN 1995. Hellemmes: Espace Juridique, Ester, 1996. 395 pp.(incl. Index). FF 150, ISBN 2 908510 23 5; ISSN 1159–487X.

The Logic of Women on Trial: Case Studies of Popular American Trials. JANICE SCHUETZ. Carbondale and Edwardsville. 1994. Southern Illinois University Press, x + 260pp (incl. Index). No price given. Pb. 0–0893–1926–8     

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Effective Corporate Fundraising by W. Grant Brownrigg. New York: The American Council for the Arts, 1981, $14.95. Reviewed by Jillian Poole.

The Business of Art, edited and with an introduction by Lee Evan Caplin. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1982, $9.95, 377 pages. Reviewed by Joanna Shaw Eagle.     

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Status of pinnipeds relevant to the European Union. By P.J. H. Reijnders, G. Verriopoulos and S. M.J. M. Brasseur (eds.). DLO Institute for Forestry and Nature Research (IBN‐DLO), Wageningen. 195 pp. 1997.

Metapopulatlons and Wildlife Conservation. By D. R. McCullough (ed.). Island Press, Washington, DC. $29.95. 429 pp. 1996.

Biodiversity in the Seas: Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity In Marine and Coastal Habitats. By A. C de Fontaubert, D. R. Downes, and T. S. Agardy. IUCN, Cambridge. $17.50. 92 pp. 1996.

The Marine Mammal Commission Compendium of Selected Treaties, International Agreements, and Other Relevant Documents on Marine Resources, Wildlife, and the Environment: First Update. Compiled by R L. Wallace. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1017 pp. 1997.

The Biology of Sea Turtles By Peter Lutz and John Musick (eds.). CRC Press. 432 pp. 1996.     

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Reckless Legislation: How Lawmakers Ignore the Constitution by Michael A. Bamberger. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000. Pp.ix + 233. $32 hb ISBN 0 8135 2732 5.

An Accidental MP by Martin Bell. London: Viking, 2000. Pp.230 £16.99 hb ISBN 0 670 89231 9.

Politico's Guide to Parliament by Susan Child. London: Politico Publishing, 1999. Pp.vi + 461 £25 hb ISBN 1 902301 23 4.

The European Parliament by Richard Corbett, Francis Jacobs and Michael Shackleton. London: John Harper, 4th edn, 2000. £37.50 hb ISBN 0 953 62782 9; £14.95 pb ISBN 0 953 62781 0.

The C‐Span Revolution by Stephen Frantzich and John Sullivan. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Pp.xiv + 433. $14.95 pb ISBN 0 8061 3130 6.

Pivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking by Keith Krehbiel. Chicago, IL and London: University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp.xvi + 258. £39.55 hb ISBN 0 226 45271 9; £13.50 pb ISBN 0 226 45272 7.

Legislative Enterpreneurship in the U.S. House of Representatives by Gregory Wawro. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press, 2000. Pp.xiv+193. $39.50 hb ISBN 0 472 11153 1.     

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The Emergence of the East European Parliaments: The First Steps by Attila Ágh. Budapest: Hungarian Centre of Democracy Studies, 1994. Pp.306; NP. ISBN 963 7415 96 3

Parliaments in the Modern World: Changing Institutions edited by Gary W. Copeland and Samuel C. Patterson. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1994. Pp.xii + 180; £14.35 (paperback). ISBN 472 08255 8

The Evolving Role of Parliaments in Europe edited by Cees Flinterman, Aalt Willem Heringa and Lisa Waddington. Anterp: MAKLU Uitgevers. Pp.111; BF 975 (paperback). ISBN 90 6215 403 4

Democratic Legislative Institutions: A Comparative View by David M. Olson. New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp.xvi + 183. $47.50 (hardback); $19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 56324 8 and 315 6

Parliaments in Transition: The New Legislative Politics in the Former USSR and Eastern Europe edited by Thomas F. Remington. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. Pp.x + 246. $49.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 8133 8814 7

Westminster's World: Understanding Political Roles by Donald Searing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp.498. £34.95. ISBN 0 674 9507 2

Parliamentary Control in the Nordic Countries edited by Matti Wiberg. Helsinki: The Finnish Political Science Association, 1994. Pp.364; $30 (paperback). ISBN 951 96131 7 X     

Industrial safety: The political challenge∗

The Philosophical Origins of Modern Contract Doctrine. JAMES GORDLEY. Oxford. 1991. The Clarendon Press. 263 pp. £35 hb; £16.99 pb.

A History of the Anglo‐American Common Law of Contract. KEVIN M. TEEVEN. New York. 1990. Greenwood Press, xii + 382 pp.

Legal Fiction: Law in the Novels of Nineteenth Century Women Novelists. KATHLEEN LONCAR. London. 1995. Minerva Press. 266pp. (inc Index). £7.99 pb. ISBN 1 85863 668 X.

Adversaria: Literature and Law. E.J. HINZ, T. ANDERSON AND A. McGILLIVRAY (eds.) [Special Issue of Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, vol.27 no.4 ‐ December 1994] Winnipeg. 1994. University of Manitoba, ix + 230 pp. $20 pb. ISSN 0027–1276.

The Independence of the Judiciary. The View from the Lord Chancellor's Office. ROBERT STEVENS. Oxford. 1993. Clarendon Press, xii + 221 pp (incl. index). £27.50 hb. ISBN 0 19 825815 1

Marriage, Property and Law in Late Imperial Russia. WILLIAM G. WAGNER. Oxford. 1994. Clarendon Press. xiv+413pp (incl. Index) £45 hb. ISBN 0–19–820447–7.     

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Visionaries and Outcasts: The NEA, Congress, and the Place of the Visual Artist in America Michael Brenson New York: The New Press, 2001, 157 pages, hardcover $25.00     

The hidden origins of enorm lesion

Plato's Penal Code: Tradition, Controversy and Reform in Greek Penology. Trevor J. Saunders. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1991. xvii + 414pp. (incl. Indexes). £50 hb. ISBN 0 19 814893 3.

Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the time of Cicero to the time of Ulpian. Susan Treggiari. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1991. xv + 578pp. (incl. Indexes). £65 hb. ISBN 0 19 814890 9.

Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome. Edited by Beryl Rawson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xiv + 252pp. (incl. Index). £35 hb. ISBN 0 19 814918 2.

Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. J.A. Brundage. University of Chicago Press, 1987. xxiv + 674pp. (incl. Index). £21.50 pb. ISBN 0 226 07784 5.

Church Courts, Sex and Marriage, in England, 1570–1640. M. Ingram. Past and Present Publications, Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiii + 412pp. (incl. Index). £45 hb. ISBN 0 521 386551.

The Medieval Canon Law. Teaching, Literature and Transmission. (The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography: 1987–1988). Dorothy M. Owen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xii + 82pp. £25 hb. ISBN 0 521 39313 9.

Notaries Public in England since the Reformation. C.W. Brooks, R.H. Helmholz and P.G. Stein. Norwich: The Erskine Press for the Society of Public Notaries of London, 1991. ix + 148pp. (incl. Index). £60.00 hb. £29.95 pb. ISBN 1 85297 0340.

The Common Law and English Jurisprudence 1760–1850. Michael Lobban. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xvi + 315pp. (incl. Index). £35.00 hb. ISBN 019 825293 5.

Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c. 1660–1725. Robert B. Shoemaker. Cambridge: The University Press, 1991. xxviii + 352pp. (incl. Index). £40/$64.50 hb. ISBN 0 521 40082 1.

The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century, Peter Linebaugh. London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1991. xxvii + 484pp. (incl. Index). £25 hb. ISBN 0 713 99045 7.

American Jurisprudence 1870–1970: A History. James Herget. Houston, Texas: Rice University Press, 1990. x + 367pp. (incl. Index.) $35.00hb. ISBN 0 89256 305 0.

Deutsche Juristen aus fünf Jarhunderten. G. Kleinheyer and J. Schröder. Heidelberg: C.F. Muller, 1989. 415pp. (incl. Index.) DM 34.80 pb.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 1. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxi + 648 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 498.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 2, 1 Teil. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxxi + 772 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 598.     

Continuity and Caregiving: Comments on Someday All This Will Be Yours

Hartog, Hendrik. 2012 . Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age . Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Pp. 353. $29.95 cloth. These comments on Hendrik Hartog's Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age ( 2012 ) examine the delivery of elder care in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the resonance with care practices today. The book's stories of how older people arranged for their care transcend time and place, showing the age‐old difficulties of providing care for the elderly.     

Book Reviews

Book review in this article:
Health and Human Values: A Guide to Making Your Own Decisions. By Frank Harron, John Burnside, and Tom Beauchamp (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.) (1983) 194 pp., $24.95 (cloth), $6.95 (paper).
Medical Risk Management: Preventive Legal Strategies for Health Care Providers. By Edward P. Richards, III, J.D., and Katherine C. Rathbun, M.D. (Aspen Systems Corp., Rockville, Md.) (1983) 311 pp., $29.95
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration. By George D. Pozgar (Aspen Systems Corp., Rockville, Md.) (2d ed. 1983) 265 pp., $25.00.
Notice to Members of the Ameri. can Society of Law & Medicine     

When Someday Is Today: Carrying Forward the History of Old Age and Inheritance into the Age of Medicaid

Hartog, Hendrik. 2012 . Someday All This Will Be Yours: A History of Inheritance and Old Age . Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Pp. 353. $29.95 cloth. This review essay of Hendrik Hartog's ( 2012 ) Someday All This Will Be Yours undertakes a brief overview of some of the massive changes in middle‐class planning for old age and inheritance in the United States over the course of the past century, focusing on the increased role of the state as a source of funding and regulation, the rise of the elder law bar, and the resulting new tools and motives for the transfer of property in exchange for care in the age of Medicaid.     

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MOTHERING FROM THE INSIDE: PARENTING IN A WOMEN'S PRISON, by Sandra Enos. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001 (176 pages). Reviewed by Joycelyn Pollock.

MAKING IT IN THE FREE WORLD: WOMEN IN TRANSITION FROM PRISON, by Patricia O'Brien. Albany: State University of New York Press 2001 (201 pages). Reviewed by Joycelyn Pollock.     

Crime and Sex in South Australia

Policing Images: Policing, Communication, and Legitimacy. Rob C. Mawby. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1–903240 71–9. Hardback US $55.00. 214 pages.

Armed Robbery. Roger Mathews. Portland, OR: Willan Publishing, 2002. ISBN 1–903240–61–1. 162 pages.