https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70571 2026-04-11T11:15:28Z 2026-04-11T11:15:28Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69224 2021-02-15T12:54:39Z 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Law Journal : Volume 1 : Issue 2 Abstract: The Law Journal was, at the time, the first and only local legal publication on our island. Its existence was indicative of a lacuna, one which academics would not fill. It took a group of law students, balancing their studies and other commitments, to organise such a publication. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original.

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Title: Editorial [The Law Journal : Volume 1 : Issue 2] Abstract: DURING the interval between the first appearance of the Law Journal and this second issue, the life of the Law Society has been marked by constant activity. Various lecturers have kindly given us the privilege of hearing their views on matters of social interest; and we are here reproducing one of these lecturers. Debates have also been held, and the motion "That the rights of the individual are above the rights of the State" evoked a very heated discussion in which many of the members took part. The motion was defeated by one vote. But of course of all the activities of our Society, moots are the most lively. In our moot having as subject matter the question of foreign marriages - a most crucial question - we had the honour of listening to Professor W. Buhagiar, LL.D., B.A., B.C.L., in his role of judge. In dealing with the case he affirmed the principle that it was against our public policy to consider as invalid a Catholic marriage contracted abroad by a Maltese contrary to the formalities required by the lex loci. Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original.

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69221 2021-02-15T13:10:28Z 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Sir Adrian Dingli Abstract: A GREAT jurist and a great statesman - that is what the name of Sir Adrian Dingli denotes and, in fact, a close examination of his life will most certainly unfold the mystery of real greatness. It is true that he is one of the most ''well-known" luminaries of Malta's past; but the knowledge of most of us - of the Maltese gentleman at large, of the sons of that Malta which he loved with an ardent devotion, it is sad to say, does not amount to much, perhaps not more than the vague notion that he was the author of the bulk of our civil laws. And, therefore it is to be hoped that this short biography will appeal to the hearts of the real Maltese, since it tends to record at least some of the effects wrought by Time's destructive might. His life sheds strong light on an entire period of our island's history. At one time he was the motive power of his country's destinies, the wielding force which joined together the interests of Malta and those of the Empire and, when perhaps the oceans swelled (since Nature ordains that at times it must be so), he led the ship - it may be called his ship - safely into harbour. His acts, actuated by profound love of country and by unbounded loyalty to his King proclaim a really life-long devotion; his was a life of such disinterested service to his land, that we can proudly stand up before all the world and say: "this was a Man". Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original.

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/69220 2021-02-15T12:21:38Z 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Church and state Abstract: Although man is known to be the most perfect creature, because he gathers in himself nearly all the perfections of the other beings and so to say unites in himself heaven and earth, being a spiritual and a material creature; at the same time he is not complete and does not suffice for himself, but he is in need of the help both of the other human beings and of the other inferior creatures which serve him to attain the purpose for which he was created. For this reason man cannot live on his own, separated from all contact with other human beings. Left by himself man cannot attain the purpose of his life, he becomes the most lonely and miserable of all creatures: in one world, man must live together with the other human beings in order to help the others and to be helped by them, so that he may attain the purpose for which he is created. Hence Leo XIII in His Encyclical Letter Diuturnum illud, of the 29th June 1881, states: "It is man's nature to live in society. God is the author of society." Description: This item has been retyped from the original and pagination will differ from the original.

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