https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/71244 2026-04-25T20:59:39Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70497 Title: The Law Journal : Volume 2 : Issue 5 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. 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70496 Title: Editorial [The Law Journal : Volume 2 : Issue 5] Abstract: It is with no self-conceit that on leaving the threshold of the Alma Mater we can look back with satisfaction on the activities of the Law Society during the past three years. The Law Society has done much to achieve its primary purpose, that of fostering among law students a lively interest in the studies they have adopted. It has been of the greatest help to them in efficiently organising and distributing notes on the subjects included in the various syllabi at little or no profit. This has been of great benefit to all law students as otherwise many would have been handicapped. The Law Society however derives its existence from the support of its members which was not in all cases given ungrudgingly though a number of moots and debates were held which have been reported in earlier issues of the law journal. It is to be hoped that this interest will increase and that the activities of the Law Society will extend further. One would like to see once more those series of lectures which some years ago started to be delivered by prominent members of the legal Profession and which, provided due publicity is given and support is not lacking, might well be revived. The Law Journal has had a healthy existence during this period as witnessed by the varied and learned contributions as well as by its wide circulation. It has also found its way to England, Canada, the U.S.A. and Switzerland. 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70495 Title: Memorandum on the Press Law Abstract: FORH almost 150 years, since the Memorial which was submitted by the Maltese to H.M. The King in 1811, the necessity was felt of having an adequate law to regulate the Press in Malta. The subject was discussed by the Royal Commissioners of 1830, and since then also in the Legislative Assembly, but up to now no satisfactory position has been reached. Our present law, Ord. V of 1933, as subsequently amended, which in part follows Ord. XIV of 1889. is in many respects inferior to its model and far behind the progressive laws of modern democratic governments. For this reason the National Assembly in April, 1945, unanimously decided that the Press Ordinance of 1933 should be amended. The goal at which the present urge for a reform should aim lies in effectively guaranteeing freedom of the press and at the same time in preventing such freedom from degenerating into licence. 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/70494 Title: Establishment of the Cadastre or Land Register and reform of the law of hypothecation in Malta Abstract: THE CADASTRE (or Cadastral survey) is a register of the immovable property of a country with details of the area, burdens, name of the owner, indication of the title of ownership and value. Such register is supplemented with maps and plans of sufficently large scale. 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z