THE

LAWS OF COPYRIGHT.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLES WHICH SHOULD

REGULATE LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY

IN ENGLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

BEING THE YORKE PRIZE ESSAY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOR THE
YEAR 1882, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

BY THOMAS EDWARD SCRUTTON, M.A.,

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LL.B. (LOND.), B.A., LL.B. (CAMB.); BARRISTER-AT-LAW; PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND
HISTORY IN, AND FELLOW OF, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; SENIOR WHEwell scholar, 1879;
BARSTOW SCHOLAR, 1882; LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

"O IMITATORES, SERVUM PECUS."

HOR. 1., Ep. 19, 19.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1883.

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MAR 8 1884

LONDON:

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ΤΟ

SIR ARCHIBALD LEVIN SMITH,

ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

OF

HER MAJESTY'S HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE,

This Work is Dedicated,

IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS TEACHING AND INFLUENCE,

BY HIS FORMER PUPIL,

THE AUTHOR.