A professor of law at Tulane University, Slovenko is one of the few among his profession who find practical applications of psychoanalysis to the law. The first contribution to this collection of essays is written by the editor. It is entitled, A Panoramic View, and it is a useful contribution to medicolegal literature. In it he notes many legal problems relevant to the sexual behavior of man. His approach is scholarly and philosophical but he communicates clearly his application of psychoanalysis to his thinking.

There are forty-nine contributors to the book. Among them the lawyers, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts provide the most illuminating reading. This is a book that should give lawyers and judges cause for reflection. The clinician too is afforded an opportunity to better acquaint himself with law as it relates to a very significant aspect of his medical practice. Slovenko and his collaborators have made a comprehensive study that meets a need.