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LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENGINEERING, Richard C. Vaughn. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1962; 401 pages; $10.60. Intended for the engineer who has had limited practice in solving legal problems, the major portion of this work is devoted to bodies of law concerning contracts, torts, property, sales, agency, and patents. The necessary legal reasoning, legal procedures, ethics, and philosophy are examined from the viewpoint of the engineer as agent, manager, or executive. Legal cases are presented to serve as illustrations of the various principles studied, and as examples of legal reasoning.