Book Reviews

Book Review in This Article:
THE P olitics of R egulation Edited by James Q. Wilson
T he G reat B illion D ollar M edical S windle By Keith Alan Lasko, M.D.
A merican L aw of M edical M alpractice By Steven E. Pegalis, J.D., and Harvey F. Wachsman, M.D., J.D.
H idden V ictims : T he S exual A buse of C hildren By Robert L. Geiser     

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Book reviewed in this article:
P ain and P rofit : T he P olitics of M alpractice . By Sylvia Law & Steven Polan
J ean's W ay . By Derek Humphry
S alesman S urgeon . By William Mac-Kay
P roblems in H ospital L aw (3d Edition). By David G. Warren
M edicolegal A spects of H ospital R ecords . (2d edition). By Emanuel Hayt     

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Book Review in This Article:
T he B itter P ill : D octors , P atients , and F ailed E xpectations . By Martin R. Lipp, M.D.
S cience and C onscience . By Milton R. Wessel
R ights and R esponsibilities in M odern M edicine : T he S econd V olume in a S eries on E thics , H umanism , and M edicine . Ed. by Marc D. Basson     

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Book reviewed in this article:
T he M edusa and the S nail . By Lewis Thomas
B roca's B rain . By Carl Sagan
A P rivate B attle . By Cornelius Ryan and Kathryn Morgan Ryan
S mall F utures : C hildren , I nequality , and the L imits of L iberal R eform . By Richard H. de Lone for the Carnegie Council on Children     

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Road Accidents . By D. W. Elliott and Harry Street . Law and Society , a series edited by Professors O. Kahn-Freund and K. W. Wedderburn. Compensation for Road Accidents —A Study on the Question of Absolute Liability and Social Insurance. By Alexander Szakats . A Modern View of the Criminal Law . By S. W. Stewart, ll. b . Labor and the Legal Process . By Harry H. Wellington . An Introduction to Administrative Law in New Zealand . By D. E. Patterson . Bowstead on Agency . Thirteenth edition. By F. M. B. Reynolds and B. J. Davenport . An Introduction to Legal Systems . Edited by J. Duncan M. Derrett , Professor of Law in the University of London. Law and Practice Relating to Banking . Vols. 1 and 2. By F. E. Perry . Monopolies and Restrictive Practices . By Valentine Korah . Sale of Goods and Hire Purchase . By R. Lowe . Uniform Laws on International Sales Act 1967: A Commentary . By R. H. Graveson , E. J. Cohn , and Diana Graveson . The Law of Nations . By J. E. S. Fawcett . New Nations and the Law of Nations . By S. Prakash Sinha . How Nations Behave . Law and Foreign Policy . By Louis Henkin . United Nations Peacekeeping 1946–1967. Volume I: The Middle East . By Rosalyn Higgins . Jerusalem and the Holy Places . By Elihu Lauterpacht . Cases on Private International Law . By J. H. C. Morris . Facts , Failures and Frauds . By D. Morier Evans . [London: Groombridge and Sons. 1859; reprinted by Augustus M. Kelley (New York) and published in the United Kingdom by David and Charles (Newton Abbot). The Ombudsman . Edited by Donald C. Rowatt . Contract and Conveyance . By J. T. Farrand, ll. d ., Solicitor (Hons.), Professor of Law at the University of Manchester. Constitutions of Asian Countries . Prepared by the Secretariat of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, New Delhi. The Roman Law Reader . Edited by F. H. Lawson . Oceana Docket Series.     

Extenuating circumstances in capital offenses in Botswana

LL.B., University of East Africa 1968; M.C.J., Howard University 1970; LL.M., New York University 1971; J.S.D., New York University 1975.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Law of Demurrage (being the second edition of the Law of Demurrage and the Claim for Demurrage). By Hugo Tiberg . An Introduction to the Law of Contract . Second edition. By P. S. Atiyah Law Relating to Business . By P. S. Bradbury . Family Law . Fourth edition. By P. M. Bromley . Law and Practice in Matrimonial Causes . By Bernard Passingham . Tolstoy on Divorce . Seventh edition. By D. Tolstoy and C. Kenworthy . Family Law . By B. D. Inglis , J.D., LL.D., Professor of English and New Zealand Law Modern Developments in the Law of Trusts . By George W. Keeton , M.A., LL.D. The Reception in Ceylon of the English Trust . An analysis of the case law and statutory principles relating to trusts and trustees in Ceylon in the light of the relevant foreign cases and authorities. By L. J. M. Cooray , LL.B.(Cey.), PH.D.(Cantab) Preston and Newsom's Restrictive Covenants (Affecting Freehold Land). Fifth edition. By G. H. Newsom , Q.C. Constitutions of the Countries of the World . Volume 1: Edited by A. P. Blaustein and G. H Flanz Judicial Protection Against the Executive . Volume 3. Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law     

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Book Review in This Article:
T he C radle W ill F all . By Mary Higgins Clark
T he V erdict . By Barry Reed, J.D.
C ases and M aterials O n P harmacy L aw . By Helen Wetherbee and Bruce David White
T he L unar E ffect : B iological T ides and H uman E motions . Arnold L. Lieber, M.D.
C hild P sychiatry and the L aw . Edited by Diane H. Schetky, M.D. and Elissa P. Benedek, M.D.
P atients : T he E xperience of I llness . By Mark L. Rosenberg, M.D.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Accidents , Compensation and the Law . By P. S. Atiyah The High Court of Delegates . By G. I. O. Duncan The Restraint of Trade Doctrine . By J. D. Heydon The Conflict of Laws . By J. H. C. Morris , D.C.L. F.B.A Copinger and Skone James on Copyright . Eleventh edition. By E. P. Skone James , M.A., Barrister. Terrell on the Law of Patents . Twelfth edition. By Douglas Falconer , M.B.E., B.SC., William Aldous , M.A., and David Young , M.A. Locus Standi and Judicial Review . By S. M. Thio , LL.M., PH.D. Canadian Constitutional Law in a Modern Perspective . Edited by J. Noel Lyon and Ronald G. Atkin . Reflections on the Constitution and the Constituent Assembly . By L. J. M. Cooray , LL.B.(Cey.), PH.D. (Cantab.) The Legal Régime of Hydrospace . By E. D. Brown . The Human Right to Individual Freedom . Edited by Luis Kutner . Primitive Law , Past and Present . By A. S. Diamond .     

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English Law —The New Dimension . By Sir Leslie Scarman . The Hamlyn Lectures, 26th Series. 1974. Legal Values in Western Society . By Peter Stein and John Shand . The Politics of Rights : Lawyers , Public Policy and Political Change . By Stuart A. Scheingold . Government and Law : An Introduction to the Working of the Constitution in Britain. By T. C. Hartley and J. A. G. Griffith . Changing Prisons . By J. E. Hall Williams . Progress in Penal Reform . Ed . Louis Blom -Cooper . Bentham and Legal Theory . Edited by M. H. James . English Land Law . By Michael Harwood . Family Property and Financial Provision . By J. G. Miller . Tribunals and Government . By J. A. Farmer . Administrative Law . By Zaim M. Nedjati , LL.B., Barrister, Advocate. Williams' Law Relating to Wills . Fourth Edition. C. H. Sherrin LL.M., Ph.D., and R. F. D. Barlow , M.A. International Organisation : Law in Movement . Edited by J. E. S. Fawcett and Rosalyn Higgins . Aerial Hijacking as an International Crime . By Nancy Douglas Joyner . 1974. The Illegal Diversion of Aircraft and International Law . By Edward Mc Whinney . 1975. Police Powers in England and Wales . By L. H. Leigh . Products Liability . By S. M. Waddams .     

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Book reviewed in this article:
T ender M ercies , by Rosellen Brown
P sychiatrists and the L egal P rocess : D iagnosis and D ebate , edited with commentary by Richard J. Bonnie, LL.B.
F orgive and R emember : M anaging M edical F ailure . By Charles L. Bosk
T he S wine F lu A ffair : D ecision -M aking on A S lippery D isease . By Richard E. Neustadt and Harvey V. Fineberg     

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G ood L ife /G ood D eath : A D octor's C ase F or E uthanasia and S uicide . By Dr. Christiaan Barnard
A M atter of L ife . By Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe
G enetics and the L aw II. Edited by Aubrey Milunsky, M.B.B.Ch., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. and George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H.
L egal A spects of H ealth P olicy : I ssues and T rends . Edited by Ruth Roemer and George McKray
F ederal R egulation : H ospital ATTORNEY'S DESK REFERENCE. By the American Society of Hospital Attorneys
I ndustry W age S urvey : H ospitals and N ursing H omes , S eptember 1978     

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The Vital Probe . By I.S. Cooper, M.D. (W.W. Norton & Co., New York) (1981) 346 pp.
Medical Ethics and the Low_: Impactions for Public Policy. Edited by Marc D. Hiller, Dr. P.H. (Ballinger Publishing Co., Cambridge, Mass.) (1981)471 pp.
Forensic Radiology . By K.T. Evans and B. Knight (Blackwell Publishers, London, distributed by C.V. Mosby, St. Louis) (1981) 212 pp.     

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Modern Trade Union Law. By Cyril Grunfeld. The Mental Element in Crime. By Glanville L. Williams. Cases on Criminal Law. By J. W. C. Turner and A. LI. Morbid Jealousy and Murder. A Psychiatric Study of Morbidly Jealous Murderers at Broadmoor. By Ronald Rae Mowat. The Accused: A Comparative Study. Edited and with an Introduction by J. A. Coutts, M.A., LL.B. The International Law of Fisheries. By Douglas M. Johnston. The New Nations in International Law and Diplomacy. Edited by William V. O'Brien. The Effect of Independence on Treaties. Edited by D. P. O'Connell. The Law of Hire-Purchase. By A. G. Guest. With Practice, Precedents and Pleadings by J. C. Tylor. Marine Cargo Claims. By W. Tetley, B.A., LL.L., of the Bars of Montreal and the Province of Quebec. Laytime. By Michael Brynmǒr Summerskill, M.A., B.C.L., A.C.I.I. Hudson's Building and Engineering Contracts. By I. N. Duncan Wallace, M.A. Land Drainage. By A. S. Wisdom. Outlines of Central Government. Including the judicial system in England. By John J. Clarke. Politics and Law. By Gerhard Leibholz, Justice Associate of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Professor at the University of Göttingen, Titular Professor at the College of Europe at Bruges. Potter and Monroe's Tax Planning (with precedents). By D. A. Shirley and Stephen J. L. Oliver. La Proliferazione delle Riviste Giuridiche in Italia dopo il 1945. Dati e opinioni a cura di Angelo Grisoli. The International Academy of International Law Report presented to the VII International Congress of Comparative Law. Parental Custody and Matrimonial Maintenance. A Symposium. B.I.I.C.L. The Law and Practice of Administration of Estates. Fourth edition. By D. Meyerowitz. Business Law: By Neil Merritt and Howard Clayton.     

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The Enforcement of Morals. By Patrick Devlin. Legal Systems and Lawyers' Reasonings. By Julius Stone. Law in Society. By Geoffrey Sawer. [London: Oxford University Press. Clarendon Law Series: edited by H. L. A. Hart. Advocacy in Our Time. By O. C. Mazengarb, C.B.E., Q.C., M.A., LL.D. Salmond on the Law of Torts. Fourteenth edition. By R. F. V. Heuston, M. A., LL. B., Professor of Law in the University of Southampton, of Gray's Inn and King's Inn, Dublin, Barrister-at-Law. Jurisdiction and Illegality. By Amnon Rubinstein. Die Erforschung des Sachverhalts im Prozess. By Erich Döhring, Professor at the University of Kiel. A Casebook of Administrative Law. By J. A. G. Griffith and H. Street. Tribunals and Inquiries―A Guide to Procedure. By Neville D. Vandyk. Capital Gains Tax. By G. S. A. Wheatcroft, assisted by A. E. W. Park and John E. Talbot. Corporation Tax. By Peter M. B. Rowland and John E. Talbot with Annotations to Finance Act 1965 by S. Michael Young and John Silberrad. Disarmament and International Law. By Allan Gotlieb. United Nations Forces. By D. W. Bowett with the assistance and collaboration of Dr. G. P. Barton, H. C. Carnegic, Wing-Commander A. E. Cobus, J. G. Collier, M. Hardy, Dr. Rosalyn Higgins and Professor L. B. Sohn. The Theory of Nationalisation. By Konstantin Katzarov. Criminal on the Road. A Study of Serious Motoring Offences and those who commit them. By T. C. Willett. Curtis and Ruoff on The Law and Practice of Registered Conveyancing. Second edition. By Theodore B. F. Ruoff, C.B.E., Chief Land Registrar. Banking Law for Trustee Savings Banks. By C. L. Lawton, Barrister-at-Law. The Practitioner's Guide to Hire-Purchase Cases. By Harold Brown, Q.C. The Mercantile and Industrial Law of Scotland. By J. J. Gow. The Quantum of Damages in Bodily and Fatal Injury Cases. Second edition. By M. M. Corbett and J. L. Buchanan. Law Relating to Hospitals and Kindred Institutions. Fourth edition. By S. R. Speller, O.B.E., LL.B. Introduction to Modern Hindu Law. By J. Duncan M. Derrett, M.A., PH.D., of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, Professor in Oriental Laws in the University of London, Tagore Professor of Law for 1953, University of Calcutta. Le Droit de Visits des Parents Séparés de leurs Enfants en Suisse, en France et en Allemagne. By Maurice Marthaler. A Deliktuális Felelösség a Társadalom és a Jog Fejlödésének Történetében (Delictual Liability in the History of the Evolution of Society and Law). By Ferenc Mádl. Das Deutsche Seerecht. First edited by Georg Schaps and others. Third edition. By Hans Jürgen Abraham. Criminal Law in Nigeria (excluding the North). By C. O. Okonkwo and M. E. Naish.     

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Principles of Family Law . By S. M. Cretney . Marriage and Divorce in Comparative Conflict of Laws . By Lennart Pålsson . A Casebook on Tort . Third Edition. By Tony Weir . Tort : Cases and Materials . By B. A. Hepple and M. H. Matthews . Controversial Subjects of Contemporary International Law . By C. N. Okeke .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Lives of the Lord Chancellors , 1885–1940. By R. F. V. Heuston On Justice in Society . By Morris Ginsberg The Disinherited and the Law. By Dagobert D. Runes The Law of Quasi -Contract . By S. J. Stoljar , LL.B., LL.M., PH.D. Conveyancing Contracts , Conditions of Sale and Title . By J. T. Farrand , LL.B., Solicitor The Borderland of Criminal Justice . Essays in Law and Criminology. By Francis A. Allen , University Professor in the Law School at the University of Chicago Crime and the Community . A Survey of Penal Policy in New Zealand Völkerrecht . By Ignaz Seidl -Hohenveldern Federal Conflict of Interest Law . By Bayless Manning     

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The New Social Contract . By Ian R. Mc Neil . Tragic Choices . By Guido Calabresi and Phillip Bobbitt . The Imposition of Law . Edited by Sandra B. Burman and Barbara E. Harrell -Bond . Surviving the Breakup —How Parents and Children Cope with Divorce . By Judith S. Wallerstein and Joan Berlin Kelly . Children and the Courts . By Roger Smith . The Modern Law of Copyright . By H. Laddie , P. Prescott and M. Vitoria . Deviance , Terrorism and War : The Process of Solving Unsolved Social and Political Problems . By John Burton . Police Tactics in Armed Operations . By Colin Greenwood . Philosophy of Responsibility . By Edgar Bodenheimer . Controlology —Beyond the New Criminology . By Jason Ditton . Human Rights : Problems , Perspectives and Texts . Edited by F. E. Dowrick . Probation : A Changing Service . By David Haxby . The Police in Society . By Ben Whitaker . Principles of Business Law . By Brian Ball and Frank Rose . Sweet & Maxwell's Commercial Law Statutes . Advisory Editor R. M. Goode .     

Reviews

Jurisprudence. By B. A. Wortley, o.b.e., ll.m. (Leeds), ll.d. (Manchester), Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law in the University of Manchester. The American Jury. By Harry Kalven Jr. and Hans Zeisel. Law Relating to Nuclear Energy. By Harry Street and F. R. Frame. Sources of Family Law. By J. C. Hall, m.a., ll.b. Cambridge Legal Case Book Series. Sovereignty Within the Law. By Arthur Larson, C. Wilfred Jenks and Others. The New Nations in International Law and Diplomacy. Edited by William V. O'Brien. Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee. Report of the Sixth Session, Cairo, 1964; Seventh Session, Baghdad, 1965. International Law in Australia. Edited by D. P. O'Connell. Paget's Law of Banking. Seventh edition. By Maurice Megrah assisted by F. R. Ryder. Leading Cases in the Law of Banking. Second edition. By Lord Chorley and P. E. Smart. Cases on the Criminal Law, Procedure and Evidence of Nigeria (excluding the North). Law in Africa, No. 19. By Cyprian O. Okonkwo and Ian McLean. Soviet Criminal Law and Procedure: the R.S.F.S.R. Codes. Translated by H. J. Berman and J. W. Spindler, with an Introduction by Harold J. Berman. Nigerian Law of Landlord and Tenant. By M. O. Onwuamaegbu, b.a., ll.m., ph.d. (London), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Sir John Latham and Other Papers. By Zelman Cowen. Of Law and Men. By Felix Frankfurter. Introduction to English Law. By Philip S. James. Sixth edition. Elements of English Law. By William Geldart. Seventh ed. by D. C. M. Yardley. The Book of English Law (as at the year 1966). By Edward Jenks. 6th revised edition by P. B. Fairest. Cowen on the Law of Negotiable Instruments in South Africa. Fourth edition. By Denis V. Cowen and Leonard Gering. Principles of Registered Land Conveyancing. By J. A. Holland, ll.b. and J. R. Lewis, ll.b.     

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Ethics in Medical Progress: A Ciba Foundation Symposium. The Constitutional History and Law of Southern Rhodesia 1888–1965. By Claire Palley. Uganda: The Development of its Laws and Constitution. By H. F. Morris and James S. Read. Deutsches Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht. By Alexander N. Makarov. Civilians and the NATO Status of Forces Agreement. By G. I. A. D. Draper. The Doctrine of the Legal Equality of States. An Inquiry into the Foundations of International Law. By P. H. Kooijmans. Les Conditions de Recevabilité des Requêtes Individuelles Devant la Commission Européene des Droits de L'Homme. By Anne-Marie Nay-Cadoux. European Institutions. Co-operation, Integration, Unification. Second edition. By A. H. Robertson, B.C.L. (Oxon.), S.J.O. (Harvard). Resale Price Maintenance. Studies edited by B. S. Yamey. Principles of Local Government Law. Third edition. By C. A. Cross, M.A., LL.B. An Outline of English Law. By H. K. Black and D. J. Latham Brown. The Law of Real Property. By R. E. Megarry, Q.C., M.A., LL.D., and H. W. R. Wade, LL.D., D.C.L. Third edition. Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. Thirty-sixth edition. By T. R. Fitzwalter Butler and Marston Garsia, Barristers-at-Law. The English Bar: A Priesthood. By Barnett Hollander.