Reviews

Books reviewed:
Christine Gray, International Law and the Use of Force
Phoebe Okowa, State Responsibility for Transboundary Air Pollution in International Law
Brian Leiter, Objectivity in Law and Morals
Robert Wintemute and Mads Andenas (eds.), Legal Recognition of Same–Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and International Law
Gillian Douglas, An Introduction to Family Law
Sandra Fredman, Discrimination and Human Rights: The Case of Racism
John Monahan et al, Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence
Jenny Fleming and Ian Holland (eds.), Motivating Ministers to Morality     

Reviews

Keith Hawkins (ed), The Uses of Discretion , Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, xiii + 431 pp, hb £45.00. Andrew Bainham with Stephen Cretney, Children: The Modern Law Mike Maguire, Rod Morgan and Robert Reiner (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Criminology Jaime Oraa, Human Rights in States of Emergency in International Law Joan Fitzpatrick, Human Rights in Crisis: The International System for Protecting Human Rights During States of Emergency Stephen M. Schwebel, Justice in International Law J. Eekelaar and M. Maclean (eds), A Reader on Family Law     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Daintith and Page, The Executive in the Constitution: Structure, Autonomy, and Internal Control
Walters and Davis-White, Directors' Disqualification: Law and Practice
Collier and Lowe, The Settlement of International Disputes: Institutions and Procedures
Backhaus, The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics
Bouckaert, and de Geest Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Vols I–IV
Ewing and Gearty, The Struggle for Civil Liberties: Political Freedom and the Rule of Law in Britain, 1914–1945
Dine, The Governance of Corporate Groups
Collins, Regulating Contracts
Karpik, French Lawyers A Study in Collective Action, 1274–1994
Aust, Modern Treaty Law and Practice
Douzinas, The End of Human Rights: Critical Legal Thought at the Turn of the Century
Cotterrell, Emile Durkheim: Law in a Moral Domain
Revesz, Sands and Stewarts, (eds) Sands and Stewarts (eds): Environmental Law, the Economy, and Sustainable Development     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Christoph Bail, Robert Falkner and Helen Marquard (eds), The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Reconciling Trade in Biotechnology with Environment and Development?
Lyuba Zarsky (ed.) , Human Rights and the Environment, Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World
Eric Neumayer , Greening Trade and Investment: Environmental Protection without Protectionism
Rosalind Reeve , Policing International Trade in Endangered Species: The CITES Treaty and Compliance
Nicolas de Sadeleer , Environmental Principles: From Political Slogans to Legal Rules
Peter Ehlers, Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Cristina Hoß (eds), Marine Issues: From a Scientific, Political and Legal Perspective
Geir Honneland and Anne-Kristin Jorgensen , Implementing International Environmental Agreements in Russia     

Law and Aging: Special Persons, Special Treatment?

Miriam K. Aronson (ed.) and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Understanding Alzheimer's Disease . Charles Scribner's Sons: New York (1988).
Robert N. Brown with Legal Counsel for the Elderly, The Rights of Older Persons (Second Edition). Southern Illinois University Press: Carbondale, IL(1989).
John J. Regan with Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Your Legal Rights in Later Life . American Association of Retired Persons and Scott, Foresman and Company: Washington, D.C. and Glenview, IL (1989).
Ira S. Schneider & Ezra Huber, Financial Planning for Long-Term Care . Human Sciences Press: New York (1989).
James E. Thornton & Earl R. Winkler (eds.), Ethics and Aging: The Right to Live, The Right to Die . University of British Columbia Press: Vancouver, B.C., Canada (1988).
Mark H. Waymack & George A. Taler, Medical Ethics and The Elderly . Pluribus Press: Chicago (1988).     

Reviews

Loughlin Legality and Locality: The Role of Law in Central–Local Government Relations
Stavropoulos Objectivity in Law
Emiliou and O'Keefe (eds): The European Union and World Trade Law — After the GATT Uruguay Round
Green Bendectin and Birth Defects: The Challenges of Mass Toxic Substances Litigation
Campbell and Vincent-Jones (eds): Contract and Economic Organisation: Socio-Legal Initiatives
Hunt Using Human Rights Law in English Courts     

Book Reviews

Peter Juviler, Freedom's Ordeal: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Post-Soviet States
Istvan Pogany, Righting Wrongs in Eastern Europe
Joel Bakan, Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs
David Schneiderman And Kate Sutherland (Eds.), Charting the Consequences: The Impact of Charter Rights on Canadian Law and Politics
John Baldwin, Small Claims in the County Courts in England and Wales
David Dixon, Law in Policing
Herman Franke, The Emancipation of Prisoners: A Socio-HistoricalAnalysis of The Dutch Prison Experience
Tony Prosser, Law and the Regulators
Julie Black, Rules and Regulators     

Book Reviews

Murley, Loveday (ed) Clean Air Around the World: National Approaches to Air Pollution Control (3rd edn) OECD Environmental Taxes in OECD Countries International Fiscal Association Environmental Taxes and Charges
Boyle, Alan and Anderson, Michael (eds) Human Rights Approahces to Environmental Protection
Desai, Meghnad and Redfern, Paul (eds) Global Governance: Ethics and Economics of the World Order
Keohane, Robert O. and Levy, Marc A. (eds) Institutions for Environmental Aid
Yearbook of the United Nations, Special Edition, UN Fiftieth Anniversary 1945 – 1995
Burnett-Hall, Richard Environmental Law
Lane, Peter and Peto, Monica (eds) Blackstone's Guide to the Environmental Act 1995
Shea, Edward E. Introduction to US Environmental Laws
Soulé, Michael E. and Lease, Gary (eds) Reinventing Nature? Response to Postmodern Deconstruction     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Paul A.U. Ali and Kanako Yano , Eco-Finance: The Legal Design and Regulation of Market-Based Environmental Instruments
Christophe Bellmann, Graham Dutfield and Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (eds), Trading in Knowledge
Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Ashfaq Khalfan , Sustainable Development Law: Principles, Practices and Prospects
Graham Dutfield , Intellectual Property, Biogenetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
David Freestone and Charlotte Streck (eds), Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms: Making Kyoto Work
Jona Razzaque , Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Farhana Yamin (ed.), Climate Change and Carbon Markets: A Handbook of Emissions Reductions Instruments     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Tim O'Riordan and Susanne Stoll-Kleemann (eds), Biodiversity, Sustainability and Human Communities – Protecting beyond the Protected.
Dawn Chatty and Marcus Colchester (eds), Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development.
Salman M.A. Salman and Kishor Uprety , Conflict and Cooperation on South Asia's International Rivers: A Legal Perspective.
Carolyn L. Deere and Daniel C. Esty (eds), Greening the Americas: NAFTA's Lessons for Hemispheric Trade.
Joseph Szarka , The Shaping of Environmental Policy in France.
Philippe Sands , Principles of International Environmental Law.
Richard O. Brooks , Ross Jones and Ross A. Virginia , Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime.     

REVIEWS

Michael Humphrey and Heather Humphrey (eds), Inter-Country Adoption: Practical Experiences J. Stuart Anderson, Lawyers and the Making of English Land Law, 1832–1940 Jane Morgan and Lucia Zedner, Child Victims: Crime, Impact and Criminal Justice Philip Alston (ed), The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal Peter Fitzpatrick, The Mythology of Modern Law Deryck Beyleveld, The Dialectical Necessity of Morality: An Analysis and Defense of Alan Gewirth's Argument to the Principle of Generic Consistency     

Reviews

Improving the Protection of Human Rights: European Human Rights Convention in Domestic Law: A Comparative Study. By Andrew Z. Drzemczewski. [Oxford: O.U.P. 1983. xiv and 372 pp. inc. Bibliography, Tables and Index. Hardback: £30.] Improving the Protection of Human Rights: Evaluating Witness Evidence. Edited by S. M. A. Lloyd-Bostock and B. R. Clifford. [Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. 1983. x and 305 pp. £19-95.] Improving the Protection of Human Rights: The Constitution, The Courts, and Human Rights. By Michael J. Perry. [New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 1982. xi and 241 pp. £18-50.     

Sexuality and Law in the New Europe

Kees Waaldijk and Andrew Clapham (eds), Homosexuality: A European Community Issue—Essays on Lesbian and Gay Rights in European Law and Policy     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Sara Oldfield (ed.), The Trade in Wildlife – Regulation for Conservation
Michael Bothe and Peter H. Sand (eds), La politique de l'environnement – De la réglementation aux instruments économiques/ Environmental Policy – From Regulations to Economic Instruments
Arie Trouwborst , Evolution and Status of the Precautionary Principle in International Law
Tuomas Kuokkanen , International Law and the Environment: Variations on a Theme
Göran Sundqvist , The Bedrock of Opinion: Science, Technology and Society in the Siting of High-Level Nuclear Waste
Anil Markandya and Kirsten Halsnæs (eds), Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Prospects for Developing Countries
Thomas B. Fischer , Strategic Environmental Assessment in Transport and Land Use Planning     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Riccardo Petrella, The Water Manifesto: Arguments for a World Water Contract
Eileen Claussen, Vicki Arroyo Cochran and Debra P. Davis (eds), Climate Change, Science, Strategies and Solutions
Sarah A. Laird (ed.), Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge – Equitable Partnerships in Practice
Paul G. Harris (ed.), The Environment, International Relations and US Foreign Policy
Andrew Jordan (ed.), Environmental Policy in the European Union: Actors, Institutions and Processes
Rosaleen Duffy, A Trip Too Far: Ecotourism, Politics and Exploitation
R. Kerry Turner and Ian J. Bateman (eds), Water Resources and Coastal Management     

Recommendations Based on the Results of a Special Session Held on April 10, 2012, on the Theme "Police Reform Problems and Prospects of Civic Participation"

The Council Under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights makes recommendations for future police reform.     

We Must Overcome the Causes of Terrorism in Russia

Lev Ponomarev--executive director of For Human Rights, a Russian national public movement--gave the following presentation to the Open Forum Club on 17 February 2004. The meeting focused on "The Factor of Terrorism and the Development of the Political Situation in Russia: Global Challenges and the Sociopolitical As-pect" [Faktor terrorizma i razvitie politicheskoi situatsii v Rossii: global'nye vyzovy i sotsial'no-politicheskii aspekt].     

Book Reviews

J. Webb and C. Maughan (eds) Teaching Lawyers' Skills
David Campbell and Peter Vincent Jones (eds) Contract and Economic Organisation
Roger Halson (ed.) Exploring the Boundaries of Contract
Ann Stewart Rethinking Housing Law
Gary L. Francione Rain without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Jean L. Cohen, Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm
Robert A. Kagan, Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law
John McLaren, Robert Menzies, and Dorothy E. Chunn (eds.), Regulating Lives
Susan Shapiro, Tangled Loyalties: Conflict of Interest in Legal Practice     

REVIEWS

Legal Services in Birmingham . By Lee Bridges , Brenda Sufrin , Jim Whetton and Richard White . Legal Expense Insurance . By Werner Pfennigstorf . [Chicago: American Bar Foundation. 1975. ix and 117 pp. $3.00.] The Land and the Development , or The Turmoil and the Torment . By Sir Desmond Heap ; being the 27th series of the Hamlyn lectures. Compensation for Compulsory Purchase : A Comparative Study. Edited by J. F. Garner . Compensation for Compulsory Purchase Landlord and Tenant . By M. Partington Kemp and Kemp : The Quantum of Damages in Personal Injury and Fatal Accident Claims . By David A. Mc I. Kemp, q.c. , assisted by Derrick Turriff , John M. C. Moxom and Richard W. Seymour . Compensation and Rehabilitation . By Harold Luntz . Bullen an D Leake and Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings . Twelfth edition. By I. H. Jacob . Odgers ' Principles of Pleading and Practice . Twenty-first edition. By D. B. Casson and I. H. Dennis . The European Convention on Human Rights . By Francis G. Jacobs . The European Convention on Human Rights . By Fredr . Casteberg . European Community Law in the United Kingdom . By Lawrence Collins . Compendium of Case Law Relating to the European Communities 1973. By H. J. Eversen , H. Sperl , and J. A. Usher . Megarry's Manual of the Law of Real Property . Fifth ed. By P. V. Baker . A Practical Guide to Capital Transfer Tax . By Hilda Wilson .