Reviews

Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: The Marriage Contract. By Lenore J. Weitzman. [New York: The Free Press. 1981. 536 pp. (incl. index) $17.95.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Cohabitation Without Marriage. By Michael D. A. Freeman and Christina M. Lyon. [Aldershot, Hants.: Gower, 1983. 228 pp. (incl. index). £15.00.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Unmarried Couples. By Winifred H. Holland. [Toronto: The Carswell Company. 1982. 249 pp. (incl. index) Can.$32.50.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: The Family Home. By W. T. Murphy and Hilary Clark. [London: Sweet and Maxwell. 1983. xxi and 229 pp. (incl. index) £6£95 (paperback).] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Fundamentals of Securities Regulation. By Louis Loss. [Boston and Toronto: Little Brown and Company. 1983. xxiii and 1353 pp. No price stated.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Economic Realities and the Female Offender. By Jane Roberts Chapman. [Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books. 1980. 234 pp. (incl. bibliog. and index). No price stated.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Girl Delinquents. By Anne Campbell. [Oxford: Basil Blackwell. 1981. 266 pp. Paperback: £4-50.1 Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: The Analysis of Judicial Reform. Edited by Philip L. Dubois. [Lexington: D. C. Heath. 1982. xiv and 221 pp. £18·50.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: The Politics of Judicial Reform. Edited by Philip L. Dubois. [Lexington: D. C. Heath. 1982. xi and 187 pp. £18·50.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Prosecution in the Public Interest. By Susan R. Moody and Jacqueline Tombs. [Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. 1982. xiii and 167 pp. £12·00.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: Free Speech: A Philosophical Inquiry. By Frederick Schauer. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1982. 237 pp. £ 20·00 (hardback) £6-50 (paperback).] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: English Law and French Law. By René David. [Stevens/Eastern Law House. 1980. 195 pp. Hardback: £12·50.] Legal Marriage—who Needs it?: La Responsabilité Civile. By André Tunc. [Economica. 1981. 161 pp. Paperback: 65F.]     

Reviews

Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory. By Neil MacCormick. [Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1978. xi and 292 and (index) 6 pp. £5·75.] Judicial Impact and State Supreme Courts. By G. Alan Tarr. [Lexington, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Co. 1977. xvi and 184 pp. (incl. index). About £12.] Perspectives in Jurisprudence. Edited by Elspeth Attwooll. [Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press. 1977. xiii and 236 pp. £7·50.] Law and Society: The Crisis in Legal Ideals. Edited by Eugene Kamenka, Robert Brown and Alice Erh-Soon Tay. [London: Edward Arnold. 1978, x and 137 pp. incl. index. £2·50.] Human Rights. Edited by Eugene Kamenka and Alice Erh-Soon Tay. [London: Edward Arnold. 1978. viii and 148 pp. incl. index. £2·95.] The Sociological Movement in Law. By Alan Hunt. [London: Macmillan. 1978. vi and 185 pp. incl. index. £3·95.] The Sociology of Law: A Conflict Perspective. Edited by Charles E. Reasons and Robert M. Rich. [Toronto: Butterworths. 1978. x and 475 pp. £6·00.] Legal Identity—The Coming of Age of Public Law. By Joseph Vining. [Yale U.P., 214 pp. No price given.] Contracts. Cases, Notes and Materials. By J. Swan and B. J. Reiter. [Toronto: Butterworths. 1978. xxxii and 1130 pp. (inc. index).] Scottish Cases on Contracts. By Enid A. Marshall. [Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, 1978. xviii + 279 + 15 (Appendices). £4·50.] Cases and Materials on Commercial Transactions. By John Goldring, Peter Goldsworthy and Jane Levine, Part 1: Sale of Goods. [Sydney: The Law Book Company Ltd., 1978. xx (tables of contents, cases and statutes) + 231 + 3 (subject-index). Approx. £6·70.] The Law of Unfair Dismissal. By Steven D. Anderman. [London: Butterworths. 1978. xxxvii and 378 (incl. index). Price Bound £12·50, Limp £8·50.] Industrial Injuries Benefits. By Peter Smith. [London: Oyez Publishing 1978. xxv and 183 pp. £8·50.] The Child and the Courts. Edited by Ian F. G. Baxter and Mary A. Eberts. [The Carswell Company Limited, Toronto. 1978. vi and 429 pp. (including indices). $19.50.] Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant. Twenty-eighth edition. By V. G. Wellings, q.c., with G. N. Huskinson (Assistant Editor). [London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1978. Three loose-leaf vols. £95·00.] Spellers' Law Relating to Hospitals and Kindred Institutions. Sixth edition. By Joe Jacob. [London: H. K. Lewis. lvii and 905 pp. Case Bound £25·00.] Discrimination on Grounds of Nationality. By Brita Sundberg-Weitman. [Amsterdam. New York. Oxford: North-Holland Publishing Company. 1977. 235 pp. and (bibliography, table of case-law, and abbreviations) 11 pp.]     

REVIEWS

The Discipline of the Law . By Lord Denning . [London: Butterworths. 1979. xxii and 330 pp. £4·50.] Selected Writings . By Otto Kahn -Freund . [London: Stevens and Sons under the auspices of the Modern Law Review. 1978. xv and 381 incl. bibliography (no index). Price £10·00.] Textbook of Criminal Law . By Glanville Williams . [Stevens. 1978. Pp. xl and 973. Hardback: £16·00; Paperback: £10·00.] Denial of Justice ; Criminal Process in the United States . By Lloyd L. Weinreb . [The Free Press, Macmillan, New York. 1977, pp. xi and 177 Hardback $12.95.] Legal Services Plans —Approaches to Regulation . By W. Pfennigstorf and S. L. Kimball (editors). [1977. Chicago. American Bar Foundation. xxiv and 662 (including appendices). No price stated.] Consumer Credit . Edited by R. M. Goode . [London: The United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law. 1978. xx + 488 pp. £30·41.] The Private International Law of Matrimonial Causes in the British Isles and the Republic of Ireland . By P. M. North . [Amsterdam, New York and Oxford: North-Holland Publishing Co. 1977. xxiii and 465 pp. (with appendices, tables and index). Dfl. 110 00/U.S. $47.95/£27·00.] The Matrimonial Property Act 1976. By R. L. Fisher . [(Butterworths: Wellington N.Z. 1977. pp. xvii + 187 including index, N.Z. $15.00.)] Canadian Family Law : Cases and Materials . Edited by Simon Fodden . [Toronto: Butterworths. 1977. xiv + 889 pp. incl. index, $42.25.] The Law of Weights and Measures . Second Edition. By J. O'Keefe . [Butterworths. 1977. £55·00.] The Patents Act 1977. Queen Mary College Patent Conference Papers . Edited by Mary Vitoria . [Published for the Faculty of Laws, Queen Mary College, University of London by Sweet & Maxwell. 1978. xv and 95 pp. £7·25.] American Conveyancing Patterns . By D. Barlow Burkb Jr . [Lexington Books. 1978. D. C. Heath & Company, Lexington, Mass. p. xiii and 224. Hardback $18.95.] Harmonisation of Private International Law by the EEC. Edited by K. Lipstein . [Published by Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London), 1978. pp. vii, 195. £8·50 paperback.] Sociological Inquiry and Legal Phenomena . By Clive Grace and Philip Wilkinson . [Collier Macmillan. 1978. pp. x + 292 (References and Recommended Reading). £8·50.]     

Reviews

A Treatise for our times?: The Law of Torts. 6th edition. By John G. Fleming. [The Law Book Co. Ltd. 1983. £20·00, soft covers.] A Treatise for our times?: The Law of Torts. 7th edition. By H. Street. [Butterworths 1983. £15·95, soft covers.] A Treatise for our times?: States of Emergency. By Keith Jeffrey and Peter Hennessy. [Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1983. viii and 312 pp. £14·95.] A Treatise for our times?: Law, Social Science and Criminal Theory. By Jerome Hall. [Colorado: Fred B. Rothman & Co., New York University School of Law, Criminal Law Education Research Center, Publications Series, Vol. 14. 1982. xvi+333 pp. $39.50.] A Treatise for our times?: Between Conviction and Sentence: The process of mitigation. By Joanna Shapland. [London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1981. 167 pp. £10·50.] A Treatise for our times?: Public Rights and Private Interests. By J. A. G. Griffith. [Trivandrum. The Academy of Legal Publications. 1981. 195 pp. Rs. 80; £7·00.]     

Reviews

The Bar on Trial. Edited by R. Hazell. [London: Quartet Books. 1978. 221 pp. (including index). Paperback £1·95.] Violence and the Family. Edited by J. P. Martin. [Wiley. 1978. 369 pp. and index. £11·95.] Family Violence: An International and Interdisciplinary Study. Edited by John M. Eekelaar and Sanford N. Katz. [Butterworths, Canada. 1978. vii and 572 pp. £11·00.] The Modern Law of Family Provision. By John G. Ross Martyn. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1978. xiv + 90 pp. £3·00.] Land Options. By D. G. Barnsley. [Oyez Publishing Limited. London. 1978. xlix and 301 pp. (including 13 pp. index). Hardback. £15·00.] Will Precedents and Capital Transfer Tax. By D. T. Davies. [1978. Butterworths. pp. 213 and xxi. £11·00.] Shipping Law. By Robert Grime. [Concise College Texts, London, Sweet and Maxwell. 1978. xviii and 261 pp. (including index). £5·25.] A Manual of United Kingdom Oil and Gas Law. Edited by Terence Daintith and G. D. M. Willoughby. [London: Oyez Publishing. £40·00.] Trade Practices and Consumer Protection. Second Edition. By G. Q. Taperell, R. B. Vermeesch and D. J. Harland. [Sydney: Butterworths. 1978, xxxv and 732 pp. including index: A21 casebound, A16 limp.] Principles of Sentencing: The sentencing policy of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division. Second edition. By David Thomas. [London: Heinemann. 1979. li and 410 pp. (including table of cases and index). Paperback £7·50 net.] Law-and-Order News: An Analysis of Crime Reporting in the British Press. By Steve Chibnall. [London: Tavistock Publications. xiv and 288 pp. (inc. index). £8·00.] Justice and Journalism: A Study of the Influence of Newspaper Reporting upon the Administration of Justice by Magistrates. By Marjorie Jones. [Chichester and London: Barry Rose Publishers. 180 pp. (inc. index). £3·50.] Rights of Privacy. By John H. F. Shattuck. [Skokie, Illinois: National Textbook Company in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union. 1977. xvi and 210 pp. (including index). £4·00.] The Law of Privacy in South Africa. By David Jan McQuoid-Mason. [Cape Town: Juta & Co. Ltd. 1978. xxxviii and 272 pp. (including index). R32·00.] The Legal Sources of Public Policy. By Jay A. Sigler and Benjamin R. Beede. [Lexington Books, Lexington, Massachusetts, Toronto. 184 pp. including index. £12·75.] The Interaction of Economics and the Law. Edited by Bernard H. Siegan. [Lexington Books. 171 pp. £9·00.] The Hidden Economy. By Stuart Henry. [London: Martin Robertson. 1978. 194 pp. Price £7·95 (hard cover.] Commercial Operations in Europe. Edited by R. M. Goode and K. R. Simmonds. [A. W. Sijthoff—Leyden/Boston. pp. xxvii and 445.] An Introductory Guide to EEC Competition Law and Practice. By V. Korah. [Oxford: ESC Publishing Ltd. 1978. 142 pp. including index. £6·75 (£7·20 incl. p. and p.).]     

REVIEWS

Critical Legal Studies: The Politics of Law. Edited by David Kairys. [New York: Pantheon Books. 1982. x and 321 pp. Paperback $9·95.] Critical Legal Studies: Law, State and Society. Edited by Bob Fryer, Alan Hunt, Doreen McBarnet and Bert Moorhouse. [London: Croom Helm. 1981. 234 pp. (including name index). Hardback £14·95.] Critical Legal Studies: A Bibliography Critical Legal Studies: The Law Lords. By Alan Paterson. [London: Macmillan. 1982. 287pp. £12.] Critical Legal Studies: The Common Lawyers of Pre-Reformation England: Thomas Kebell, A Case Study. By E. W. Ives. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History). 1983. 536 pp. £40.] Critical Legal Studies: People Against the Press. An Enquiry into the Press Council. By Geoffrey Robertson. [London: Quartet. 1983. 182 pp. (including appendices and index). £7£95.]     

REVIEWS

Modern Times Niklas Luhmann on Law, Politics and Social Theory: Trust and Power. By Niklas Luhmann, translated by H. Davis, J. Raffan and K. Rooney, edited by T. Burns and G. Poggi, with an introduction by G. Poggi. [Chichester: John Wiley. 1979. xix and 208pp., £16·55, hardback.] Modern Times Niklas Luhmann on Law, Politics and Social Theory: The Differentiation of Society. By Niklas Luhmann, translated and introduced by S. Holmes and C. Larmore. [New York: Columbia University Press. 1982. xxxvii and 482pp., $35.00.] Modern Times Niklas Luhmann on Law, Politics and Social Theory: The Reform of Civil Procedural Law and Other Essays in Civil Procedure. By Sir Jack I. H. Jacob, Q.C. [London: Sweet and Maxwell. 1982. 359 pp. £18·50.] Modern Times Niklas Luhmann on Law, Politics and Social Theory: Law and Order: Arguments for Socialism. By Ian Taylor. [London: Macmillan. 1981. 234 pp. Hardcover: £15·00. Softcover: £4·95.] Modern Times Niklas Luhmann on Law, Politics and Social Theory: The Ordering of Justice: A Study of Accused Persons as Dependants in the Criminal Process. By Richard V. Ericson and Patricia M. Baranek. [Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1982. xvi and 268 pp. (incl. index). No price stated.]     

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.     

Reviews

General Problems of Private International Law. By O. Kahn-Freund. [Leyden: Sijthoff. 1976. 336 pp. Dfl.48·00.] Law in Modern Society. By Roberto Mangabeira Unger. [New York: The Free Press. 1976. ix + 309 pp. $12.95.] Power Law and Society. By Edgar Bodenheimer. [New York: Crane Russak. 1976. vii + 202 pp. No price given.] Fiduciary Obligations. By P. D. Finn. [Sydney: Law Book Co. Ltd. 1977. xxxvii and 299 pp. No price stated.] Computer Law. By Colin Tapper. [Longman Group Limited, London. 1978. 180 pp. + introduction, tables, bibliography and indexes. £6·95.] Alibi. By R. N. Gooderson. [London: Heinemann. 1977. 269 pp. £9·50.] Social Welfare Law. Edited by D. W. Pollard. [Oyez Publishing. 1977. £50 + £1 (postage and packing).] Council Housing. By David Hoath. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1978. (Modern Legal Studies) pp. xix + 169. Hardback: £4·00; Paperback: £2·50.] Fair Rent and Legal Fiction. By Piers Bierne. [Macmillan. 1977. Hardback: £8·95; Paperback: £3·95. pp. xix + 240.] The Homeless and the Empty Houses. By Ron Bailey. Penguin Books. 1977. pp. 287 95p.] Wilkinson's Road Traffic Offences. Ninth Edition. Edited by Patrick Halnan. [Oyez, London, 1977. pp. cvii 931 incl. index. £18·00.] La Contrattazione Collettiva in Italia (1945–1977). Edited by B. Veneziani. [Bari: Cacucci Editore 1978. Lire 6.500. 341 pp.]     

Evaluating class participation: Some reflections on the university of New South Wales and Macquarie university experience

FRIDMAN ON TORTS. By G. H. L. Fridman. [Waterlow Publishers. First edition. 607 pp. incl. index. £85.00 (hardback).]

TEXTBOOK ON LABOUR LAW. By John Bowers and Simon Honeyball [Blackstone Press. 385 + 52 pp. £17.95.]

EMPLOYMENT LAW. By Tom Harrison. [Business Education Publishers Limited. 1990. 373 pp. £13.95 (paperback).]

BUSINESS LAW. By Denis Keenan and Sarah Riches. [Pitman. 1990. Second edition, xviiv &; 391 pp. (paperback).]

SMITH AND KEENAN'S COMPANY LAW. By Denis Keenan. [Pitman. 1990. Eighth edition, xx &; 460 pp. £14.99 (paperback).]

COMPANY LAW. By Mayson French and Ryan. [Blackstone Press. 1990. Seventh edition, lxxviii and 639 pp. £21.95 (paperback).]

THE LAW OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY. By Ian Snaith. [Waterlow. 1990. First edition. 783 pp. £70.00 (hardback).]

CRIMINAL LAW: REVISION WORKBOOK. Editor F. R. Sampson. [H.L.T. Publications. 1990. First edition. 221 pp. £9.95 (paperback).]

CRIMINAL EVIDENCE STATUTES AND MATERIALS. By J. A. Andrews. [Waterlow Publishers. 1990. 223 pp. incl. index. £19.95 (paperback).]

EDUCATION AND THE LAW. Edited by Auson Wolfg Arteh Geoffrey Bennett and John Dunford. [Longmans. £30 per annum.]

CHILDREN AND THE LAW. By D. Freestone (Editor). [Hull University Press. 332 pp. incl. index, (hardback).]

TEXTBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL LAW. By Martin Dixon. [Blackstone. 1990. First edition. 248 pp. incl. index. £14.95 (paperback).]

PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW. By Ian Brownlie. [Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1990. Fourth edition. 748 pp. incl. index. £55.00 (hardback), £25.00 (paperback).]     

Book reviews and notes etc.

HOW TO STUDY LAW. By A. Bradney, V. Fisher, J. Masson, A. Neal and D. Newall. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1986. 237 pp. (inc. index) £5.95 (paperback); £9.50 (cloth).]

READING THE LAW: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL METHOD AND TECHNIQUES. By Peter Goodrich. [Basil Blackwell. 1986. xi and 229 pp. £27.50 (hardback); £9.50 (paperback).]

DIRECTION, OR PREPARATIVE TO THE STUDY OF THE LAW. By William Fulbeck. [Wildwood House. 1987. xviii, 12 and 255 pp. £6.95.]

CONCORD: FREE TEXT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL. Version 3.0. By Bytesmiths Ltd. [Bytesmiths Ltd., Stoney Close, Cambridge Road, Ugley, Bishop's Stortford, Herts. 1986. £395 or £495 with full site licence]

HERACLES’ BOW: ESSAYS ON THE RHETORIC AND POETICS OF THE LAW. By James Boyd White. [University of Wisconsin Press. 1985. xviii and 251 pp. (inc. index). £22.50.]

PUBLIC LAW AND POLITICS: Edited by C. Harlow. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1986. 255 pp. £28.00 (hardback).]

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS—PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE CROWN PROSECUTOR. By G. Mansfield and J. Peay. [Tavistock. 1987. viii and 246 pp. £25.00 (cloth).]

POLICING INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES. By Roger Geary. [Methuen. 1986. 171 pp. £5.95 (paperback).]

SEX SHOPS AND THE LAW. By Colin Manchester. [Gower. 1986. xx and 264 pp. (inc. appendices and index). £18.50.]

CIVIL LIABILITY STATUTES. By F. D. Rose. [Financial Training Ltd. 1987. x and 150 pp. £8.50 (paperback).]

TORT. Fourth edition. By C. D. Baker. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1986. xxxii & 398 pp. £8.95 (paperback).]

AN OUTLINE OF THE LAW OF AGENCY. Second edition. By B. S. Markesinis and R. J. C. Munday. [Butterworths. 1986. xxi and 255 pp. £13.50 (hardback); £8.50 (paperback).]

CASES IN THE LAW OF BANKING 1983–1985. Second edition. By P. E. Smart. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1986. 95 pp. £6.95 (paperback).]

MAUDSLEY AND BURN'S LAND LAW CASES AND MATERIALS. Fifth edition‐. By E. H. Burn. [Butterworths. 1986. xcii and 865 pp. plus index. £21.95 (soft cover); £32.00 (hard cover).]

CASES AND STATUTES ON LAND LAW. Second edition. By E. L. G. Tyler. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1986. xxvii and 335 pp. £10.95 (paperback).]

DISCUSSIONS IN BIOETHICS. VHS Videos. [Educational Media International, 25 Boileau Road, London W5 3AL. £75.00 (sale); £20.00 (rental).]     

Absolute liability in contract

Kingship, Law and Society: Criminal Justice in the Reign of Henry V. Edward Powell. Oxford. 1989. Clarendon Press, xii + 319 pp. (incl. index). £35.00 cased.

Sir Henry Maine: A Study of Victorian Jurisprudence. R.C.J. Cocks. Cambridge. 1988. Cambridge University Press, viii + 224 pp. (incl. index). £25/$49.50 cased.

The Birth of the English Common Law (2nd ed). R. C. Van Caenegem. Cambridge. 1988. Cambridge University Press, xviii + 160 pp. (incl. index). £27.50/ $39.50 cased, £9.50/$13.95 limp.

Inventing the Industrial Revolution. The English Patent System 1660–1800. Christine Macleod. Cambridge. 1988. Cambridge University Press, xii + 302 pp. £25 cased.

The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal Republic of Germany. D.P. KOMMERS. Duke University Press. 1990. xxxvi + 590 pp. (incl. index). £29.25 paperback.

Sokrates. Johannes Irmscher. (3rd ed.) Leipzig. 1989. Verlag Phillip Reclam jr. 120 pp. (inch index).

The Welsh Laws. T.M. Charles‐Edwards. Cardiff. 1990. The University of Wales Press for the Welsh Arts Council. 106pp. £3.50 limp.     

Book reviews,etc.

Welfare Law and Order. By P. Alcock and P. Harris. [Macmillan Press. 1982. xvi and 219 pp. (inc. index). £5.95.]

Law of Child Care. By B. I. Slomnicka. [Macdonald & Evans. 405 pp. (inc. index). £9.95.]

Swift v. Greenshire County Council, Q.B.D. [Audio‐Visual Department, London University. 40 minutes. Sales prices: (VHS or Sony U‐Matic video cassette + 10 copies of the accompanying documents). Educational institutions in the U.K.: £95 + postage and V.A.T. Government bodies: £150 + postage and V.A.T. Others: £250 + postage and V.A.T. Additional copies of the documents: £2.50 each.

The Sunday Times Case

[Audio‐Visual Centre, University of Warwick. 1981. 16mm colour film. 30 minutes £260 or (hire) £20 for one day + £5 for each day thereafter; video version: £60 + cost of cassette.]

Criminal Procedure. Third edition. By Celia Hampton. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1982. lxi and 472 pp. (inc. index). £16.50 (hardback); £8.95 (paperback).]

The Police in Society. By Ben Whitaker. [Sinclair Browne. 1982. 331 pp. (inc. index). £4.95 (paperback).]

Hanbury and Maudsley's Modern Equity. Eleventh edition. By R. H. Maudsley and Jill E. Martin. [Stevens. 1981. cvi and 796 pp. (inc. index). £27.50 (cloth); £16.50 (paperback).]

Company Law. By Kenneth Smith & D. J. Keenan. Fourth edition. [Pitman, x and 506 pp. (inc. index). £7.50.]

Company Law. By M. C. Oliver. Eighth edition. [Macdonald & Evans. xxx and 386 pp. (inc. index). £3.95.]

Cases in Company Law. Third edition. By M. C. Oliver. I Macdonald & Evans. xv and 396 pp. (inc. index). £4.95.]

Rent Acts and Regulations Amended and Annotated. By J. T. Farrand and A. Arden. Second edition. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1981. xl and 435 pp. (inc. index). £16.50.]

‘O’ Level English Law. By D. M: M. Scott. Fourth edition. [Butterworths. 1981. xvi and 269 pp. (inc. index). £4.95 (paperback).]

‘O’ Level Law. By W. J. Brown. Second edition. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1982. xiv and 227 pp. (inc. index). £4.75 (paperback).]

Danish Law. A General Survey. Edited by Gammeltoft Hansen, Bernhard Gomard and Allan Philip. [G.E.C. Gads, Copenhagen. 395 pp., no index.]     

Mortgaging the future

STUDENT WORKBOOK AS LAW: SOURCES OF LAW AND LAW MAKING By Chris Turner and Leon Riley [Philip Allan, 2006, 52 pp., £3.50 (paperback)]

A LEVEL LAW REVIEW [Philip Allan, Vol. 1, Nos. 1–3, 2005–6, £19.95 for 3 issues]

THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM By Jacqueline Martin [Key Facts series, Hodder Arnold, 2005, 2nd edn., 132 pp., £5.99 (paperback)]

TORT By Chris Turner [Key Facts series, Hodder Arnold, 2005, 2nd edn., 140 pp., £5.99 (paperback)]

CONTRACT LAW By Chris Turner [Key Facts series, Hodder Arnold, 2005, 2nd edn., 131 pp., £5.99 (paperback)]

CONTRACT LAW By Robert Duxbury [Nutshells, Sweet &; Maxwell, 2006, 7th edn., 162 pp., £7.00 (paperback)]

AS LAW By Catherine Elliott and Frances Quinn [Pearson, 2006, 3rd edn., xxviii + 642 pp., £21.99 (paperback)]

CHILDREN: THE MODERN LAW By Andrew Bainham [Jordan Publishing Ltd, 2005, 3rd edn., 811 pp., £30.00 (paperback)]

HUMAN RIGHTS LAW By Merris Amos [Hart Publishing, 2006, 1st edn., 503 pp., £22.00 (paperback)]

CRIME AND JUSTICE: 1750–1950 By Barry Godfrey and Paul Lawrence [Willan Publishing, 2005, xi + 208 pp., £40.00 (hardback) £17.99 (paperback)]

CRIMINAL JUSTICE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES By M. Davies, H Croall and J. Tyrer [Pearson Education Ltd, 2005, 3rd edn., 477 pp., £25.99 (paperback)]

A FAIR HEARING? ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE CRIMINAL COURTS By Stephen Shute, Roger Hood and Florence Seemungal (eds.) [Willan Publishing, 2005, 160 pp., £35.00 (hardback)]

PRISON READINGS: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO PRISONS AND IMPRISONMENT By Yvonne Jewkes and Helen Johnston [Willan Publishing, 2006, xi + 305 pp., £50 (hardback); £24 (paperback)]

CAPTURED BY THE MEDIA: PRISON DISCOURSE IN POPULAR CULTURE EDITED By Paul Mason [Willan Publishing, 2006, 240 pp., £40.00 (hardback) £18.99 (paperback)]

TRANSFORMING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE, RETRIBUTIVE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE TRIAL PROCESS By Mark Findlay and Ralph Henham [Willan Publishing, 2005, 391 pp., £40.00 (hardback)]

WARRANTIES IN MARINE INSURANCE By Baris Soyer [Cavendish Publishing Limited, 2nd edn., 2005, 312 pp., £90.00 (hardback)]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CIVIL LITIGATION By Robert Hill, Helen Wood and Suzanne Fine [Jordans, 2005, 2nd edn., 591 pp., £45 (paperback)]

TRUSTS AND EQUITY By Gary Watt [Oxford University Press, 2006, 2nd edn., 559 pp., £27.99 (paperback)]

TRUSTS TEXTBOOK By Gary Watt [Oxford University Press, 2006, 2nd edn., 459 pp., £26.99 (paperback)]

PRINCIPLES OF CORPORATE INSOLVENCY LAW By Roy Goode [Sweet &; Maxwell, 2005, 3rd edn., 673 pp., £40.00 (paperback)]

LAND LAW By Diane Chappelle [Pearson Longman, 2006, 7th edn., 505 pp., £30.99 (paperback)]

MODERN LAND LAW By Martin Dixon [Cavendish Publishing, 2005, 5th edn., 456 pp., £27.95 (paperback)]

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW By S. Bell &; D. McGillivray [Oxford University Press, 2006, 6th edn., 978 pp., £27.99 (paperback)]

SPORTS LAW By Simon Gardiner et al. [Cavendish Publishing, 2006, 3rd edn., 724 pp., £39.00 (paperback)]     

BOOK NOTES

Scandinavian Studies in Law . 1978. Vol. 22. Edited by Folke Schmidt . [Stockholm: Almqvist and Worksell International. 1978. 265 pp. No price stated.] The Rent Act 1977. By B. S. W. Magnus q.c. [London: Butterworths. 1978. 713 pp. incl. index. £34.00.] The Sale of Flats . Fourth edition. By E. F. George and A. George . [London: Sweet & Maxwell. 1978. 392 pp. incl. index. £11·00.]     

Insurance,the negligent solicitor and the disappointed beneficiary

LEGAL REALISM AT YALE 1927–1960. By Laura Kalman. [University of North Carolina Press, 1986. ISBN 0 8078 1677 9; 314 pp. (inc. index). £33.25.]

A LAMENT FOR THE LAW COMMISSION. by R. T. Oerton. [Countrywise Press Ltd. Hardback 117 pp. £13.50.]

PUBLIC ORDER—THE NEW LAW. By R. CARD. [Butterworths 1987. ISBN 0 406 50440 7.224 pp. £12.50 Gimp).]

PUBLIC ORDER—A GUIDE TO THE 1986 PUBLIC ORDER ACT. By J. Marston. [Fourmat 1987. ISBN 1 85190 024 1.189 pp.]

OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER. By A T. H. Smith. [Sweet &; Maxwell/Police Review 1987. ISBN 0 421 36580 3 326 pp. £14.95 (limp).]

PUBLIC ORDER LAW. By P. Thornton. [Financial Training 1987. ISBN 1 85185 040 6. 266 pp. £10.95 (limp).]

STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. By Colin R. Munro. [Burterworths. 1987. 220 pp. ISBN 0406 26144 X]

BUSINESS LAW. By N. Savage and R. Bradgate. [Butterworths. 1987. xxx and 541 pp. inc. index.]

SEX, RACE AND THE LAW. By Jeanne Gregory. [Sage Publications. 1987. 216 pp. £7.95 (paperback).]

RAPE ON TRIAL. By Z. Adler. [Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1987. viii and 195 pp.]; RAPE AND THE LEGAL PROCESS. By J. Temkin. [Sweet &; Maxwell. 1987. xx and 221.]

MINORS: THE LAW AND PRACTICE. By Kenneth W. Pain. [Fourmat Publishing. 1987. xvii and 293 pp. (inc. index). £16.95 (paperback).]

COHABITATION: THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS. By Dawn Oliver [CCH Editions Limited. 1987. xvi and 140 pp. (inc. index). £12.50 (paperback).]

CRIMINAL LAW IN A NUTSHELL. By Marianne Giles. [Sweet &; Maxwell. 1987. 121 pp. £3.95.]

GLOAG AND HENDERSON'S INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF SCOTLAND. By A. B. Wilkinson and W. A Wilson. [W. Green and Sons Ltd. 1987. clii and 1020 pp. (inc. index). £45.00.]

SCOTTISH CASES AND MATERIALS IN COMMERCIAL LAW. By Douglas J. Cuisine and Angelo D. M. Forte. [Butterworths. 1987. xxvi and 396 pp. (inc. index). £23.95.]     

Recent legal developments European law

EMPLOYMENT LAW HANDBOOK: AN ADVISOR'S HANDBOOK By TAMARA LEWIS [Legal Action Group, 2005, 6th ed., 739 pp., £28.00 (paperback)]

EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL CLAIMS: TACTICS AND PRECEDENTS By NAOMI CUNNINGHAM [Legal Action Group, 2005, 396 pp., £25.00 (paperback)]

DISCRIMINATION LAW: TEXT, CASES AND MATERIALS By AILEEN MCCOLGAN [Hart Publishing, 2005. 2nd edn., 757 pp., £25 (paperback)]

FAMILY LAW AND FAMILY VALUES Edited By MAVIS MACLEAN [Hart Publishing, 2005, 342 pp., £22.00 (paperback)]

TRUSTS AND EQUITY By NIGEL STOCKWELL and RICHARD EDWARDS [Pearson Longman, 2005, 7th edn., 556 pp., £29.99 (paperback)]

HAYTON AND MARSHALL: CASES AND COMMENTARY ON THE LAW OF TRUSTS AND EQUITABLE REMEDIES By DAVID HAYTON and CHARLES MITCHELL [Sweet &; Maxwell, 2005, 12th edn., 985 pp., £32.95 (paperback)]

MODERN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW By CATHERINE COLSTON and KIRSTY MIDDLETON [Cavendish Publishing Ltd., 2005, 2nd ed., 808 pp., £35.95 (paperback)]

INSURANCE LAW: DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES By JOHN DOWRY and PHILIP RAWLINGS [Hart Publishing, 2005, 2nd edn, 447 pp., £25.00 (paperback)]

MASON &; MCCALL SMITH'S LAW AND MEDICAL ETHICS Edited By KENYON MASON and GRAEME LAURIE [Oxford University Press, 2005, 7th ed., 774 pp., £21.99 (paperback)]

LEGAL CONUNDRUMS IN OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD By BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY QC [Sweet and Maxwell, 2004, 57 pp., £17.95 (paperback)]

CRIMINAL LAW By CATHERINE ELLIOTT and FRANCES QUINN [Pearson Education, 2006, 6th ed. xxvi + 420 pp., £22.99 (paperback)]

DRUGS, ADDICTION AND THE LAW By LEONARD JASON‐LLOYD [ELM Publications, 10th ed., 232 pp., £29.95 (loose‐leaf with updating service)]

THE VIOLENT WORKPLACE By P. A. J. WADDINGTON, DOUG BADGER and RAY BULL [Willan Publishing, 2006, xii + 204 pp., £25.00 (hardback)]

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW By J. THORNTON and S. BECKWITH [Sweet and Maxwell, 2004, 2nd ed., 447 pp., £24.95 (paperback)]     

Of caterpillars and butterflies: The introduction of metamorphosis at the UWA law school

CENTRAL ISSUES IN JURISPRUDENCE: JUSTICE, LAW AND RIGHTS By Nigel E. Simmonds [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 2nd ed., 338 pp., £16.95 (paperback)]

JUSTICE, HUMANITY AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER By Ian Ward [Ashgate, 2003, 192 pp., £50 (hardback)]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION By Sionaidh Douglas Scott [Longman, 2002, xlx + 533 pp., £29.99 (paperback)]

THE ENGLISH LEGAL PROCESS By Terence Ingman [Oxford University Press, 2002, 9th ed., 624 pp., £19.99 (paperback)]

SMITH, BAILEY &; GUNN ON THE MODERN ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM By S. H. Bailey, J. P. L. Ching, M. J. Gunn and D. C. Ormerod [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 9th ed., 1,387 pp., £30.00 (paperback)]

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CIVIL LITIGATION By Robert Hill, Helen Wood and Suzanne Fine [Jordans, 2003, 571 pp., £45 (paperback)]

PARTNERSHIP LAW By G. Morse [Blackstone Press, 2001, 5th ed., 280 pp., £14.95 (paperback)]

EMPLOYMENT LAW By Malcolm Sargeant [Longman, 2003, 2nd ed., 499 pp., £26.99 (paperback)]

THE LAW OF CONTRACT By J. C. Smith [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 4th ed., 268 pp., £15.95 (paperback)]

CONTRACT LAW By Catherine Elliott and Frances Quinn [Pearson Education, 2003, 4th ed., 353 pp., £17.99 (paperback)]

AQA LAW IN FOCUS: AS LEVEL By Simon Jackson [Causeway Press, 2003, First impression, 233 pp., £12.95 (paperback)]

TORT LAW By Chris Turner [Hodder and Stoughton, 2003, 1st ed., 232 pp., £13.99 (paperback)]

LOOKING AT CRIMINAL LAW By Chris Turner [Hodder and Stoughton, 2003, 1st ed., 114 pp., £9.99 (paperback)]

CRIMINAL LAW By Alan Reed and Peter Seago [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 2nd ed., lvii + 597 pp., £22.95 (paperback)]

CRIMINAL LAW: DOCTRINE AND THEORY By William Wilson [Longman, 2003, 2nd ed., lii + 640 pp., £29.99 (paperback)]

BURGLARY By R. I. Mawby [Willan Publishing, 2001, x + 213 pp., £40.00 (hardback), £16.99 (paperback)]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY By David Bainbridge [Longman, 2002, 5th ed., 710 pp., £34.99 (paperback)]

PARRY AND CLARK: THE LAW OF SUCCESSION By Roger Kerridge Assisted by A. H. R. Brierley [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 11th ed., 671 pp., £29.95 (paperback)]

CONSTRUCTION LAW By John Uff [Sweet and Maxwell, 2002, 8th ed., 536 pp., £23.95 (paperback)]

WATER POLLUTION AND WATER QUALITY LAW By William Howarth and Donald McGillivray [Shaw and Son Publishers, 2001, 1212 pp., £85.00 (hardback)]

PROPERTY LAW By Roger J. Smith [Longman, 2003, 4th ed. lxviii + 617 pp., £29.99 (paperback)]

PROPERTY LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS By Roger J. Smith [Longman, 2003, 2nd ed. lv + 836 pp., £33.99 (paperback)]

HOUSING LAW CASEBOOK By Nic Madge [Legal Action Group, 2003, 3rd ed., 1,139 pp., £39.00 (paperback)]

LEGAL MATERIALS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS By Hugh Brayne and Graeme Broadbent [Oxford University Press, 2002, 522 pp., £24.99 (paperback)]     

The hidden origins of enorm lesion

Plato's Penal Code: Tradition, Controversy and Reform in Greek Penology. Trevor J. Saunders. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1991. xvii + 414pp. (incl. Indexes). £50 hb. ISBN 0 19 814893 3.

Roman Marriage: Iusti Coniuges from the time of Cicero to the time of Ulpian. Susan Treggiari. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1991. xv + 578pp. (incl. Indexes). £65 hb. ISBN 0 19 814890 9.

Marriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome. Edited by Beryl Rawson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xiv + 252pp. (incl. Index). £35 hb. ISBN 0 19 814918 2.

Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe. J.A. Brundage. University of Chicago Press, 1987. xxiv + 674pp. (incl. Index). £21.50 pb. ISBN 0 226 07784 5.

Church Courts, Sex and Marriage, in England, 1570–1640. M. Ingram. Past and Present Publications, Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiii + 412pp. (incl. Index). £45 hb. ISBN 0 521 386551.

The Medieval Canon Law. Teaching, Literature and Transmission. (The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography: 1987–1988). Dorothy M. Owen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. xii + 82pp. £25 hb. ISBN 0 521 39313 9.

Notaries Public in England since the Reformation. C.W. Brooks, R.H. Helmholz and P.G. Stein. Norwich: The Erskine Press for the Society of Public Notaries of London, 1991. ix + 148pp. (incl. Index). £60.00 hb. £29.95 pb. ISBN 1 85297 0340.

The Common Law and English Jurisprudence 1760–1850. Michael Lobban. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. xvi + 315pp. (incl. Index). £35.00 hb. ISBN 019 825293 5.

Prosecution and Punishment: Petty Crime and the Law in London and Rural Middlesex, c. 1660–1725. Robert B. Shoemaker. Cambridge: The University Press, 1991. xxviii + 352pp. (incl. Index). £40/$64.50 hb. ISBN 0 521 40082 1.

The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century, Peter Linebaugh. London: Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1991. xxvii + 484pp. (incl. Index). £25 hb. ISBN 0 713 99045 7.

American Jurisprudence 1870–1970: A History. James Herget. Houston, Texas: Rice University Press, 1990. x + 367pp. (incl. Index.) $35.00hb. ISBN 0 89256 305 0.

Deutsche Juristen aus fünf Jarhunderten. G. Kleinheyer and J. Schröder. Heidelberg: C.F. Muller, 1989. 415pp. (incl. Index.) DM 34.80 pb.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 1. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxi + 648 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 498.

Quellen zur Reform des Straf‐ und Strafprozessrechts, III Abteilung, NS‐Zeit (1933–1939), Band 2, 1 Teil. Edited by J. Regge and W. Schubert et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1991. xxxi + 772 pp. (incl. Index.) DM 598.     

Recent legal developments

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LAW OF TRUSTS. By Simon Gardner. [Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1990. First Edition. 250 pp. £25.00 (hardback), £11.95 (paperback).]

EXPLAINING CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS. By Gbolahan Elias. [Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1990. First Edition. 177 pp. £25.00 (hardback).]

CHARLESWORTH &; PERCY ON NEGLIGENCE. By R. A. Percy. [Sweet &; Maxwell. Eighth Edition. 1,232 pp. incl. index. £135.00 (hardback).]

CLARITY FOR LAWYERS. By Mark Adler. [The Law Society. 1990. First edition. 128 pp. £10.00 (paperback).]

PLANNING LAW AND PROCEDURE. By A. E. Telling. [Butterworths. Eighth edition. 385 pp. incl. index. £16.95 (paperback).]

PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PLANNING LAW. By V. Moore. [Blackstone Press Ltd. Second edition. 401 pp. incl. index &; appendices. £19.95 (paperback).]

THE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN. By J. R. Spencer and R. Fun. [Blackstone Press. 1990. 362 pp. £19.50 (paperback).]

CROSS ON EVIDENCE. By C. Tapper. [Butterworths. 1990. Seventh edition. 757 pp. £22.95 (paperback).]

EMPLOYMENT LAW. By C. J. Carr and P. J. Kay. [M. &; E. Handbook. Pitman Publishing. 1990. Fifth edition, xxiv &; 232 pp. (inc. index). £7.99 (paperback).]

REVISION WORKBOOK: LAND LAW. By Gordon Henry.

A PARENTS’ GUIDE TO THE LAW. By Jeannie Mackie and Lesley Taylor [Penguin Books. 1990. 419 pp. (inc. index). £7.99 (paperback).]

A GUIDE TO INHERITANCE CLAIMS. By Nasreen Pearce. [Fourmat Publishing. 1989. 162 pp. £12.95 (paperback).]