Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Hardcover. New. $49.95  A thorough study of the literature dealing with the English legal profession from the Anglo-Saxon era to Fortescue's De Laudibus. Turning to the continent, Cohen supplements the English literature with references to the organization of the legal profession in France, Normandy, Germany and Spain. Holdsworth recommended this book when it was first published, noting that he "collected and arranged valuable materials which will be useful to all historians of English law": Law Quarterly Review 45:398 cited in Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 220.

History of the English Bar and Attornatus to 1450

Cohen, Herman

Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing

The Book of the Bench

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From Wig and Pen to Computer

Eric Stockdale

Most of us are intolerant of something, whether it is our neighbour's dog, his politics or the colour of his skin, but we may not always recognize our lack of tolerance. By making extensive use of surviving court documentation from famous - and not so famous - trials, Brian Harris is able to explore several issues that have given rise to deep-rooted divisions within Western society, such as slavery, religion and homosexuality. The result is a highly readable narrative, which often challenges traditional interpretations of the cases concerned, punctuated throughout by the author's pertinent insights into the personalities, events and legal processes of the day. The cases include the `witches' of Salem whose tragic story was plundered by Arthur Miller in his play, The Crucible, the execution of a seventy-year-old woman for giving shelter to a man on the run from England's last rebellion, the prosecution of a schoolteacher for teaching evolution, the persecution of Oscar Wilde and the prosecution of Penguin Books for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover. Intolerance: Divided Societies on Trial provides an engaging and thought-provoking account of man's intolerance to man through the ages.

Intolerance

History

Brian Harris

Europe

In From Wig and Pen to Computer  the author made brief references to his practice and wrote about his experience as a writer of articles and books on legal and allied topics. In this present book, The Man who Shot the President, he gives an amusing account of some of his more entertaining and interesting cases while at the Bar and on the Bench, coupled with revealing stories about some of his contemporaries in the law. It is likely to prove an acceptable gift for law students, lawyers and laymen alike. Sir Mark Potter, in his Foreword, comments: `This book is a treasure house of anecdote and reminiscence.' He goes on to describe it as `a fascinating patchwork assembled from the varied fabric of a career at the Bar of a kind which has all but disappeared in the age of increased specialisation, followed by 22 years as a humane and humorous Circuit Judge before whom advocates and litigants alike were treated with fairness, courtesy and consideration.  The author comments: This book is a sort of follow-up. It is not intended to be a full account of my life in the law and it does not use a case-by-case approach. Instead I have followed the practice adopted by one of my contemporaries, the late Mr Justice James Comyn, in several of his delightful books, of hopping from an interesting case to a humorous one and back again. Nowadays the main inspiration for future lawyers probably comes from John Mortimer's famous or notorious barrister - Rumpole of the Bailey. While unable to compete with the works of Comyn or Mortimer, I hope that this book will be found to be a suitable lightweight present for the student or other teenager thinking about a career in the law.

The Man Who Shot the President

Stockdale, Eric

Bailiffs Law Volume 1: A Lawful Trespass

John Kruse

Bailiffs Law Volume 2: Persons of No Value

Formerly published as part of the popular "Practice Notes" series and written by experienced practitioners, the fourth edition provides a practical and concise guide to the Children Act 1989, subsequent legislation, guidance and case law. The new material covered in this edition includes: "Every Child Matters, the Children Act 2004", the new edition of "Working Together to Safeguard Children" (2006), the new "Children Act 1989 Guidance, Volume 1 Court Orders", the content and impact of the new "Public Law Outline (PLO)" and important recent cases. This book does not include the separate field of adoption law, but selected relevant provisions of the "Adoption and Children Act 2002" and the "Children and Adoption Act 2006" are included. In addition to explaining the general principles of the law relating to child care and protection, the authors provide valuable insights into assessments, care planning, expert evidence, taking instructions, case preparation and courtroom skills. Presented in a compact, user-friendly format, the book also contains checklists and flowcharts which will prove invaluable to the busy practitioner.

Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice (Wildy Practice Guide)

Barbara Mitchels

Helen James

Administrative Law

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the interface between the law and modern science as represented by genetics and molecular biology, albeit in a highly digestible and lucid style.  Chapters are: 'The Basics of Molecular Biology' (the genome, genetics, proteomics); 'Criminal Law' (molecular transfer processes; theft of DNA; forensic mathematics; keynote cases); 'Aspects of Civil Law' (paternity and maternity; retention of DNA and privacy; DNA in medical law; DNA, insurance and employment); 'Intellectual Property' (patenting genes, expressed sequence tags and single nucleotide polymorphisms, keynote cases in U.K. and U.S.A.); 'Food' (gene manipulation; aspects of tort; environmental risks); 'International Law' (genetically modified organisms, CITES and CBD, warfare and molecular biology).  Genetics, Molecular Biology and the Law provides practitioners and academics alike with a detailed analysis of how the law is responding to the latest advances in the increasingly complex fields of molecular biology and genetics.

Genetics, Molecular Biology and the Law

John K. Candlish

Further and Worse Particulars

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