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passed in England recently. The whole procedure of the English Courts has been radically altered by the English Courts Act, 1971, which, following the Beecham Com- mittee recommendations, established Crown Courts. Sweeping changes were also made by the Children's Act, 1971, and the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1972; in the result, Part II dealing with procedure will have to be read with caution. Inasmuch as the same or similar legislation still applies in Ireland, Part I dealing with criminal responsibility, attempts, accomplices, intoxica- tion, etc., will be useful to practitioners here. Part II deals with offences of a public nature, such as treason, piracy, bribery, contempt of court, forcible entry, ob- scenity, drunkenness, bigamy, drugs, firearms, road traffic, intoxicating liquor, etc. Part III deals with offences against the person such as homicide, abortion and assault. Part IV deals with offences against prop- erty such as theft, burglary, false accounting, black- mail and forgery. The appropriate case law relating to each subject is accurately inserted therein. Messrs Morrish and McLean have performed a complicated and invaluable task in bringing the English criminal law up to date for their readers. A similar book giving up-to-date Irish criminal law and procedure, as well as the decisions of the Court of Criminal Appeal and of the Supreme Court in criminal matters would be invaluable, but will doubtless not be written unless a substantial grant is forthcoming; how- ever, McKnight's book on criminal appeals deserves mention as a most useful work. Wilkinson (A.W.)—Personal Property. 8vo; pp. xxiii plus 781; London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1971. The learned solicitor author of this work, who is senior Lecturer in Law in Bristol University, is not to be con- fused with the author of the excellent book on Road Traffic Offences. Instead of producing a large tome like Williams, the author has wisely confined himself to a few topics of personal property, such as bailment, possession, sale of goods, hire-purchase, negotiable instruments and insurance. Bailment is considered under the heading of obligations to the bailor and to the bailee respectively. All the up-to-date decisions are mentioned in respect of each of the topics—such as sales by description, and fitness for purpose in sale of goods. This is a most useful book, particularly for students, which deserves to displace the older text books. Solicitor with ability and enthusiasm required for busy country practice. Emloyment is with a view to partnership. Reply will be treated in confidence. Please state academic and professional qualifications and experience to Box No. .B302. A. & S. D O N A L D S O N L I M I T E D Law Printing Specialists and Manufacturing Specialists CELBRIDGE - CO. KILDARE Phones 288209/288313

sals, and limitation of a shipowners liability, particu- larly as regards containers. The chapter on "Time Charter Parties" now contains a description of no less than thirteen new cases decided between 1969 and 1972. Twelve more up-to-date cases are listed under "demurrage". The Appendices contain the Acts of 1924 and of 1971 in full, the York-Antwerp Rules of 1950, and specimens of bills of lading and of charter parties. All those who wish to learn the principles of the law of carriage of goods by sea are indebted to Professor Ivamy who has written a most readable and up-to-date treatise on this most complicated subject. Robertson (A.H.)—European Institutions—Co-operation —Integration—Unification. 3rd edition; 8vo; pp. xix plus 478; London, Stephens, 1973 (Library of World Affairs, No. 44); £3.75 paperback. When Dr. Robertson of the Secretariat of the Commis- sion of Human Rights in Strasbourg first wrote this learned work in 1959, it contained 362 pages. With all the developments in European c-operation that have occurred in the last fourteen years, it is not surprising that Dr. Robertson has had to expand his magnum opus by more than 100 pages. As always, this book is indis- pensable to the student who wishes to understand clearly the differences between the European Institutions— The Council of Europe, NATO, OECD, Western Euro- pean Union, The European Communities, and The European Free Trade Association; with the advent of Britain into the EEC, this latter Association has almost disappeared. The Appendices contain the Treaties, Statutes and Conventions establishing these various international organisations, which is a fascinating study from the comiarative law viewpoint. The text is written in an easy owing style which makes it a pleasure to read. It is a pity that Dr. Robertson has not written a leading book on Community Law which, like that of his work on Human Rights would make this compli- cated subject so much more comprehensible to the ordinary reader. We are, however, fortunate in this work to be in the hands of a master like Dr. Robertson to explain the different European institutions. McLean (Ian) and Morrish (Peter) (eds.)—Harris's Criminal Law. 22nd edition; 8vo; pp. Ixvi plus 903; London, Sweet & Maxwell, 1973; £4.80 paperback. The sixteenth edition of this work, prepared by Mr. Wilshere in 1936, contained 730 pages. The twentieth edition prepared by Mr. Palmer in 1960 was reduced to 706 pages. The twenty-first edition, prepared by Mr. Hooper in 1968, contained 858 pages, which has now been expanded to 903. The fact that this learned work, in less than thirteen years, has been expanded by 200 pages, shows the amount of criminal egislation enacted and criminal case law adjudicated upon which has been . . . FOR . . . JUDICATURE - BRIEF AND COST PAPERS ANALYSIS PAPER - ENVELOPES (all sizes) CARBON PAPERS - COPY PAPERS

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