The Gazette 1993

A THE ROUND HA LL PRESS New Titles

THE LAW OF COMPANY INSOLVENCY MICHAEL FORDE A definitive treatise o n c omp a ny receiverships, examinations and w i nd i ng up/liquidations, together wi th various security and equivalent interests arising in insolvencies. T h e b o o k, wh i ch is divided into twen t y - s ix chapters, c omme n c es wi th a description o f the various remedies for securing payment available to creditors outside o f i ns o l vency proceedings. T h e position o f receivers appointed by a deben t ur e- holder is then discussed, f o l l owed by a t ho r ough analysis o f the court protection and exami na t i on me c han i sm under the 1990 "Go o dma n" Act. Th e re then is a very extensive treatment o f the law and practice regarding w i nd i ng up/liquidations, voluntary and official - comprising about half o f the entire b o o k. T h e c onc l ud i ng part treats a variety o f priority and related positions that are c o mm o n to all types o f i ns o l vency proceedings, for instance, factoring debts, retention o f title, funds held in trust, set-offs, fixed and floating charges and preferential creditors. Th e re are also short chapters o n the administration o f insolvent insurance c ompan i es and o n the position o f emp l o y e es in c omp a ny insolvencies.

INSANITY, PSYCHIATRY AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FINBARR McAULEY This book is about the way in which mental disorder affects, criminal responsibility. Unlike the standard treatments of this subject, which tend to concentrate on the jurisprudence o f the insanity defence, the approach set out here also draws heavily on the scientific literature on mental illness. The result is a unique attempt to integrate the psychiatric understanding of mental illness into a conventional analysis of the knot of legal problems surrounding the insanity plea. There are chapters on all aspects of the insanity defence, including the M'Nagh t en Rules, the notion of volitional insanity as articulated by the Irish Supreme Court; the form of the insanity verdict, the proper limits of psychiatric evidence, the disposition o f persons acquitted on the grounds o f insanity; the problem o f psychopathy, the question of fitness for trial and the need for a complementary defence o f diminished responsibility. Irish law and practice provide the core of the book, although there is a wealth o f comparative material drawn from a wide range of c ommon - l aw jurisdictions. Essential reading forjudges, lawyers, psychiatrists and students of forensic psychiatry, criminology and criminal law and all wh o have to grapple with the problem posed by the mentally disordered defendant.

An essential wo rk o f reference for accountants, bankers and lawyers.

Publication date: 20 June 1993

Publication date: 20 May 1993

I S BN 1 - 8 5 8 0 0 - 0 1 3 - 0, £ 5 5 . 0 0 .

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