The Gazette 1982

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to criticism. Having said that, . however, I cannot

understand why the Editors did not include a

section

Offences Against The State. Secondly, the case book is

one concerned with Criminal Law and accordingly,

many cases dealing with evidence and criminal

procedure have been omitted. There have been very real

developments in both of these fields, so much so that

the practise of criminal law has altered considerably in

the past ten years. It would, I feel, have been preferable

to include a section concerning Burden of Proof and

Issues for Judge and Jury, which belong more to the

realm of the Law of Evidence. Finally, I would have

thought that cases such as "

Oglesby

" (1966) (receiving),

"Murtagh

" (1966) (non-capital murder) and "

Holmes

-v -

Furlong

" (1967) (Extradition) to name a few,

deserved inclusion but I suppose if all the important

cases were included the book would have been twice as

long.

Having critcised this Casebook it is only fair to say that

I think it is a highly worthwhile achievement and I

would recommend it to both students and all others

interested in the Criminal Law. The questions at the end

of each section are interesting though by their very

nature, somewhat academic. The additional references

to other cases are invaluable. The book has already

proved of value to me, and I have no doubt that it will

be consulted quite regularly in the future.

MICHAEL STAINES

Continuing Legal Education

Spring 1982

The following programme of one-day courses will be open to all solicitors.

Course:

Venue:

Date:

Criminal Procedure and Advocacy

Garrett Sheehan and Dudley Potter

Blackhall Place

Fri. 26th February

Financial Control of a Solicitor's Practice

Esmond A. Reilly

Cork

Mon. 15th March

Conveyanicing: Sale of Flats

Michael W. Carrigan and Thomas Hayes

Blackhall Place

Fri. 19th March

Conveyancing: Commercial Leases

Ian A. Scott and Colin O. Keane

Blackhall Place

Mon. 29th March

Fee: £37.50 per course to include lunch and course materials.

Further details of these and later courses and application forms from Geraldine M. Pearse, Solicitor,

Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Tel: 710711.

For Your Diary . .

27 March, 1982. U.C.D. Law Alumni Society.

2nd Saturday Seminar.

"The EEC convention on Jurisdiction and En-

forcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial

Matters."

(Speaker: A. V. Gill, Lecturer in Law, U.C.D.).

Venue: Arts/Law/Commerce Building, Belfield,

Dublin 4 at 2.30 p.m.

Registration Fee: £10.00 (Full time students £5.00)

Enquiries to:

Paul A. O'Connor, Room D. 414,

Faculty of Law, U.C.D., Belfield, Dublin 4.

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