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GAZE1TE
DECEMBER 1977
LAWYERS' LAW BOOKS
RAISTRICK, Donald, and John Rees—Lawyers' Law
Books: a Practical Index to Legal Literature. London:
Professional Books, 1977, xii, 576p. £9.00.
This is the first volume of Professional Books Law
Reference Library, and has set a notable headline for its
successors. The volume consists of three parts. The first
part (28 pages) consists of Subject Headings and Cross
References, which a small law library might find useful as
a Subject Index.
The main part of the work is contained in Part II (452
pages). This consists of a bibliographical listing of books
under general subject headings. Each heading consists of
a list of references of books, encyclopaedias, precedents,
etc. as well as of a list of specialised reports and journals.
For instance, the entry "European Communities" has
been subdivided into General Topics, Agriculture,
Establishment, Competition, Institutions, European
Parliament, and European Court. It is amazing the
number of books published in English. The heading
"Ireland" is fairly complete, although more of the
publications of the Irish Institute of Public Administration
could have been included.
Part III (90 pages) consists of an author and short title
Index. You can for instance note that Mr. G. W. Hinde
has not merely produced a Law Dictionary, but is also
the author of a book on Equity and on the Torrens Land
System.
The learned authors are to be congratulated upon
producing such a valuable work. The industry and
efficiency they have displayed in producing this volume
cannot be estimated.
It is noted that subsequent useful volumes in this
Reference library will include: (1) A Dictionary of Legal
Abbreviations, (2) An Index to Twentieth Century
Government Reports, and (3) an Index to the Law
Commission Working Papers and Reports. Professional
Books deserve the gratitude of practitioners for initiating
such a useful Reference Library.
DISTRICT COURT GUIDE
WOODS, James V. District Court Guide in 2 vols. Vol.
I, A District Court Guide in Offence Cases. 338p; vol.
II, A District Court Guide in Civil, Licensing and
Family Law. 289p. Published privately and available
only from the Author, Mr. James Woods, 35
Hollywood Park, Naas, Co. Kildare. Price, £8.50 per
volume or £17 for the set.
The Profession and the public are very much indebted to
Mr. Woods, District Court Clerk, Naas, for his two
recent publications. It would be unfair to compare this
with "Crotty" as both publications rather than competing
are complimentary to each other.
Mr. Woods explains for the benefit of the student and
public how the District Court was set up, its powers and
most interesting, the position of the Justices and how to
remove them. The seasoned practitioner in the District
Court finds answers to problems which had evaded him
for years.
Mr. Woods is fully up to date, he deals with the
decisions of the rights of accused in custody and most
interestingly what rights pertain in relation to goods in
possession of accused when arrested, the taking of
fingerprints, the Judges Rules together with the rights of
access of solicitors to persons in custody.
There is a msss of information on the conduct of
proceedings, matters such as interpreters fees, rights to
seperate trials, rights of audience, rights to bail, producing
witnesses who are in custody, questioning of hostile
witnesses, admissibility of fingerprint evidence, evidence
illegally obtained, proving prior convictions, restitution of
stolen property, petitions to the Minister and warrants
for arrest.
A full chapter on the Probation Act and power to bind
to the Peace will be of great benefit to the Judiciary and
regular practitioners. The portion on indictable offences,
the position, detention and sentencing of children, the
working of Customs Laws, notes on the Road Traffic
Acts, Extradition Appeals and State Side Work are a
masterpiece.
Book 2 is devoted to the Civil Side of the Court and
Licensing Jurisdiction. Not since O'Connor's Licensing
Laws was published so many years ago has there been
such a massive codification of technical detail covering all
aspects of liquor licences. Also covered are gaming
licences, salmon licences, Bookmakers, Auctioneers,
General Dealers, Moneylenders, Pawnbrokers, Clubs,
Dance Licences, slaughter house
permits, street
collections and licences under the Wildlife Act 1976.
A long chapter on Family Law ends a publication
which if produced and edited by the Supreme Court itself
could not be more clear, concise and to the point.
I repeat Mr. Woods is to be congratulated. He has
done for the District Court what Mr. Wylie has done for
Irish land Law.
Laurence Cullen
BOOKS RECEIVED
Where to Look for Your Law: Bi-Monthly Bulletins,
London: Hammick, Sweet and Maxwell. Containing
full bibliographical details, and a synopsis of the legal
books published during the preceding two months.
Price: £20.00 a year for 6 Bulletins, 2 cumulative
indexes and binder.
Capital Taxation
by Norman Bale,
A Summary of
Income Tax and Corporation Tax in the Republic of
Ireland
by Terry Cooney, Jim McLaughlin and
Paschal Taggart, and
Stock Relief: a practitioner's
handbook: the law codified
by Jim McGranaghan.
Three booklets published by the Institute of Taxation
in Ireland, 3 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2.
Estate Planning through Life Assurance
by Peter Harris.
London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1977, Price £12.75.
Arbitration in Sweden
published and distributed by the
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 16050,
S-10322 Stockholm, Sweden. Price: 25 U.S. Dollars.
A First Book of English Law.
7th edition by O. Hood
Phillips and A. H. Hudson. London: Sweet &
Maxwell, 1977. Price: Hardback £7.50; Paperback
£5.25.
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