The Gazette 1975

plaint about violations of the Convention by Britain in Northern Ireland. The current civil jurisdictions of the Circuit Court and of the District Court as well as the salaries of Judges since March, 1975, are fully explained. In discussing solicitors, it is unfortunate that the fact that the profession will only be open to graduates from October next is omitted. In discussing costs, it is satisfactory that emphasis has been placed upon civil legal aid. Mr. Lysaght has cautiously and accurately brought the main work up to date, but it would have been infinitely more interesting if he had enlightened us with his own views on many of the subjects covered. Dr. Paul O'Higgins, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and well known for his works on Labour Law and scholarly contributions to learned journals, is to be congratulated on producing the first Supple- ment to his "Bibliography of Periodical Literature relating to Irish Law". The objects of the Supplement are to bring together a list of the most important articles on Irish law, or published in Irish periodicals on legal topics from 1966 to 1972; and to include similar material omitted from the main work; for example, the many important legal articles which appeared in the Dublin University Magazine from 1833 to 1877. The industry of the learned author is shown by the fact that the Supplement includes over 1,600 entries from more than 100 periodicals. Dr. O'Higgins, in his Preface, notes that the study of Irish legal history has begun to gather momentum under the leadership of such distinguished scholars as Professor Newark of Queen's University, and Pro- fessor Hand of University College, Dublin. It is to be regretted, however, that Dr. O'Higgins found no relevant material in the Law Quarterly Review. This appears to be a sad reflection on the state of legal scholarship in Ireland. It is perhaps expecting too much of the compiler to have exhausted every possible resource. Those working in the Irish field of academic law have had their burden considerably eased by Dr. O'Higgins's toil, and owe him a profound debt of gratitude. This Supplement, like the main work, is superbly cross-indexed. It is hoped that this Supplement will be the first of a series issued over the next decade or so, and the learned author is to be congratulated for his continuing interest in Irish law. One cannot but help experiencing a twinge oi jealousy that the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly should be able to produce such a meritorious work, among several others, while in the Republic there is a dearth of this kind of publication. Is it that we lack academic lawyers of sufficient staying-power and ability, or is it, as one is led to suspect, that they cannot find a publisher? G. M. Golding 127 Paul O'Higgins — First Supplement to a Bibliography of Periodical Literature relating to Irish Law. Belfast: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 1975. 149p., 24cm.; paperback; £2.95.

Copyright Ac ts and the Design Ac ts which are fully explored. The nature of copyright in artistic works, particularly in relation to originality, ownership and infringement is fully considered. The effect of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty of Rome in relation to indus- trial design receives full treatment. The Registered Designs Act, 1949, and the Copright Act, 1956, with the Rules relating thereto, have been fully set out in Appendices. In Amp Inc. v. Utilux Property Ltd.—(1972) R.P.C. the definition of "design" in S. 1 (3) in the Registered Designs Act 1949 was stated 'not to include any method of construction, or features of shape or con- figuration which are dictated solely by the function which the article to be made in that shape has to perform'. It was unsuccessfully contended in the House of Lords that this exclusion only applies in cases where the designer has no option but to design an article in a particular shape because of the function it has to perform; this related to electrical terminals for washing machines. In Hensher Ltd. v. Restawile Upholstery Ltd. (1974 2 All E.R. 420, the House of Lords stated that, in the phrase "work of artistic craftmanship", the word "artistic" is well understood and needs no interpretation. It was a matter of evidence in each case whether a work was "artistic". In this case a three piece drawing room named Diner was not protected by copyright because it had no originality. Those are the two principal new cases since the last edition. The publishers are to be congratulated upon the setting and type, and lawyers specialising in this subject will find this work of paramount importance. When Professor Vincent Delany first published this volume in 1962, it received wide commendations. In subsequent editions, in 1965 and in 1970, as a result of the learned author's premature death, Mr. Vincent Grogan undertook to revise the work, and this has now been successfully accomplished by Mr. Lysaght. The first five chapters are unchanged; they deal respectively with "The Sources of Irish Law", "The Background of the Irish Judicial System", "The System of Courts in Ireland from 1800 to 1921", "The Constitutional Changes from 1921 to 1924" and "The Courts since 1922". In dealing with the Criminal Jurisdiction of the Courts, Mr. Lysaght has clearly set out the functions of the new Director of Public Prosecutions under the 1974 Act, and also the revised criminal jurisdiction of the District Court, the revised personnel of the Special Criminal Court, and the proposals of the Committee on Court Prac- tice and Procedure to abolish the Court of Criminal Appeal. The learned editor, in relation to civil jurisdiction had dealt very fully with appeals to the European Court of Justice under Article 177 of the Treaty of Rome, as well as under the European Con- vention of Human Rights, including the Irish com- Delany (V. T. H.) — The Administration of Justice in Ireland; fourth edition by Charles Lysaght. Dublin: Institue of Public Administartion, 1975. vii, 105p., 22cm.; £1.80.