Wtih the start of the new academic and court year Greens have published new editions of the Court of Session and sheriff court rules and the Solicitors' Professional Handbook. A new edition of Fiona Raitt's book on Evidence has also come out, under a new title Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice. Also for Greens, Nicholas Grier has annotated the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007which should prove an invaluable guide to the comprehensive reforms to the law of sequestration and personal insolvency.
Amongst the forthcoming titles, one of the most useful for professional conveyancers will be Conveyancing in the Electronic Age by Professors Rennie and Brymer. Due to be published at the end of September, this book aims to guide solicitors through the new electronic systems and the legislation.
Finally, for some light reading, we recommend a new perspective on a significant event in Scottish history, written by one of Scotland's most eminent judges, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry. The Courts, The Church and the Constitution: Aspects of the Disruption of 1843 examines the cases triggered by the establishment of the Free Church in the Court of Session and House of Lords and the constitutional and legal implications of the Disruption. In Lord Rodger's words 'the highly intelligent judges, lawyers and ministers of the day devoted their very best efforts to a subject which was of vital importance to the life of Scotland....Whether they would have admitted it or not, they were all having the time of their lives.'
At Avizandum Law Bookshop we keep a comprehensive stock of new Scots law books as well as a wide range of law books from other jurisdictions.
The shop is situated in Candlemaker Row (off George IV Bridge) and is close to the Courts & Edinburgh University’s Law Faculty.
If the title you are looking for is not in stock we can order it for you. We also offer an efficient book-finding service for rare titles or foreign law books.
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Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Law 2008-2009
J A Hamilton
Published: Sep 08
ISBN: 9781904968269
£24.95 Pbk
Contains the main statutory provisions relating to commercial and consumer law as it affects Scotland, and also includes legislation on
partnership and agency. In this edition the Consumer Credit Act 1974 is reproduced as amended by the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and the
amendments made by the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007 have been incorporated into the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985.
Avizandum Statutes on Scots Family Law 2008-2009
J Mair
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9781904968276
£16.95 Pbk
Makes available, in a concise form, the main statutory provisions relating to adult domestic relations and to child law. Recent additions
include the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 and the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.
Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property, Trusts and Succession Law 2008-2009
A J M Steven & S Wortley
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9781904968283
£22.95 Pbk
Contains the main statutory provisions relating to heritable and moveable property, as well as to trust and succession law, in Scotland.
Recent additions include the Land Registration (Scotland) Rules 2006, the floating charge provisions from the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc
(Scotland) Act 2007 and the provisons of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 dealing with home reports.
Avizandum Statutes on Scots Public Law (2nd edn)
C Ashton & V Finch
Expected Date of Publication: 31/10/08
ISBN: 9781904968344
£23.95 Pbk
Covers the structure of government, basic constitutional doctrine, executive powers, administrative law and civil liberties. It includes
statutes from both the Westminster and Holyrood Parliaments. Key contents include the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
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Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007
N Grier
Publisher: W Green
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780414016859
£69.00 Pbk
The Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Act 2007 introduces sweeping reforms to the law relating to sequestration and personal insolvency,
floating charges and diligence. This annotated copy of the Act will ensure that lawyers have access to the full text of the Act together with
expert commentary on the key provisions.
Business Law in Scotland
G Black (Consultant Editor)
Publisher: W Green
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780414017030
£29.00 Pbk
A new academic title from W Green, designed to make this area of the law accessible
to non-law students. This book is written by an expert multi-author team.
Thorough coverage of all the key areas. Contains all information required to give a general overview and
introductory understanding of business law.
Consumer Law in Scotland (4th edn)
W C H Ervine
Publisher: W Green
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780414017009
£32.00 Pbk
The only book to examine consumer law from a Scottish perspective. A practical and comprehensive guide to the law relating to consumer
protection in Scotland. Consumer Law in Scotland discusses how purchasers of goods and services for private use are protected by
means of criminal law, civil law and self-regulation. Account is taken of the organisations that protect or assist consumers, the impact
of the EC, and the way in which consumers of services provided by central and local government are protected. Consumer credit is explored, as are the ways in which the law seeks to control rogue traders and the various means by which consumer disputes can be settled.
This fourth edition is updated to include new developments, including the creation of the new National Consumer Council and its territorial
committee to be known as the Scottish Consumer Committee; the implementation of the EU's Unfair Commercial Practices Directive; the
Consumer Credit Act 2006; and the new arrangements for dispute resolution created by the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007,
as well as the changes to small claim procedure.
The Courts, The Church and the Constitution: Aspects of the Disruption of 1843
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780748637546
£30.00 Pbk
Commissioned by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education, this book is derived from the inaugural Jean Clark Lectures, hosted by the
University of Aberdeen in 2007.
Across three lectures, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry discusses and analyses the legal and constitutional issues arising from the Disruption of
the Church of Scotland in 1843, when the majority of leading ministers left the Church of Scotland to set up the Free Church. He takes a fresh
look at the series of cases in the Court of Session and the House of Lords between 1837 and 1843 which led to the Disruption, showing how they
gave rise to the most important constitutional crisis and challenge to the Courts' authority that had occurred since the 1707 Union.
Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice (4th edn)
F Raitt
Publisher: W Green
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780414015883
£36.00 Pbk
This text builds upon earlier editions of Evidence in the Greens Concise Scots Law series but is a new textbook offering a fresh
approach to the law of evidence. It focuses on how the key features of the adversarial system influence the way that evidence is gathered,
assessed and used in the civil and criminal courts.
The book provides broad coverage of the principles and concepts of evidence and sets these within a contemporary policy context. It takes
account of the growing body of law from the European Court of Human Rights, considers the particular impact this has had on our adversarial
system of justice, and anticipates areas of future development and law reform.
Case law and statutory provisions are discussed to illustrate principles, as well as to present strategies and arguments and to identify the
scope for reform. The text is designed to meet the needs of both law students and legal practitioners.
Family Law Basics (2nd edn)
E E Sutherland
Publisher: W Green
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780414015791
£12.50 Pbk
There have been substantial developments in the area of family law since the last edition of this title was published in 1999. The second
edition has therefore been fully revised and updated to account for new legislation and case law.
The developing law on parental responsibilities and rights, including amendments to the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, is examined along with
the recent case law. The new law surrounding adoption is explained, as is the developing law on marriage, civil partnership and cohabitation.
The author makes sense of the complex law on child protection and explores the related practical problems. Exploration of the reform of the
law in the field of assisted reproduction completes the picture for students of Scots law.
Greens Annotated Rules of the Court of Session 2008
N Morrison
Publisher: W Green
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780414017252
£105.00 Pbk
A comprehensive and authoritative guide to the practice and procedure of the Court of Session. Sets out the full text of the Rules of the Court
of Session. Offers expert analysis written by Sheriff Nigel Morrison QC.
Greens Sheriff Court Rules 2008-2009
Publisher: W Green
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780414017245
£40.00 Pbk
Full text of the rules governing the Sheriff Courts. Reprinted from the Parliament House Book. Fully updated to include all amendments since
the last edition.
Greens Solicitors' Professional Handbook 2008-09
Publisher: W Green
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780414017269
£35.00 Pbk
Reprinted from the Parliament House Book. Includes: Solicitors' (Scotland) Act 1980, as amended; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal Procedure Rules
2005; Guidelines on Form of Accounts and Taxation 2005; Solicitors (Scotland) (ARTL Mandates) Rules 2006; CCBE Code of Conduct for European
Lawyers 2006; Solicitors (Scotland) (Advertising and Promotion) Practice Rules 2006; Voluntary Pre-Action Protocol in Scotland for Personal
Injury Claims 2006; Money Laundering Regulations 2007; Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007; Over 50 Practice Guidelines;
Professional Practice - Where Can I Find It?
Competition Law (6th edn)
R Whish
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 08
ISBN: 9780199289387
£32.99 Pbk
The definitive textbook on this subject. The author's authoritative treatment of the area is matched by a lively and easy-to-follow writing
style, making this book an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate law and economics students, as well as for practitioners
and officials involved in competition law.
Explaining the economic context within which competition law operates in the UK, EC and internationally, Whish looks at the constituent parts
of the law and analyses how they affect particularly commercial phenomena. Key aspects are examined in detail, including mergers, horizontal
and vertical agreements, the Abuse of Dominance, Intellectual Property and the obligations of Member States under the EC. The book also
scrutinizes fundamental Acts and Articles - Competition Act 1998; Enterprise Act 2002; Articles 81 and 82 - providing readers with context,
consequences and an overview of how these are applied in practice.
This edition contains new text on the EC Merger Regulation and the Technology Transfer Regulation of 2004; reflects upon the Commission's
discussion paper on Article 82; provides a wider picture of the EC Modernisation Regulation; offers a fuller discussion of UK market
investigation and merger control now that the Enterprise Act has been in force for four years.
Conflicts of Interest (3rd edn)
C Hollander & S Salzedo
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9781847030191
£175.00 Hbk
The 3rd edition of this ground breaking title looks at the impact of conflicts of interest on a range of professional sectors, assesses how
each can be affected and presents approaches that can be used in the resolution process. Fully updated, Conflicts of Interest includes
coverage of the Law Society Rules that came into force in 2007 and provides an overview of conflicts of interest in Commonwealth
jurisdictions.
The book examines strategies for managing the spectrum of conflict situations including conflicts arising from takeovers and the analysis of
judicial conflicts. It authoritatively deals with each permutation giving the most comprehensive and practical guidance on prevention and
resolution.
Constitutional and Administrative Law
(7th edn)
H Barnett
Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780415458290
£32.99 Pbk
This new edition of Barnett’s Constitutional and Administrative Law is
published against the background of continuing constitutional reform and
change. Current reform plans include limiting the powers of the executive
and making the executive more accountable. The power to exercise a number
of important royal prerogative powers is to be transferred from the executive
to Parliament. The office of Attorney General is to be reformed to create
a clearer separation of powers. House of Lords reform remains on the agenda
and a review of elections and voting systems is under way. The government
also envisages a national debate on the constitution and citizen’s rights and
responsibilities – a debate which ultimately might lead to a written
constitution.
This seventh edition has been fully revised in order to take into account
these issues and remain an up-to-date and reliable resource for students
of public law. Written in a clear and understandable style, this new edition
is comprehensive and authoritative as well as comprehensible, providing
a thorough exposition of the major features of the United Kingdom’s
constitution and recent developments and proposals for reform.
Consumer Credit Law and Practice - A Guide
(3rd edn)
D Rosenthal
Publisher: Tottel Publishing
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9781847662507
£85.00 Pbk
A useful single volume on this subject, covering all aspects of consumer credit and consumer hire, contract terms, credit products, security
instruments, procedures, practical problems and regulatory controls. Written in a clear and penetrating style, this book draws on the
author's long experience as a practising solicitor specialising in this area.
Extensively updated and rewitten, this new edition takes into account all relevant case law and legislative changes and developments,
including: the numerous changes introduced by the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and Regulations made pursuant to it; the Unfair Terms in Consumer
Contracts Regulations; the Distance Marketing Regulations and the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.
Craies on Legislation (9th edn)
D Greenberg
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9781847031389
£249.00 Hbk
Craies on Legislation is a practical guide to the nature, process, effect and interpretation of legislation in the United Kingdom.
It deals extensively with how to interpret and apply legislation for the purposes of everyday work as well as covering much more.
The new
edition covers questions of the timing of legislation, retrospectivity, the extent and application of legislation, the consequences of new
legislation on existing law and the effect of an error in legislation.
Ensuring that you are working from the most up-to-date reference source this essential book covers acts of Parliament, rules, regulations,
orders, other subordinate legislation, devolved legislation of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and European legislation.
Employment Tribunals: A Practical Guide (2nd edn)
I Manley & E Heslop
Publisher: The Law Society
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9781853286339
£49.95 Pbk
This indispensable guide to employment tribunals has been completely updated and revised. It provides thorough coverage of the legal and
procedural issues involved in bringing a case before an employment tribunal, both form the claimant and respondent perspective. the second
edition takes account of new case law under the 2004 employment tribunal rules and considers the impact of the Dispute Resolution Regulations
2004.
This book is ideal for use in tribunals. Its practical features include: a model case that runs throughout the book, offering illustration and
clarification of the points made; flow charts and checklists to help with preparation and promote good practice; the most useful tribunal
service forms and precedents.
Environmental Liability and Ecological Damage in
European Law
M Hinteregger (Ed)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780521889971
£90.00 Hbk
Providing a comprehensive analysis of environmental liability law in Europe, this book offers a general introduction to the status of
environmental liability in Europe. It describes the relevant international treaties and the EC-Environmental Liability Directive and discusses
the conflict of laws issues regarding transfrontier environmental damage. It also contains the results of a comparative project covering 14
jurisdictions in 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands,
Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden) on the private law aspects of environmental liability. It addresses the main problems of the application
of tort law in environmental law, such as the availability of non-fault liability, the establishment of causation, the scope of available
remedies and the issue of legal standing. Due to the very limited harmonizing effect of the EC-Environmental Liability Directive national
tort law will keep its importance in the field of environmental liability.
European Union Law (5th edn)
M Horspool & M Humphreys
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780199234196
£21.99 Pbk
A concise overview of the European institutions and thorough, wide-ranging coverage of the key substantive law topics making this an ideal
first text for anyone studying EU law. Incisive analysis of the governing themes and principles of EU law is consistently delivered and
chapter summaries, questions, further reading and web links help to guide the reader through the subject.
New to this edition: Coverage of the Lisbon Treaty and its impact on EU law; Up-to-date consideration of the common market including a new
chapter on services and the implications of enlargement.
How Judges Think
R A Posner
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: Sep 08
ISBN: 9780674028203
£19.95 Hbk
A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a
startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to ascertain the true facts
of a case and apply clear pre-existing legal rules to them, Posner argues, they do so straightforwardly; that is the domain of legalist
reasoning. However, in non-routine cases, the conventional materials run out and judges are on their own, navigating uncharted seas with
equipment consisting of experience, emotions, and often unconscious beliefs. In doing so, they take on a legislative role, though one that
is confined by internal and external constraints, such as professional ethics, opinions of respected colleagues, and limitations imposed by
other branches of government on freewheeling judicial discretion. Occasional legislators, judges are motivated by political considerations
in a broad and sometimes a narrow sense of that term. In that open area, most American judges are legal pragmatists. Legal pragmatism is
forward-looking and policy-based. It focuses on the consequences of a decision in both the short and the long term, rather than on its
antecedent logic. Legal pragmatism so understood is really just a form of ordinary practical reasoning, rather than some special kind of
legal reasoning.
Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations (3rd edn)
D Raistrick
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9781847036049
£99.00 Hbk
Compiled by an expert in the field of legal information, the Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations supplies the most
comprehensive listing of abbreviations and acronyms used in legal citations and references, with approximately 34,000 listings. It offers an
international scope by providing a broader geographical range than any similar book, covering the legal literature of the UK, the Commonwealth,
Europe and the USA.
The Law and Regulation of Medicines
P Feldschreiber (Ed)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780199534678
£95.00 Hbk
This is a comprehensive textbook on the science, regulatory policy and law surrounding the discovery, development and marketing of new
medicines. It is a reference work and source of expertise for legal, medical, and pharmaceutical professionals working in the fields of
medicine regulation, medical law and product liability.
Written by an author team comprising specialists in pharmaceutical medicine, pharmacology and therapeutics, and lawyers specialising in
product liability law and intellectual property, this book reviews all the areas of science, regulatory policy and legislation, together with
the consumer protection and intellectual property law as applicable to the development and commercialisation of medicinal products.
A practical introduction for practitioners wishing to undertake work in this highly complex area of law, this book is specifically designed
to facilitate deeper mutual understanding of the scientific and technical issues for the lawyer, and the legal issues for those involved with
regulatory policy and decision making and senior executives in the pharmaceutical industry.
The work covers the European and UK legislation on medicines and healthcare products, including the principal directives and regulations,
together with UK implementing legislation and instruments, and the key case law. It covers the structure and function of the regulatory
authorities, applications to carry out clinical trials, intellectual property issues, product liability issues and litigation.
Megarry & Wade: The Law of Real Property (7th edn)
C Harpum, S Bridge & M Dixon
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9780421964105
£37.50 Pbk
The paperback edition of a classic text.
Megarry & Wade covers the whole of the English law of real property in one volume together with related subjects, such as
conveyancing, leases and wills and intestacy. First published in 1957 and regarded as the leading title on land law, Megarry & Wade is an authoritative work. It is cited frequently in court and has been drawn on by the Parliamentary draftsman.
It provides definitive guidance for practitioners.
The rights and liabilities of landowners are comprehensively examined, setting out the legal requirements, explaining the technical issues
and providing authoritative interpretation of statutes and measured analysis of relevant decisions. Megarry & Wade explains
the fundamentals, principles and concepts of the law of real property and is an ideal first point of reference to find a definitive
answer on this broad subject.
The 7th edition takes full account of recent legislation that has transformed property law in England and Wales. These developments
include: Trustee Act 2000, Land Registration Act 2002, Land Registration Rules 2003, Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and the
Housing Act 2004. It also incorporates all the main developments in case law such as Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2),
Stack v Dowden and Pye v UK. The chapters of the book have been re-structured in order to take particular account of recent
legal developments including: Registration of Title, Use of Trusts, Commonhold, Human Rights, Service Charges and Adverse
Possession.
Music Publishing: The Road to Royalties
R Sobel & D Weissmann
Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
Published: Jun 08
ISBN: 9780415976213
£16.99 Pbk
Music Publishing covers the basics of how a composition is copyrighted, published, and promoted. When we think of publishing, we
often think of the printed, physical form - sheet music - that a composition may take. However, publishing in the music business goes far
beyond the physical sheet - it includes live performance and mechanical (recording) rights, and income streams from licensing deals of
various kinds. A single song can generate over 30 different royalty streams, and a writer must know how these royalties are calculated and
who controls the flow of the money.
Taking a practical approach, the authors - one a successful music publisher and attorney, the other a songwriter and music business
professor - explain in simple terms the basic concept of copyright law as it pertains to compositions. They examine the sources of income,
the typical music publishing agreements, and explore some 'myths' about music publishing, offering advice as to when to sign with a
publisher. Throughout, they give practical examples from 'real world' situations that illuminate both potential pitfalls and possible
upsides for the working composer.
A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure (11th edn)
S Sime
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780199542536
£34.99 Pbk
A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure is essential reading for students and newly qualified litigators alike, and has been
specifically designed to provide a detailed, yet accessible, introduction to the relevant statutory provisions, rules, practice directions and
case law which govern the procedures adopted by the civil courts.
Following the progress of a civil litigation claim through funding litigation and issuing and serving proceedings, to trial, enforcement
and appeal, the book seeks to offer the reader practical guidance on typical areas or problems which are likely to arise on a day to day
basis. The inclusion of relevant sample documentation enhances the practical nature of the book and introduces the reader to the forms
and documents which will be encountered in practice.
This eleventh edition has been revised to include the latest statutory and case law developments including: new provisions in the
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, the overturning of a number of established rules on limitation, changes to fixed trial costs
in fast track claims and new hearing fees, new rules on derivative claims and a wealth of new case law.
A Practitioner's Guide to Trusts (6th edn)
J Thurston
Publisher: Tottel Publishing
Published: July 08
ISBN: 9781847661104
£58.00 Pbk
This book will provide trust and estate practitioners with the guidance they require when dealing with their private clients. Fully revised and
updated, it addresses the everyday needs of the busy practitioner, and covers even the most complex issues with clarity.
This edition looks at: the everyday rules and regulations trust and estate practitioners encounter; taxation of trust issues up to date to the
Finance Act 2008; the fundamental issues surrounding powers of trustees, duties of trustees, appointment, retirement and removal of trustees,
breach of trust and protection of trustees and variation of trusts.
Particular trusts covered include: lifetime gifts of money to children; the family home; life insurance; pensions; employee trusts, options and
incentives; settlements and trusts; charities; trusts on divorce; passing of property on death.
Principles of Public International Law (7th edn)
I Brownlie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780199217700
£37.99 Pbk
Written by a world-renowned expert, this seventh edition builds on the reputation of its predecessors, providing lucid and up-to-date treatment
of all of the main issues in international law today.
Superb coverage of jurisprudence and historical materials allows readers to follow and gain a deeper understanding of the development of
international law. The book includes rigorously detatiled references and a particularly thorough and comprehensive index, making it the ideal
reference for practitioners or as a main text for students.
This edition has been fully updated to include reference to all the major cases and examines the following key areas: extraordinary rendition,
definition of genocide, activities of the International Criminal Court, projects of the International Law Commission, and the relationship of
state immunity and human rights.
Property Law Handbook 2008-2009
R Abbey & M Richards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 08
ISBN: 9780199233892
£29.99 Pbk
Written by experts in the field, the Property Law Handbook offers a practical guide to the key aspects of residential and commercial
conveyancing, and is ideal for use on the Legal Practice Course.
Commercial Law in Scotland (2nd edn)
F P Davidson & L Macgregor
Publisher: W Green
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9780414016101
£36.00 Pbk
Commercial Law in Scotland is a clear and up-to-date, user-friendly guide to the subject of commercial law as it operates in Scotland.
This book is intended primarily for students on commercial law, mercantile law or business law courses, and the detailed nature of the text
means that it is also invaluable for postgraduate courses and for practitioners. A concise and practical reference tool for students and
practitioners alike.
CONTENTS: Introduction; Agency; Sale and supply of goods; Carriage of goods; Credit; Bills of exchange and cheques; Rights in security;
Insurance; Bankruptcy; Partnership; Resolution of commercial disputes.
Conveyancing in the Electronic Age
R Rennie & S Brymer
Publisher: W Green
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9780414017214
£85.00 Hbk
In response to the important developments in the area of conveyancing Robert Rennie and
Stewart Brymer have written Conveyancing in the Electronic Age, the only book currently
available which outlines the changes, explains their impact and guides solicitors
through the new systems and legislation.
The text covers the law relating to the execution of both physical and electronic deeds as
now governed by the amended legislation: Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979; Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act; Electronic
Communications Act 2000, s 8; ARTL (Electronic Communications) Order 2006; Land Registration (Scotland) Rules 2006, rule 10 1995;
Keeper’s Directions numbers 1 and 2.
Forging the State: European State Formation and theAnglo-Scottish Union of 1707
A McKillop & M O'siochru
Publisher: Dundee University Press
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9781845860486
£40.00 Pbk
This book highlights the continental background to the formation of the United Kingdom. The 1707 Union was only one example of a more
generalised process of European state formation and national realignment during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The book provides a number of case studies of other contemporaneous attempts at union, ranging from Poland-Lithuania, Aragon and Castile,
Ireland and Austria-Hungary. When negotiating its amalgamation with England, Scotland could draw upon a wide variety of constitutional,
political and economic variants of union. While Scots received much of their legal, intellectual and political traditions from northern
Protestant Europe, this book argues that southern, central and Catholic Europe also provided influential examples of state formation and union.
The final two chapters highlight the medieval origins of the debate on Scottish union with England, as well as the profound impact of the 1707
treaty at the local level.
Inheritance Tax in Scotland 2008-2009
F McDonald & B Pagan
Publisher: Tottel Publishing
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9781847661388
£52.00 Pbk
This essential guide to inheritance tax in Scotland provides a clearly structured analysis of the major tax provisions together with the tips
and planning techniques you’ll need to apply them successfully.
It is the only text to take full account of the peculiarities of inheritance tax in a Scottish context. Focuses on the day-to-day issues
practitioners frequently encounter in practice. Packed full of useful features including worked examples, diagrams, and common-sense know how,
readers using this essential book will be directed to explanations and answers to key inheritance tax questions and scenarios.
The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services
R Susskind
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Expected Publication Date: 30/11/08
ISBN: 9780199541720
£24.99 Hbk
In this much anticipated sequel to the legal bestseller, The Future of Law, Susskind lays down
a challenge to all lawyers to ask themselves, with their hands on their hearts, what elements of their current workload could be undertaken
differently - more quickly, cheaply, efficiently, or to a higher quality - using alternative methods of working. The challenge for legal
readers is to identify their distinctive skills and talents, the capabilities that they possess that cannot, crudely, be replaced by advanced
systems or by less costly workers supported by technology or standard processes, or by lay people armed with online self-help tools.
It is argued that the market is increasingly unlikely to tolerate expensive lawyers for tasks (guiding, advising, drafting, researching,
problem-solving, and more) that can equally or better be discharged, directly or indirectly, by smart systems and processes. It follows,
the book claims, that the jobs of many traditional lawyers will be substantially eroded and often eliminated. This is where the legal
profession will be taken, it is argued, by two forces: by a market pull towards commoditisation and by pervasive development and uptake of
information technology. At the same time, the book foresees new law jobs emerging which may be highly rewarding, even if very different
from those of today.
Mental Health Act Manual (11th edn)
R Jones
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9781847034007
£68.00 Pbk
The new 11th edition of The Mental Health Act Manual is an essential guide to the Mental Health Act 1983. It explains the impact of
the Mental Health Act 2007 on the 1983 Act by detailing how each section of the Act has been affected. New provisions incorporated into the
1983 Act, such as Community Treatment Orders, are fully covered.
The New Oxford Companion to Law
P Cane & J Conaghan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Expected Publication Date: 30/09/08
ISBN: 9780199290543
£39.95 Hbk
For any reader needing a concise yet expert explanation of a subject in law the New Oxford Companion to Law
is the ideal reference work. Providing greater depth than can be found in legal dictionaries but always accessible to the
non-specialist, entries cover all areas of law and legal systems and are extensively
cross-referenced for ease of navigation.
The Companion draws upon the expertise of over 700 scholars and practitioners, offering the widest
possible range of perspectives on legal topics. Consisting in over 1700 alphabetically arranged entries, it features: the fundamentals of all
the major areas of law such as criminal law, tax and social security law, human rights law, family and
employment law, education law, sports law, international and EU law; the role and workings of legal institutions such as parliaments, courts,
law schools, and international bodies such as the EU and
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William Blackstone: Law and Letters in the Eighteenth Century
W Prest
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Expected Publication Date: 31/10/08
ISBN: 9780199550296
£29.99 Pbk
Lawyer, judge, politician, poet, teacher, and architect, William Blackstone was a major figure in eighteenth century public life. Over his
varied and brilliant career he made profound contributions to English politics, law, education, and culture through involvements in legal
practice, Parliament, and the University of Oxford. Throughout he also remained engaged in his society's literary and spiritual life. Despite
the breadth and influence of his work, Blackstone the man remains little known and poorly understood, the lack of engagement with his public
and private life standing in stark contrast to the scale of his influence, particularly on the development and teaching of the law.
Blackstone's 'Commentaries on the Laws of England' remains the most celebrated and influential text in the Anglo-American common-law tradition.
This great book has inevitably overshadowed its author, while the dispersal of his personal and professional papers further complicates the
task of understanding the man behind the work. The lack of a thorough account of Blackstone's life has fuelled controversy surrounding his
intellectual background and political views. Was he the deeply reactionary conservative painted by Bentham, or rather a committed reformer
and early champion of human rights?
The present biography makes full use of a considerable body of new evidence that has emerged in recent years to shed light on the life, work,
and times of this neglected figure in English and American history. Exploring Blackstone's family upbringing and private life, his political
activities and ideology, his religious outlook, and championing of the enlightenment, this book weaves together the threads of an extraordinary
mind and career.
The Principles of the Law of Scotland: In the Order of Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of that Law (2nd edn)
John Erskine
Printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, Edinburgh
Published: 1757
Stock code: 12453000028A
£300.00 Hbk
Signed and dated on title page by first owner: Mungo Fleming writer 12 June 1757. Signatures of two later owners.
Front board detached. Pages trimmed. Two volumes bound together. Very clean inside. Title on spine is Erskine's Institutes (sic).
History of the Partition of the Lennox
M Napier
Publisher: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh; and Thomas Cadell, London
Published: 1835
Stock code: 12453000061A
£35.00 Hbk
Written by Mark Napier, Advocate in defence of the claim of the Napiers of Merchiston to the Earldom of Lennox.
Pages cut and untrimmed. contains 19 'graphic illustrations and embellishments'. Lovely clean copy.
Trial of A J Monson (Notable Scottish Trials Series)
J A More, Advocate (Ed)
Publisher: William Hodge & Company
Published: 1908
Stock code: 12453000087A
£20.00 Hbk
One of the volumes in the Notable Scottish Trials Series. The trial of Alfred John Monson on the double charge of attempting to murder and of
murdering Windsor Dudley Cecil Hambrough at Ardlamont, Argyllshire commenced before Lord Justice-Clerk Macdonald on Tuesday 12th December
1893. The volume contains the verbatim transcript of all the evidence for the prosecution and the defence, lists of productions and the Lord
Justice-Clerk's charge to the jury which he revised for this publication. The jury's verdict was 'not proven' on both charges.
A lovely clean copy.
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