Best law books of the year 2024
Heroes fact and fiction, legal thrillers and talking animals: David Pickup shares his Christmas roundup.
Behind the scenes of the Parole Board
James E Hurford reviews 'A Practical Guide to Parole Board Proceedings'.
Looking across the borders
David Glass reviews 'Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice'.
A porcine hero who holds a mirror to our world
David Pickup reviews Suzanne Stephenson's 'Santa Pig, The Trials of Patrick White'.
Articulating the living common law
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton'.
Making the business case for women lawyers to thrive
Dana Denis-Smith reviews 'Business Development for Women Lawyers (2nd edition)'.
An unexpected pleasure for your consideration
James E Hurford reviews ’Consideration in Contract Law: Historic and Contemporary Principles and Perspectives’.
Anti-Money Laundering Toolkit (4th edition)
Fiona du Feu reviews the latest installment in the Law Society's toolkit.
The direction of travel
Rob Biddlecombe reviews 'Clean Transport: The Legal Framework for Achieving Net Zero'.
What we owe to one another
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Relational Justice: A Theory of Private Law'.
Breaking bard: legal interpretation on a field of pain
Christopher Stanley reviews 'Descent into Darkness: An Explanatory Guide to Shakespeare’s Macbeth'.
Validity in the idea of the good
Max D Winthrop reviews Sean Coyle’s 'Natural Law and Modern Society'.
Setting the boundaries
Charles Clark reviews 'Borderlines in Private Law'.
Pedagogy reduced to the level of the nursery
James E Hurford reviews 'How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching'.
Horror faced by refugees unfolds in pacy thriller
David Pickup reviews William Kinread's 'Refuge'.
Balancing innovation and regulation as AI marches on
Joanna Goodman reviews 'Living with the Algorithm: Servant or Master? AI Governance and Policy for the Future' by Tim Clement-Jones.
A musical that powerfully unravels the Post Office Scandal
A review of Make Good, which tells the stories of three people whose lives were turned upside down.
Theoretical tome that asks and provokes
James Wilson reviews 'Conversations in Philosophy, Law, and Politics'.
Women who blazed trails between the wars
Suzanne Gill reviews 'Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: not for want of trying'.
User-friendly – but pricey – guide through a maze
Stephen D Sutton reviews 'Funding International Arbitration'.