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Best law books of the year 2024
Heroes fact and fiction, legal thrillers and talking animals: David Pickup shares his Christmas roundup.
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Behind the scenes of the Parole Board
James E Hurford reviews 'A Practical Guide to Parole Board Proceedings'.
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Looking across the borders
David Glass reviews 'Comparative Law: Introduction to a Critical Practice'.
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A porcine hero who holds a mirror to our world
David Pickup reviews Suzanne Stephenson's 'Santa Pig, The Trials of Patrick White'.
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Articulating the living common law
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton'.
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Making the business case for women lawyers to thrive
Dana Denis-Smith reviews 'Business Development for Women Lawyers (2nd edition)'.
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An unexpected pleasure for your consideration
James E Hurford reviews ’Consideration in Contract Law: Historic and Contemporary Principles and Perspectives’.
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Anti-Money Laundering Toolkit (4th edition)
Fiona du Feu reviews the latest installment in the Law Society's toolkit.
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The direction of travel
Rob Biddlecombe reviews 'Clean Transport: The Legal Framework for Achieving Net Zero'.
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What we owe to one another
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Relational Justice: A Theory of Private Law'.
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Breaking bard: legal interpretation on a field of pain
Christopher Stanley reviews 'Descent into Darkness: An Explanatory Guide to Shakespeare’s Macbeth'.
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Validity in the idea of the good
Max D Winthrop reviews Sean Coyle’s 'Natural Law and Modern Society'.
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Pedagogy reduced to the level of the nursery
James E Hurford reviews 'How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching'.
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Horror faced by refugees unfolds in pacy thriller
David Pickup reviews William Kinread's 'Refuge'.
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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.
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Theoretical tome that asks and provokes
James Wilson reviews 'Conversations in Philosophy, Law, and Politics'.
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Women who blazed trails between the wars
Suzanne Gill reviews 'Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: not for want of trying'.
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User-friendly – but pricey – guide through a maze
Stephen D Sutton reviews 'Funding International Arbitration'.
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Examining how judges think
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'Universals of Legal Reasoning by Judges: A Plea for Candour in Decision-Making' by Thomas Lundmark.