All Book reviews articles – Page 52
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Fixed Fees in the Criminal Courts: A Survival Guide (3rd edition)
This complex area is explained in a clear way.
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OpinionTHEATRE REVIEW: Twelve Angry Men
Martin Shaw and Robert Vaughn star in this re-telling of a courtroom classic.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Whores and Highwaymen – Crime and Justice in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis
A very readable documentation of grizzly legal London in the 18th century. Are things better now?
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OpinionTHEATRE REVIEW: The Scottsboro Boys
This production of the story of African-American teenagers falsely accused of rape is bold and dynamic.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Legal Project Management, Pricing, and Alternative Fee Arrangements
This book looks at how to be attractive and therefore competitive to win and keep clients.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Blunders of our Governments
These respected authors confirm what Westminster watchers have suspected for a while – that recent UK governments have been particularly prone to policy blunders.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Drafting and Negotiating IT Contracts (3rd edition)
Two practitioners with wide-ranging experience in the IT industry have shared their combined know-how during these times of flux.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Islam, Sharia and Alternative Dispute Resolution
This book identifies the main issues that characterise the interaction between man-made law and divinely revealed law.
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EXHIBITION PREVIEW: New Life
Head to London’s Outer Temple Chambers to see a one-night-only exhibition of artworks from brain injury survivors.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Psychopaths – An Introduction
This little book looks at the development of study into this disorder, what it is and how to deal with sufferers.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Frozen Shroud
The latest novel from national firm Weightmans partner Martin Edwards leads the reader through the twists and turns of two investigations.
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BOOK REVIEW: People Power – A User’s Guide To Democracy
Political party season may seem a strange time to celebrate British democracy, but Dan Jellinek is an optimist.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Boilerplate: Practical Clauses (sixth edition)
The role that boilerplate clauses play in risk management is well illustrated throughout.
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Advising and Representing Clients at Mediation
Every now and then a book is published for legal representatives that goes beyond a mere analysis of the law and technical guidance.
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Wildy’s Handbook for Magistrates (3rd edition)
This edition was written in 2011/12, 16 years after the previous edition and 650 years after the Justice of the Peace Act of 1361
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FeatureBOOK REVIEW: Brothers in Law and other works
Some readers no doubt went into law inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird, or at least Rumpole
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BOOK REVIEW 24 Hours with 24 Lawyers
Author: Jasper Kim Isn’t being a lawyer fun? This book was written primarily for American law students to show what diverse and interesting lives we lead. It tells the story of a typical day in the life of various people who have studied law and gone on to have rewarding, ...
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BOOK REVIEW Concert: Sound of Change
On 1 June I went to the Sound of Change Live concert at Twickenham, which was attended by 50,000 people, broadcast to more then 150 countries and watched by a billion people. The concert was presented by Chime for Change, a global campaign to promote ‘Education, ...
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BOOK REVIEW Local Lawyers: Public Practice
To understand where we are and where we are going, we need to know where we have come from. That at least is one purpose of history. And local government lawyers are now fortunate to have their very own historical memoire.
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BOOK REVIEW Tales from the Courtroom
Author: Brian Harris The title of this book is rather limp, which is unfortunate. To me it suggested a lightweight collection of diverting courtroom vignettes – a patchwork of anecdotes, tragic and funny. That is a well-worn furrow.