Book reviews – Page 4
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OpinionAn unexpected pleasure for your consideration
James E Hurford reviews ’Consideration in Contract Law: Historic and Contemporary Principles and Perspectives’.
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OpinionAnti-Money Laundering Toolkit (4th edition)
Fiona du Feu reviews the latest installment in the Law Society's toolkit.
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OpinionThe direction of travel
Rob Biddlecombe reviews 'Clean Transport: The Legal Framework for Achieving Net Zero'.
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OpinionWhat we owe to one another
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Relational Justice: A Theory of Private Law'.
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OpinionBreaking 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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OpinionValidity in the idea of the good
Max D Winthrop reviews Sean Coyle’s 'Natural Law and Modern Society'.
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OpinionPedagogy 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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OpinionHorror faced by refugees unfolds in pacy thriller
David Pickup reviews William Kinread's 'Refuge'.
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OpinionBalancing 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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OpinionA 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.
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OpinionTheoretical tome that asks and provokes
James Wilson reviews 'Conversations in Philosophy, Law, and Politics'.
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OpinionWomen 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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OpinionUser-friendly – but pricey – guide through a maze
Stephen D Sutton reviews 'Funding International Arbitration'.
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OpinionExamining how judges think
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'Universals of Legal Reasoning by Judges: A Plea for Candour in Decision-Making' by Thomas Lundmark.
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OpinionFour stories of the criminal courts
David Pickup reviews Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC’s ’Rough Justice’.
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OpinionWhen legal worlds collide
David Glass reviews Adrian Briggs' 'The Conflict of Laws – Fifth Edition'.
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OpinionShame, blame and social control
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Canceling Lawyers: Case Studies of Accountability, Toleration, and Regret' by W. Bradley Wendel.
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OpinionHandy legal primer for aspiring lawyers
David Pickup reviews Ronald and Daniel Sokol's 'A Young Person’s Guide to Law and Justice'.
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OpinionHagiography tells only part of the story
Susan McFadden reviews Solomon Schmidt's 'Legal Gladiator: the life of Alan Dershowitz'.