Recent information from the Law Societys library

Bristol Law Society libraryLawyers in Bristol and the south-west can take advantage of Bristol Law Societys library and information service.

Situated in central Bristol, next to the Crown Court the library has a wide range of practitioner textbooks, law reports and electronic resources.

The library offers a priced photocopying service and their training course Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Using a Law Library (but were afraid to ask) has proved extremely popular.

For details, visit the Bristol Law Societys Web site www.bristollawsoc.co.uk or e-mail info@bristollawsoc.co.uk.

CrimeProceeds of Crime.

Cm 5066.

(TSO, 2001).

Home Office white paper containing draft legislation against money laundering.

Comments by 29 May 2001.

Available at: www.official-documents.co.uk/menu/compap.htm

Human rightsBlackstones Human Rights Digest by Keir Starmer with Iain Byrne, (Blackstone Press, 2001, ISBN 1841741531).

Definitions, relevant domestic and international cases, human rights issues and European Court of human rights principles.

Shelved in the library at bookcase 201D.

Road trafficAttorney-Generals Reference (No 4 of 2000), The Times, 27 March 2001 (CA).The offence of dangerous driving under sections 1 and 2A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 could be committed by a driver who unintentionally pressed the accelerator when he intended to press the brake.

Available under British News on The Times Web site at: www.thetimes.co.uk

This list has been compiled by the Law Societys library.

For further information about items or other legal research enquiries please contact the librarys enquiry service; tel: 0870 606 2511 or e-mail Lib-Enq@lawsociety.org.uk.

Copies of most items are available via the librarys charged document delivery service: telephone us for a photocopying application form or download it from the librarys Web page at: www.library.lawsociety.org.uk