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MAJOR NEW TITLES THIS MONTH – Continued
are not incorporated in
other major Human Rights
agreements. The Convention
is therefore often taken
to be the leading standard
in the international law of
minority rights.
Wadham, John, Blackstone’s
Guide to the Identity
Cards Act 2006, Oxford
Univ Press, PB, £29.95,
ISBN: 019928606X
This Guide is written by
two experienced practitioners
currently based
at Liberty, the National
Council for Civil Liberties.
Structured in a clear
and logical way following
the parts of the Act, it
provides an up-to-date and
informative guide, making
it an essential purchase for
practitioners and organisations
working in a number
of legal areas.
Weller, Marc, Rights of
Minorities, Oxford Univ
Press, PB, £29.99, ISBN:
0199207623
The rights of minorities
are becoming increasingly
important, especially in
the context of enlargement
of the European Union,
yet there are remarkably
few treaties dealing with
minority rights under international
law. One of
these is the Council of
Europe’s Framework Convention
for the Protection
of National Minorities.
This volume provides the
first expert commentary on
the Convention, which is
the principal international
document establishing
minority rights in a legally
binding way. Many minority
rights such as those
to political participation,
non-assimilation, and the
use of native languages
White, Chris, Gibraltar-
International Financial
Centre 2 nd ed, Tottel Publishing,
PB, £59.95, ISBN:
1845921089, previous
ISBN 0754513408
Worthington, Sarah, Equity
2 nd ed (Clarendon
Law Series), Oxford Univ
Press, PB, £21.99, ISBN:
0199290504
The second edition of Sarah
Worthington’s Equity
sets out the basic principles
of equity, illustrated
by both historical and
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