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MAJOR NEW TITLES THIS MONTH – Continued
ing Law 4 th ed, Sweet &
Maxwell, PB, £14.95,
ISBN: 0421960604
Allen, Michael and
Cooper, Simon, Elliott
and Wood’s Cases and
Materials on Criminal
Law 9 th ed, Sweet & Maxwell,
PB, £28.95, ISBN:
0421924500
This book presents an extensive
collection of cases,
statutory provisions, recently
published articles
and comments designed to
define, explain and illustrate
the main principles of
criminal law. It places the
emphasis on the cases and
materials, using text for
introductory and explanatory
purposes. It contains
users notes and questions
to assist and stimulate
students to think critically
about the subject and to
promote further study.
Blom-Cooper, Sir Louis,
Experts in the Civil
Courts, Oxford Univ
Press, HB, £65.00, ISBN:
0199297940
This new title is a comprehensive
guide and reference
book for all who are
concerned with the quality
of expert evidence in the
courts. The text focuses on
civil practice and looks in
detail at the impact of the
Civil Procedure Rules on
expert evidence. It concentrates
on the practical
aspects of having experts
give evidence, and looks
at areas which have caused
particular confusion, or on
which case law is gradu-
ally emerging. Coverage
includes the accreditation
of experts, the litigant
solicitor/expert witness
relationship, experts’ reports
and privilege, court
management of expert
evidence, the single joint
expert, and experts’ immunity
from liability. The
book also includes an illustrative
account of one
expert’s experience in a
complex class action relating
to a pharmaceutical
product.
Caddell, Richard and
Johnson, Howard, Blackstone’s
Statutes on Media
Law, Oxford Univ
Press, PB, £15.99, ISBN:
0199205892
This is a new title in this
leading series, providing
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