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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT LAWMEDICAL LAWMENTAL HEALTHPERFORMERS' RIGHTS4TH EDITIONThe Hon Mr Justice Richard ArnoldPerformers' Rights is an essential handbookfor practitioners advising performers, theirrepresentatives, exploiters of performers' rightsand their representatives. It provides an indepthtreatment on performers' statutory rightsunder Part II of the 1988 Copyright, Designs andPatents Act together with broad coverage of thelegal position of performers more generally.• Explains the nature and duration ofperformers' rights• Examines the ways performers' rights can beinfringed• Goes through the procedures for enforcingperformers' rights• Features a new chapter on moral rights• Analyses the situations in which criminaloffences can occur• Deals with performers' contracts in detail• Considers breach of confidence, invasion ofprivacy, the right to control the use of one'simage and defamationJURISDICTION: United KingdomDec-2008 978 1 847 03787 9Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 289947Hardback £225.00/€286.00Other Media & Entertainment Law TitlesMUSIC BUSINESSINFRASTRUCTURE, PRACTICE AND LAWNigel ParkerMusic Business gives detailed guidance on thecommercial practice and law of the musicbusiness. It examines the structure of the musicbusiness and the business models of its majorplayers to provide a commercial context for itssubsequent discussion of the legal principles ofcopyright and contract which underpin thesector, and of music business litigation.JURISDICTION: United Kingdom, European Union,InternationalDec-2004 978 0 421 89930 8Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 94371Paperback £170.00/€216.00HEALTH CAREREGULATORY LAW,PRINCIPLE AND PROCESS2ND EDITIONJoanna Glynn, QC and David GomezNEWEDITIONHealth Care Regulatory Law, Principleand Process provides detailed guidance onthe law and practice relating to disciplinaryprocedures in the health care field. It coversthe rules, powers and procedures of each ofthe regulatory boards, from the GeneralMedical Council and General Dental Councilto the smaller boards such as the GeneralChiropractic Council.This completely revised new editionincorporates all recent developments in thearea, including major case law on key issues,new secondary legislation, changes to theregulatory schemes of several bodies, anddiscusses controversial recent inquires suchas the Shipman report.• Sets out the general principles of Fitnessto Practise• Covers the disciplinary regimes of allhealthcare professions• Examines complaints processes, tribunalprocedures and the decision-makingprocess• Deals with the impact of the HumanRights Act 1998 in this area• Covers appeals and costs• Draws together the diverse case law inthis area• Provides best practice advice andhighlights potential pitfalls• Uses checklists to clarify the key issues• Sets out key parts of the relevantlegislationCONTENTS: Introduction. Fitness to Practiseprocedures – the framework. The Office of theHealth Professions Adjudicator. The GeneralMedical Council. The General Dental Council.The Nursing and Midwifery Council. The RoyalPharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. TheGeneral Optical Council. The GeneralChiropractic Council. The General OsteopathicCouncil. The Health Professions Council. HumanRights Considerations. Fitness to Practise.Preliminaries. Disclosure. Confidentiality andSubject Access Requests. The charge. Thetribunal and its hearings. Procedural issues andevidence. Experts. Abuse of process, doublejeopardy and entrapment.Decision making andReasons. Sanction. Appeal. The Council for theRegulation of Health Professionals. Costs.Restoration to the register. The General SocialCare Council. The Royal College of VeterinarySurgeons. European Perspective.JURISDICTION: England & WalesAug-2012 978 0 414 04640 5Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 493034Hardback c. £170.00/c. €216.00MENTAL CAPACITYACT MANUAL5TH EDITIONRichard JonesNEWEDITIONThe new 5th edition of the Mental CapacityAct Manual helps ensure best practicecompliance with the Mental Capacity Act2005. It reproduces the full text of the Actwith section-by-section annotationsexplaining its meaning and implications,now fully revised and updated.It also explains the impact of all Regulationsand guidance issued under the Act, andmakes clear how the Act interacts with theMental Health Act 2007.The 5th edition covers the latest case lawand guidance.• The complete guide to the MentalCapacity Act in practice• Explains how each person involved in thecare of the mentally incapacitated isaffected by the Act• Explains the core concept of “bestinterests” of a person covered by the Actand how it should be established• Outlines the role and responsibilities ofthe new Court of Protection and explainsits growing body of case law• Explains the scope of lasting powers ofattorney and advance decisions• Clarifies the new “Deprivation of LibertySafeguards” in light of the latest courtdecisions• Sets out the obligations of carers underthe Act and in particular the obligation toassess capacity• Places the commentary immediately afterthe section of the Act to which it relates,making it easy to find the relevantguidanceJURISDICTION: United KingdomOct-2012 978 0 414 02503 5Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 568383Hardback c. £52.00/c. €67.00122 To order any of these titles please visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk