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REFERENCETHE BAR DIRECTORY 2012Where can practitioners quickly find barristerswith the exact specialisms they need? Theanswer is in the Bar Directory 2012 – the only"official" directory of the General Council of theBar and its members.• Contains the details of over 700 chambersand over 15,000 barristers in England andWales• Sets out the information in clear,straightforward entries• Presents details of specialist areas of work forboth chambers and individual barristers• Tab-indexed so users can find their wayaround the content with minimum fuss• Provides comprehensive coverage, includinglistings of barristers in employment, nonpractisingand based overseas in additionindividual practising barristersJURISDICTION: United KingdomOct-2011 978 0 414 04834 8Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 507214Hardback £180.00BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY9TH EDITIONEditor in Chief: Bryan A GarnerBlack's Law Dictionary is the most widely citedlaw book in the world. Edited by Bryan A Garner,the 9th Edition is the most comprehensive lawdictionary ever published, containing more than45,000 terms, alternate spellings or equivalentexpressions for more than 5,300 terms, andWest key numbers.• Contains 2,000 more terms than the 8thEdition and 19,000 more terms than the 7thEdition• Provides the date when selected terms werefirst used in English-language contexts,especially in judicial opinions• Offers heightened accuracy - more than 200lawyers around the country reviewed terms• Includes definitions of more than 1,000 lawrelatedabbreviations and acronyms• Provides nearly 3,000 quotations drawn fromsources over five centuriesJURISDICTION: InternationalAug-2009 978 0 314 19949 2Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 348601Hardback £62.00/€79.00BRAVE NEW WORLD:IMPACT OF THE LEGALSERVICES ACT 2007Published in conjunction with IntendanceResearch and LPA Recruitment, this reportprovides critical insight into the major reforms ofthe legal profession, and the freedom given tonon-legal organisations to offer legal services,set out in the Legal Services Act 2007. Itidentifies the opportunities and threats posed tolegal practitioners in this new environment.• Surveys 100 senior figures in the legal worldand in sectors now free to offer legal services• Gauges attitudes to the reforms• Includes among the respondents to thisexclusive research the Judiciary, GeneralCounsel, Senior and Managing Partners,Queen’s Counsel, Managing Directors andother corporate executivesJURISDICTION: United KingdomJul-2007 978 1 847 03252 2Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 228027Paperback £810.00/€1029.00THE EXPERT WITNESSDIRECTORY 2012The Expert Witness Directory 2012 provideseverything the busy practitioner needs to findand select expert witnesses who suit theirneeds. All entrants have provided referencesand agreed to abide by a strict code of practice.• Easy-to-use alphabetical listing of corporateand individual experts’ entries• Features a subject index of over 1,800specialisms, cross-referenced to entrants• Contains a glossary of surnames of allexperts listed• Includes experts in England, Scotland, Wales,Ireland and Northern Ireland• Lists languages spokenJURISDICTION: United Kingdom, Ireland,CommonwealthOct-2011 978 0 414 04835 5Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 507292Hardback, 840 ppMain UK/Europe £220.00CRAIES ONLEGISLATION10TH EDITIONEditor: Daniel GreenbergNEWEDITIONCraies on Legislation is a standard work onthe effect and interpretation of legislation. Itprovides detailed guidance on assessinglegislative intention and is a key referencetool for lawyers who have to administer,advise, argue or adjudicate on Acts ofParliament and statutory instruments.It is a work of direct practical use forbarristers, solicitors and the judiciary. Itsteers them clearly through a range ofcritical issues, such as the interpretation ofwords, what may and may not be implied ifthe meaning is unclear, what sources ofinformation outside a statute may be used tothrow light on its meaning, the effect of newlegislation on existing law and the effect ofan error in legislation.The previous edition has been regularly citedby Parliamentary joint committees andrelied on in prominent cases. The new 10thedition considers all recent developments inthe law.• Provides answers to the difficultquestions often faced when interpreting apiece of legislation• Enables practitioners to keep on the rightside of difficult legislation, such as theHuman Rights Act and EU law• Addresses the practical problems that arelikely to occur to the users of legislation,rather than academic concerns• Includes coverage of interpretingregulations and secondary legislation• Deals with European legislation,examining its nature, effects andinterpretationCONTENTS: The Nature of Legislation. TheLegislative Process. The Effect of Legislation.Interpretation of Legislation. EuropeanLegislation.JURISDICTION: United KingdomSep-2012 978 0 414 02452 6Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 567142Hardback c. £289.00/c. €368.00132 To order any of these titles please visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk