Alan Paterson 
Lawyers and the Public Good [PDF ebook] 
Democracy in Action?

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environment. As a result, a debate has arisen surrounding th …

Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law. It is an essential revision tool to be used alone or with the partner Key Facts book in order to ensure a thorough knowledge of core …

This book provides valuable guidance and insight into the key features of the town and country planning system and the process of obtaining planning permission for development of land. The text is es …

International Cargo Insurance examines the law and practice of marine cargo insurance on a worldwide basis, and provides the busy practitioner the information needed to quickly and accurately resolve …

Contentious Costs is a book that no busy practitioner can afford to ignore. This new edition is extensively revised to take account of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 as they affect costs law and prac …

 »Disruptive innovation »,  »the fourth industrial revolution »,  »one of the ten ideas that will change the world »; the collaborative/sharing economy is shaking existing norms. It poses unprecedent …

Following its publication in 1974, Grant Gilmore »s compact portrait of the development of American law from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century became a classic. In this new edition, …

It is said that a nuisance is an interference with the use and enjoyment of land. This definition is typically unhelpful. While a nuisance must fit this account, it is plain that not all such interfe …

Some law students find jurisprudence daunting, impersonal, dry and seemingly detached from practical affairs. William Twining believes that many jurists have been fascinating people struggling with q …

The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media – and derided in public bars up and down the country – as  »privately educated Oxbridge types », us …