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Written in a direct and approachable style, Blackstone's Guide to the Land Registration Act 2002 serves as a guide through the extensive changes the Act will bring to the practice of residential

The Sexual Offences Act will be a significant and far-reaching piece of legislation which codifys and revises the existing legislation relating to sexual activities. A considerable number of new crimes will be

This book provides advice on using a law library and how to make effective use of catalogues and indexes. Its practical approach will help students undertake particular research problems, and it shows

Based on the ""Guide to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990"", this volume reviews the regulation of assisted conception including complex moral issues such as abortion, embryo research and cloning. It

The past decade has seen major developments in the law regarding personal injury claims which relate to psychiatric injury. The law is complex and in many respects illogical, and claims for damages

The Human Rights Act 1998 and R.I.P.A. came into force in October 2000, significantly altering the way in whch police investigations are carried out. Any person working within the fields of criminal

The Law of Limitation offers a comprehsive analysis of the impact of periods of limitation on civil litigation in England and Wales. It examines the individual periods of limitation prescribed by the

The Care Standards Act 2000, which came into force on April 1, 2002, substantially reforms the law relating to the registration and regulation of residential care homes and other establishments. This book

Although the most characteristic of legal skills, representing clients in courts and tribunals is a skill which until recently was not taught. It was picked up by watching others and trying out

This is an account of the civil and criminal rules affecting children in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland reviewing them in the light of the findings of psychologists and social scientists and

This book deals with a simple problem that affects all lawyers, whether practising or in training. Anyone making any written statement about the law for other lawyers needs to know how to

This work examines the evolution of law and legal method, and challenges the law's claim to neutrality by examining its role in creating and reproducing inequality between the sexes. It considers many

With the extension of activities by banks and building societies, it is now difficult to demarcate between them. The differences that do still exist are largely due to the historical development of

The Literature of the Law brings together examples of the very best in judicial pronouncements over four centuries and two continents. Assembled into themes, such as life and death deicisions, freedom of

This book is the first extensive treatment of deathbed gifts in English law to be published. Such gifts are sometimes made by donors who, when facing impending death, transfer their property conditionally