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Halsbury's Laws of England Centenary Essays 2007

Halsbury's Laws of England Centenary Essays 2007

Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781405733915
Published In: November 2007
Format: Hardback
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Published to celebrate the centenary of Halsbury's Laws of England. The Halsbury's Laws Centenary Essays include pieces by a number of well-known and highly respected members of the legal community, with a foreword by Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. The essays cover a wide variety of topics such as sport and the law, conflict of laws, law and IT, armed forces, the 'reproductive' torts, criminal liability of corporations, and women in the law. It makes a handsome and lasting tribute to the influence that Halsbury's Laws has had on generations of lawyers and their clients.

Foreword by the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Preface: The Right Side of Halsbury by Simon Hetherington.
Editors-in-Chief of Halsbury's Laws of England.
Lord Halsbury's Introduction to the First Edition.
Halsbury's Laws of England: 100 Years Old, Yesterday by Lord Mackay of Clashfern.
Citizenship and the Constitution by Lord Lester of Herne Hill.
Judicial Review: A Citizen's Remedy by Michael Supperstone QC and Joanne Clement.
The Illusion of Inclusion: Women 100 years on by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.
The United Kingdom Armed Forces: the Advance of Human Rights by Professor Peter Rowe.
The Volume and Complexity of United Kingdom Legislation Today by Daniel Greenberg.
Law Reporting and the Doctrine of Precedent: the Past, the Present and the Future by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.
IT Law in Context: A Critical Overview by Steve Saxby and Caroline Wilson.
The Criminal Liability of Organisations for Manslaughter and other Serious Offences by Professor Jeremy Horder.
The Reproductive Torts by Professor JK Mason.
The Field of Play by Michael Beloff QC and Rupert Beloff.
Jury Issues by Michael Zander.
The Conflict of Laws - The Last Hundred Years by Sir Peter North.
The Laws of England and Wales by Professor Timothy H Jones.
The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia and the Institutional Tradition by Professor Niall Whitty.
A Solicitor's Journey to the Bench by Robert Winstanley.
Understanding the Law: Who Needs It? by Joshua Rozenberg.
The Centenary Seminar, 27 September 2007 - Addresses by Andrew Holroyd and Geoffrey Vos QC

Foreword by the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP.

Contributors: Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Editor-in-Chief of Halsbury`s Laws; Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC; Michael Supperstone QC and Joanne Clement; Baroness Helena Kennedy QC; Professor Peter Rowe; Daniel Greenberg; Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury; Professor Steve Saxby and Caroline Wilson; Professor Jeremy Horder; Professor J. K. Mason; Michael Beloff QC and Rupert Beloff; Professor Michael Zander; Sir Peter North; Professor Timothy Jones; Professor Niall Whitty; His Honour Judge Robert Winstanley; Joshua Rozenberg; Andrew Holroyd, President of the La