Contents of Book Reviews
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BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY
[July 13, 2004]
The new 8th Edition of this classic legal reference, by the redoubtable Bryan Garner, is completely revised and updated. This edition has over 40,000 definitions and more than 3,000 quotations. It also works like a…[More]
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BOOK REVIEW: THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
[January 30, 2008]
More than any other group of individuals, “The Brethren”—the men and women of the Supreme Court—exert an influence disproportionate to their number on the lives of ordinary citizens. This is as true of the Indian…[More]
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FACETS OF MEDIA LAW BY MADHAVI GORADIA-DIVAN
[November 30, 2006]
In the glut of legal publishing in India today, far too many tomes are rushed into print with little scholarship and less insight. Few merit serious attention or repay study. Fewer still contain original analysis…[More]
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INTRODUCTION TO LAW BY ATUL M. SETALVAD
[April 1, 2005]
Atul Setalvad is very much a lawyer’s lawyer. To attribute this only, or even chiefly, to his lineage in the law is merely mean-spirited; after all, many others who make such claims are far less…[More]
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THE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF HORACE RUMPOLE
[January 21, 2008]
The legendary hack of the Old Bailey returns in this latest instalment of the Rumple chronicles. For die-hard Rumpole fans, there’s enough here, though it has to be said that the earlier books had more…[More]
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THE TRIAL OF OSCAR WILDE
[July 13, 2004]
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde by Mervin Holland and John Mortimer Holland is Oscar Wilde’s grandson and, with John Mortimer, in this astonishing book he shows us the enfant terrible (or perhaps by…[More]
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