Book Review: Blackstone's Criminal Practice on CD-Rom
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002201839906300544 |
| Published date | 01 October 1999 |
| Date | 01 October 1999 |
| Subject Matter | Book Reviews |
BOOI(
REVIEWS
Blackstone's
Criminal
Practice
on
CD-Rom
London:
Blackstone
Press
Ltd.
£141
This excellent work is
now
well established in
both
hardback form,
and
for
the
last three years, on CD-Rom. The comprehensive
nature
of
the
work brooks no cavil or criticism, it is quite simply indispensible for all
criminal law practitioners. For the increasing legions of
computer
liter-
ate lawyers, this CD-Rom has all
the
advantages of that medium,
with
the
additional merits of having not only
the
whole work,
but
also a
substantial
amount
of complementary material in the form of Black-
stone's Guides to the Criminal Procedure
and
Investigations Act 1996,
the Crime
and
Disorder Act 1998, and perhaps most importantly,
the
Human
Rights Act 1998.
Thus seminal legislation with expert commentary is available at no
extra charge, which
must
mean
that the purchase of
the
CD-Rom
guarantees a cost effective means of assimilating such important
and
vital textual data.
Bail in Criminal
Proceedings
Neil
Corre
and David
Wolchover.
London:
Blackstone
Press.
£29.95
This book provides an extremely comprehensive
and
detailed account of
all aspects of bail relevant to criminal proceedings. Not only are the
mechanics
and
principles of bail applications
and
appeals dealt
with
but
the book also covers related powers exercised by
the
magistrates'
and
Crown courts.
The recent statutory changes
to
this area of
the
law are dealt with
clearly and potentially helpful
new
case law is highlighted. In addition
there is some consideration of
the
impact of
the
Human
Rights Act
1998.
The structure of
the
book sets
out
the general principle of
the
right to
bail
and
then
turns
to
the law and practice applicable to each of the
magistrates, Crown and High Courts. The
power
of
the
higher courts is
dealt
with
not
only as
an
appellate court
but
also as regards powers of
judicial review
and
the
principle of
habeus
corpus.
In
addition there is a
chapter which deals separately with
the
law as regards children, young
persons
and
mentally disordered defendants.
The final chapter in
the
book deals with
the
advocates' role and duties
on matters of bail. Professional conduct
and
related matters is
not
a topic
which
one
sees commonly dealt with in books such as this. However, its
inclusion
here
should prove very helpful to advocates
who
routinely
face such issues
when
applying for bail.
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