Recent Book: Highways and Byeways: “Local Authorities' Byelaws”

Date01 January 1979
DOI10.1177/0032258X7905200114
Published date01 January 1979
Subject MatterRecent Book
THE SINS OF THE
..
.
BRENDAH
OGGETT:
Parents
and
Children. Sweet &Maxwell. £3.25
This
book,
which is one in the
"Social
Work
and
Law"
series, is, as the
author
states in her preface
"about
the
relationship
between
parents
and
their
children
and
what
can
go
wrong
with it."
It is a
wideranging
work, covering
not
only
criminal
law
and
procedures
in
relation to children,
but
also civil law.
It
is divided
into
four
major
sections:
Part
Ideals with the
normal
family,
and
discusses the history
and
growth
of the
laws
regarding
parental
rights
and
powers in
relation
to their children,
and
also
parents'
duties
towards
them.
Part
II
discusses the family
unit
which
has
broken
down,
and
the various
procedures
by which the children of the
marriage
can
be
cared
for
after
the
breakdown.
Part
II
also
contains
that
section of the
book
of most specific
interest to the police officer, dealing with
all aspects
regarding
the juvenile
offender
and
his
treatment,
and
with
child abuse.
The
author
goes
into
great
detail when discussing
care
proceedings,
"place
of safety" powers, etc.,
explaining
not
only the police aspect, but also the
powers
and
the
problems
of the
other
"caring
agencies".
Part
III
deals with the law
and
children
in the
care
of
unmarried
parents,
guardians,
foster parents,
step-parents,
local
authorities,
etc.,
and
Part
IV
discusses all aspects of
adoption.
The
book
is
authoritative
and Acts
and
Sections
are
quoted
throughout,
with full
reference to All England Law
Reports,
family Law,
Law
Reports;
Chancery,
Law Reports: Family,etc.
Although
only
arelatively small
part
of the
book
is of
particular
interest to the police officer,
namely,
Part
Ill,
nevertheless, the
remainder
of
the
work
gives
comprehensive coverage to all the
problems
and
procedures
with regard to
children
and
the law,
and
would,
therefore, be of assistance to
any
police
officer. P. K.
SULLIVAN
H1GHW
AYS
AND
BYEW
AYS
A. S.
WISDOM
Solicitor"
Loca/ Authorities' Bvelaws''
Barry
Rose
(Publishers) Ltd. £2.75 .
This
booklet
will be of great use to reference to where amodel Byelaw can be
Local
Authorities
who, faced with a seen for guidance in
formulating
the
particular
problem, are considering
correct
wording.
using
their
powers to
combat
the
The
booklet also makes reference in
problem
by
making
Byelaws for the first each case to the
authority
responsible for
time.
confirmation
of a Byelaw before it can be
It gives, in
chronological
order,
the implemented,
together
with
many
useful
Statutes
which give
authority
for the
observations
upon
individual Byelaws.
making
of Byelaws,
and
in most cases
A.W.e.
THE
LEARNED
PATHOLOGIST
TEDESCHle. G.
AND
L.
AND
ECKERTW: Forensic Medicine (3 vols.)
Holt
Saunders.
£65.00
This
has to be regarded as the
definitive
work
on the su bject. 1680
pages and 774 illustrations
combined
with the
contributions
of
over 90 of the
world's
top
physicians, surgeons, lawyers
and
forensic pathologists
make
it a
unique
work
of
reference.
It covers all kinds of problems arising
from the
study
of victims
of
trauma
and
hazards, inlcuding accidents, injuries
from physical or chemical agents,
death
and
autopsy,
suicides
and
homicides, sex
88
crimes, industrial
and
agricultural
hazards, negligence and malpractice,
etc., etc.
Obviously, as a result. it is not
cheap
but
Iwould
think
part
of any year's
budget
set aside to make it available in a
force library would not be wasted.
Unfortunately,
we
cannot
make
it
available to all
our
part-time police
surgeons
but more's the pity. B.
HARE
Januarv
/979

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