Recent Book: Pubs and Clubs: Paterson's Licensing Acts
| Author | F. Graham Glover |
| Published date | 01 April 1976 |
| Date | 01 April 1976 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X7604900214 |
| Subject Matter | Recent Book |
as a type. These
are
neglected in favour
of more sensational accounts. Thus,
from a criminological or criminal
justice perspective the study is very
limited.
There is a fair
amount
of space
devoted to case histories of offenders,
including some from Denver, presum-
ably based on one of the
authors'
direct experiences. Again, there are
few generalizations
drawn
and
the
material remains simply a
number
of
individual cases. The section on rob-
bery investigation is particularly dis-
appointing since it describes such
techniques as Operation
F.I.N.D.
in
Philadelphia, when what the readers
want to know is the effectiveness of
anti-robbery techniques in Denver.
One is sure
that
the two
authors
know agreat deal
about
robbery
and robbers
and
that
they have access
to a very considerable
data
base.
Instead of sharing it with us, they
wander all over the field. One suspects
that
this
book
was deliberately written
in loose journalistic style so
that
it
would attract a wider
popular
reader-
ship. Because of this, knowledgeable
professionals
and
serious students in
the field of crime will find it of little
use.
THOMAS
A.
REPPETTO
RIGHTS?
MICHAEL
ZANDER:
A Bill
of
Rights? Barry Rose (Publishers)· Limited. £1.75.
Mr.
Zander
has of course become he considers
that
such a Bill of Rights
widely known to the general public would
make
avaluable contribution
through
his appearances on television to the better protection
of
human
and
through his legal journalism. rights.
In this booklet he combines his Mr.
Zander
considers the possible
journalistic expertise with his academic forms which a Bill of Rights could
background to provide auseful
and
take, concluding
that
the first step
readable contribution to the current should be to incorporate the European
debate
about
civil liberties in the Convention on
Human
Rights into
United Kingdom. Mr. Zander's meth- English law. (The text of the Conven-
od is to set
out
briefly the arguments
tion
is included in the
book
as an
for
and
against a Bill of Rights
and
appendix).
draw
conclusions from them.
For
all who are interested in the
The
author
concludes
that
some Bill of Rights discussion, Mr. Zander's
form of Bill of Rights is desirable for
book
provides an invaluable summary
this country, not because he considers of the pros and cons.
that
there is any widespread abuse T.S.
of civil rights in Britain, but because
PUBS
AND CLUBS
J. N.
MARTIN:
Paterson's Licensing Acts. 84th ed. 1976. Butterworth &Co.
Shaw &Sons. £16.
This comprehensive guide, which
covers the sale of intoxicating liquors,
clubs, theatres, cinemas,
and
licensing
for music
and
dancing, billiards
and
betting
and
gaming, appears once
again
under
the welcome editorship
of Mr. Martin. The current edition is
not
noticeably larger
than
its imme-
diate predecessor
and
the publishers'
skill in presenting so extensive a work
as this, with legible
print
and
binding
fully adequate for a production which
must be revised annually if it is to
retain its character, has so far obviated
recourse to a second volume. With the
comparable Stone's Justices' Manual
events have outstripped the possi-
bility. Sooner or later the situations
will arise with regard to Paterson;
meanwhile practitioners, administra-
tors
and
those whose duty it is to
April
1976
enforce the law will appreciate the
convenience of havingthis vast
amount
of material presented in a single
volume.
Developments requiring incorpo-
ration in the current edition to bring
the work down to date, in the shape
of statutes, statutory instruments
and
judicial decisions, are so admirably
summarized in the preface
that
de-
tailed reference here would be super-
fluous,
but
attention may be drawn to
the unreported case of R. v. Betting
Licensing Committee for Petty Session-
al Division
of
Ross-on- Wye, with which
readers will probably not be familiar.
The committee refused an application
for a betting office licence on a ground
not specified in par. 19 of the first
schedule to the Betting, Gaming
and
Lotteries Act 1963. On appeal the
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