Recent Book: The Criminal Law Library — McFarlane on Customs and Excise Cases

Date01 October 1988
Published date01 October 1988
DOI10.1177/0032258X8806100416
Subject MatterRecent Book
RECENT BOOKS
TIMOTHY FOSTER:
THE
BOOK
OF
HUMOROUS
LEGAL
ANECDOTES.
Published by Springwood Books Ltd., Price £7.95 hardback.
More than sixty practitioners from the Bench, Bar and
Law
Society
contribute to this hilarious collection
of
good stories offered purely for
amusement. The witty drawings by
'Bec'
and
'Tak'
serveonly to enhance
the humour factor.
This 'anthology' confirms the level
of
wit and good humour that
exists among those who practise within our judicial system and reveals
that some, a small number of course, have no mean ability as fiction
writers.
It should be noted that the author wishes his royalties to be donated
to worthy causes, which should increase the sales. SWR
rHE
CRIMINAL
LAW
LIBRARY·
McFARLANE
ON
CUSTOMS
AND
EXCISE
CASES.
Published by Waterlow Publishers: Price £50
The author, abarrister and Harmsworth Scholar
of
the Middle Temple,
seeks by this book to filla gap in text and commentaryon the subject issues
and does so quite splendidly.
The most important cases in this specialised field are succinctly
presented in readable style, each followed by a helpful commentary with
reference to other decisions where considered necessary. In cases which
spill over into the civil law ,material on forfeiture, seizure and condemnation
is added.
Assistance in the form
of
tables
of
Cases Discussed and Cases
Referred To, Statutes and Statutory Instruments, together with a useful
index and list
of
contents, ensures the value of the book to all practitioners
who have to deal with Customs and excise cases in our courts. FR
C.H. ROLPH:
FURTHER
PARTICULARS
Published by Oxford University Press. Price £4.95 softback.
C.H. Rolph, aname recognized by all"police officers who read the Police
Review. An octogenarian, with the wisdom of a sage, the wit
of
an
Irishman and the memory of an elephant, this, the second volume of his
informal memoirs, embraces many aspects of a varied career including
membership
of
the Metropolitan Police. Those who regularly read his
weekly contributions to the Police Review will instantly recognize the
trenchant,butscholarly style and enjoy every word that flows from thepen
of
this unpretentious man. RWS
386 October 1988

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