Review: The Law of Road Traffic
| Published date | 01 January 1955 |
| Date | 01 January 1955 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002201835501900113 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
SCOTLAND YARD, by
Sir
Harold Scott, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., K.B.E. Andre
Deutsch. 16s. net.
This
is a plain straightforward account of the organisation and machinery
of Scotland Yard, devoid
both
of thrills and frills.
It
describes the manifold
activities of the Metropolitan Police and
the
wide responsibilities of
the
Commissioner and throws many interesting side-lights on the London scene.
Sir
Harold Scott's unrivalled experience as an administrator was no
doubt
the reason why, at the end of the war, he was called on to be the head of
the
largest police force in the country; a force which was seriously below strength,
and in need of reorganization to permit of police duties being performed with
the erstwhile standard of proficiency. How he met
that
challenge
and
succeeded is told modestly and convincingly.
This
book will appeal to a
wide public.
THE
COMPLETE
PLAIN
WORDS, by Sir Ernest Gowers.
H.M.
Stationery
Office. 5s. net.
This
book, a reconstruction of
the
author's
"Plain
Words"
and "A.B.C.
of Plain
Words",
is remarkable value for money.
The
original books were
written at
the
invitation of the
Treasury
as a contribution to what
that
august institution was doing to improve official English, and the author makes
no claim to have produced an English grammar. His object is to encourage
the
choice and arrangement of words in such a way as to get an idea as exactly
as possible
out
of one mind and into another. Since
that
is
the
purpose of all
writing and not only
that
of Civil Servants (or should be) most of us can
benefit by a perusal of the book.
Lawyers will appreciate the author's defence of "legal" English and will
chuckle wryly at what he calls its corrupting influence. Interest is added to
the
opinionsexpressed by copious quotationfrom official and otherdocuments.
This
is a book to be read by all those who have to write documents for
distribution to others and by all who have to do much letter-writing.
THE LAW OF ROAD TRAFFIC, by M. R. R. Davies,
Ph.D.,
LL.M.,
D.P.A.
Shaw and Sons. Price 3os. net.
This
new book on road traffic law is described as a legal guide to
the
provisions, principles and cases of road traffic law with special reference to
the
position, obligations and liability of owners and drivers of motor vehicles and
other
road users, and
the
author hopes it will be of value not only to members
of the legal profession
but
also to all those engaged in road traffic administration
and adjudication. He has also written with the general road user in mind,
and
considering
the
compact size of
the
book, it is indeed remarkable how
much
information is contained therein. Parts I and
II
are concerned with the
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