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Ever wanted to work in an institution that is home to one of the world's great collections of cultural treasures and research materials?Spanning thousands of years of human thought and discovery, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives house unique treasures and research materials made up of nearly ten million books, maps, manuscripts, photogra…

Ever wanted to work in an institution that is home to one of the world's great collections of cultural treasures and research materials?Spanning thousands of years of human thought and discovery, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives house unique treasures and research materials made up of nearly ten million books, maps, manuscripts, photogra…

Hart Publishing has published the ninth edition of Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine by JJ Child, AP Simester, J Stanton-Ife, Findlay Stark, and Graham Virgo.This outstanding account of modern English criminal law combines detailed exposition and analysis of the law with a careful exploration of its theoretical underpinnings…

Informa Law from Routledge has published Reinsurance Contracts: Principles of Construction by Dr Senara Eggleton.For readers with an insurance or commercial background, this book provides an accessible introduction to the rules that govern the legal relationship between the parties to reinsurance contracts while simultaneously presenting a concise,…

This Festschrift contains a collection of essays in honour of Professor Christopher F Forsyth KC, emeritus Sir David Williams Professor of Public Law, sometime Professor of Private International Law, and Life Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge. The essays focus on Professor Forsyth’s contribution to the development of commercial pr…

The Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an entry for Philippe Joseph Sands, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, has been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Sands was interviewed in person at his home in Hampstead on two occas…

Oxford University Press has published the sixth edition of The Principles of Equity & Trusts by Graham Virgo. The sixth edition of The Principles of Equity & Trusts offers a distinctive, contextual, and critically engaged treatment of Equity and trusts, combining clear statements of doctrine with insightful commentary that places leading decisions …

Oxford University Press has published the fifth edition of European Union Law edited by Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers. This innovative textbook offers students a relevant, contextual account of EU law. Under the experienced editorship of Catherine Barnard and Steve Peers, the text draws together a range of expert contributors for a rich underst…

Oxford University Press has published the seventh edition of Intellectual Property Law by Lionel Bently, Brad Sherman, Dev Gangjee, and Phillip Johnson. Intellectual Property Law is the definitive textbook on this subject - an all-embracing and detailed guide to intellectual property law. It clearly sets out the law in relation to copyright, patent…

Cambridge University Press has published Volume 2 of the Cambridge History of International Law, entitled International Law in Asia, edited by Dr Maria Adele Carrai and Professor Surabhi Ranganathan (King's). Volume II of The Cambridge History of International Law breaks the mould of Eurocentric histories in the field by exploring international law…

Hart Publishing (an imprint of Bloomsbury) has published Reimagining Employment Dispute Resolution and Enforcement by Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European, and Sarah Fraser Butlin KC, Affiliated Lecturer. This major new open-access book offers a comprehensive blueprint to overhaul the UK’s creaking employment tribunal system, which cu…

The publication in paperback of Pursuit of Legal Harmony in a Turbulent Europe: Essays in Honour of Eleanor Sharpston, edited by Catherine Barnard, Adam Lazowski and Daniel Sarmiento, marks a comprehensive celebration of the legacy of one of the most influential Advocates General to serve the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Published…

This new book edited by Dr Brian Sloan, Assistant Professor in Property Law and Fellow of Robinson College, has been published by Edward Elgar. A Research Agenda for Succession Law brings together an international group of leading scholars to map out the future of legal research in the field of inheritance and estates. The book arises from papers f…

A new book by Dr Mohamed Moussa, Assistant Professor in EU Law at the Faculty of Law, has been published by Hart Publishing. Federal Impartiality: Navigating Divisive Rights in the EU and the US explores how federalism emerged as a constitutional remedy to the ‘lethal disease’ of polarisation - a force capable of destabilising constitutional system…

Hart Publishing (an imprint of Bloomsbury) has published Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline, edited by Lorren Eldridge (Queens' College), Emily Ireland (University of Liverpool) and Caroline Derry (The Open University). This book champions the work of women in legal history, and their contributions to both the disci…