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Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of Public Law by Mark Elliott and Robert Thomas. The UK’s best-selling textbook in its field, Public Law is aimed at undergraduate students studying public law, constitutional law and administrative law. The fresh, direct and clear writing style enables students to understand the fundamentals…

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of The Principles of Equity & Trusts by Graham Virgo. The Principles of Equity & Trusts offers a refreshing, student-focused approach to a dynamic area of law. In the fourth edition of his best-selling textbook, Professor Graham Virgo brings his expertise as a teacher to deliver an engaging, …

Sweet & Maxwell has published the third edition of Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies by Neil Andrews, Andrew Tettenborn, and Graham Virgo. Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies provides guidance from three leading contract academics on the duties at play in a contract that is in dispute: i…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Contents of Commercial Contracts: Terms Affecting Freedoms edited by Magda Raczynska and Paul S Davies, and with contributions from several faculty members. Freedom of contract is a great strength of English law: indeed it is a key reason why English law is often the law of choice.…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published The Constitution of Social Democracy: Essays in Honour of Keith Ewing edited by Alan Bogg, Jacob Rowbottom, Alison L Young. This book is based upon the papers written by a group of leading international scholars on the 'constitution of social democracy', delivered at a conference t…

The Squire is essentially a reference library: however, a dedicated borrowing collection is available for LLM and MCL students. We hope that the information below will be of use to library users who have books out on loan from the Squire, which need to be returned. If you are currently in Cambridge: There are two book drop return boxes located on t…

Lesley Dingle interviewing the late R.W.M. ‘Mickey’ Dias in 2007   Many congratulations to Lesley Dingle of the Squire Law Library who has received well-deserved recognition for her extensive work relating to the Eminent Scholars Archive (ESA). The Wallace Breem Memorial Award is a biennial award that is traditionally presented at the time of the …

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of Borkowski's Law of Succession by Brian Sloan. Presented and written in a friendly and engaging style, Dr Brian Sloan continues to update Borkowski's classic textbook which is perfectly pitched for today's undergraduate students. Considerable attention is given to the area's rich and evolvi…

Professor Rochelle C Dreyfuss was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science for the academic years 2019-20. She was interviewed by video from the Goodhart Lodge on 28 April 2020. Professor Dreyfuss has been the Pauline Newman Professor of Law and co-director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, both at the New York Un…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published The World of Maritime and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Francis Rose edited by Charles Mitchell (UCL) and Stephen Watterson. This collection of 20 essays contains recent work by legal scholars, practitioners and judges, all internationally renowned for their expertise in the …

Oxford University Press has published the ninth edition of The Law of Contract by Janet O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan & Hilliard's The Law of Contract provides students with a clear, straightforward, and comprehensive account of the core principles of contract law to enable a sound understanding of the subject. The new edition has been rigorously updated …

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Spaces of Care edited by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Perveez Mody, Brian Sloan. The collection examines the ways in which the emerging interdisciplinary study of care provokes a reassessment of the connections and disjuncture between care and governance, ethics, and public, personal and pr…

The Squire Law Library Team have been working remotely to provide an enquiry service since the temporary closure of the library on Wednesday 18 March. This enquiry service will be taking a break over the Easter weekend, from Friday 10 April - Monday 13 April inclusive. During this time you can still send enquiries via e-mail or leave a message via …

It is with great sadness that the Faculty records the death of Sir John Laws on 5 April 2020. Sir John was born in 1945 and attended Durham School before reading ‘Greats’ (Classics) at Exeter College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1970 and was one of the foremost judges of his generation, serving with great distinction in the High Court from …

Nineteen books in the Westlaw student textbook series have been made available by Thomson Reuters free of charge to University of Cambridge members. These additional titles are available via Westlaw for the next two months, to assist students and researchers who are working remotely. To access the titles, please log in to Westlaw using Raven authen…