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Opening Times Lent Term ends on Friday 15 March but the Squire Law Library remains open throughout the MCL exam period and for much of the vacation. The library opening times for the Spring vacation will be: Saturday 16 March - Wednesday 20 March inclusive: Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 20:45 Saturday: 09:00 - 17:45 Sunday: Closed Thursday 21 March - Th…

A selection of  law ebook titles were purchased this month, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available through iDiscover, and include: Childbirth, Vulnerability and Law: Exploring Issues of Violence and Control, edited by Camilla Pickles and Jonathan Herring (Routledge, 2020) This book is inspired by a statement released…

The Squire Law Library is pleased to announce that a bookable group study room is now available for current staff and student members to use. Located in Room F19 on level 1 of the library, the group study room seats up to six people and includes a desk and display screen. The room is available to book for meetings, collaborative work projects and p…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Autonomy, Care and Family Law by Anna Heenan. There is a tension at the heart of family law and policy between the increasing influence of individual autonomy and the demands of caring for children. Individual autonomy envisages decisions made in one's own best interests, whereas d…

Routledge has published the thirteenth edition of Modern Land Law by Martin Dixon. Modern Land Law is one of the most current and reliable textbooks available on land law today, offering a lively and thought-provoking account of a subject that remains at the heart of our legal system. Providing an accessible approach to a complex subject, this comp…

Bristol University Press has published Unchecked Power?: How Recent Constitutional Reforms Are Threatening UK Democracy by Alison Young. Is the government really acting for the people? Or does this rhetoric simply justify an executive power-grab? For some, Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised how far the UK’s democracy has been captured by populi…

Sweet & Maxwell has published the 35th edition of Chitty on Contracts volumes 1 & 2 edited by Professor Hugh Beale with chapters by Richard Hooley (on Bills of Exchange and Banking), Louise Merrett (on the Conflict of Laws and Sale of Goods) and Graham Virgo (on Restitution). Chitty on Contracts is the pre-eminent reference work on contract law in …

Opening Times Michaelmas Term ends on Friday 1 December but the Squire Law Library remains open throughout the MCL exam period and for much of the winter vacation. The library opening times will be: Saturday 2 December - Wednesday 6 December inclusive: Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 20:45 Saturday: 09:00 - 17:45 Sunday: Closed Thursday 7 December - Frida…

A selection of  law ebook titles were purchased this month, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available through iDiscover, and include: Anti-Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism, by Sophie Williams (Amistad, an imprint of Harper Collins, 2020) This pocket-sized guide is filled with practical insights from o…

Oxford University Press has published the third edition of Principles of Corporate Finance Law by Eilís Ferran, Elizabeth Howell (LSE), and Felix Steffek. Corporate finance theory seeks to understand how incorporated firms address the financial constraints that affect their investment decisions. This is achieved by using varied financial instrument…

A selection of  law ebook titles were purchased in September and October, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available through iDiscover, and include: Article 31(3)(c) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and the Principle of Systemic Integration in International Investment Law and Arbitration, by Daniel Rosentr…

Oxford University Press has published The Law of Loyalty by Lionel Smith, which is currently available in the US and will follow elsewhere shortly. The Law of Loyalty is a study of the principles governing the use of legal powers that are held for other-regarding ends. It addresses both public law and private law, and examines both the common law a…

The Squire Law Library is pleased to announce that a bookable online meeting room is now available for current staff and student members to use. Located in Room F23 on level 1 of the library, the private meeting room seats one or two people and is available to book for video calls, online supervisions and interviews. Bookings can be made in one hou…

Welcome to the Squire Law Library We hope the library will be a useful resource for you. You'll find books, journals and reports here to support your taught course, including a course reserve collection for MCL and LLM students, plus lots of space to study. The iDiscover catalogue and legal databases are your gateways to extensive electronic collec…

Sweet & Maxwell has published the fourth 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: …