Reviews for The police officers manual of criminal offences and criminal law

The average rating for The police officers manual of criminal offences and criminal law based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-08-18 00:00:00 Kyle Nichols THE ‘BLUE BOOK’ IN ITS LATEST EDITION: THE ESSENTIAL COMPANY LAW REFERENCE WORK An Appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers The introduction to this Handbook says it all: here, in convenient and up-to-date form -- over almost 3,800 pages -- is the full text of the most important company law statutes, statutory instruments and European legislation. Published annually, this essential reference keeps you abreast of the most recent developments in company law; vital if you are a company lawyer, or for that matter, an accountant, company secretary, tax adviser, student, or someone in any way involved in the financial services industry. As part of the Lexis Library service, electronic versions of the Handbook are also available, including a CD version updated monthly, which includes other areas of law omitted from the main edition for reasons of space. Vis-à-vis financial services, it’s useful to note that the Handbook contains selected provisions of the Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA). Those requiring the full text of the Act and other specialist financial material, are referred to the Butterworths Handbook’s companion volumes from LexisNexis, for example the Butterworths volumes on Banking Law, Securities and Financial Services Law, Insurance law and Corporate Governance. Logically organized throughout, this very thorough and authoritative work of reference contains any number of tables and other graphic devices to ensure ease of use. It’s divided into five parts, plus seven appendices. Part I deals with Pre-2006 Companies Legislation with Part II covering the Companies Act 2006 and Associated Materials. The FSMA 2000 and Other Acts are covered in Part III. Part IV presents Statutory Instruments -- and European Legislation is dealt with in Part V. To facilitate further research, unique paragraph numbers are given to each provision, and there’s a comprehensive index and glossary of words and phrases as you’d expect. If you haven’t acquired this new edition you will undoubtedly need to, bearing in mind the massive amount of new material contained therein. It’s rather too extensive to list here, but we will mention that it includes the legislation governing partnerships and limited liability partnerships and also notably, over twenty-five pieces of European legislation dealing with such matters as insolvency, market abuse, takeovers, prospectuses and transparency. To say this volume is helpful to the professional practitioner in company law is to understate the case. Frankly, we would call it indispensible.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-20 00:00:00 Juraj Sojka I'm reviewing this from the perspective of someone who is thinking about Law School but has not yet applied or attended. It's very useful, very practical. It makes the difficult reality very sharp which is necessary for something so expensive and so stressful and so long-term as law school and a career in it. A couple of things I found a little meh: 1) There is a lot of law school jargon right from the beginning and it's rarely explained. That's a little annoying for most people who are not in law school. For instance, there's not much of an explanation on what a clerkship actually is. There's very little explanation even as to what a lawyer is and what their days are like which I think is important to understand if you're considering it as a career. Some careers are pretty obvious but the only thing most people know about lawyers is trial-related. The book keeps telling us very few lawyers actually SEE a court but doesn't really explain what most lawyers do most of the time. And when they do mention things, it's in jargon. 2) The book, I believe, is mostly targeted to people who have had law school in mind since high school. They went to prestigious undergraduate universities and are determined to nail a spot in the top 15 law schools. While I think that is well and good, I am not convinced the majority of law students are like this. I'm not even convinced the majority of successful lawyers and judges came from this. There is pretty much nothing for someone considering law as a career change. If I do go to law school, I do think I would refer to this book again. And if I did, I will happily review it after graduating to weigh in on really just how much of it is accurate, useful, realistic, etc.