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UPDATE YOUR LEGAL LIBRARY WITH W. GREEN’S NEW BOOKS FOR 2015
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We have a full schedule of legal books publishing this year, covering a range of subject areas and written by an expert pool of authors. Classic texts will have new editions available and brand new books will also launch this year. Please read through this flyer to find the texts you need to keep on top of the law.
Upcoming titles include: The Scottish Law of Debt 3rd Edition Agricultural Tenancies 4th Edition Constitutional Law of Scotland - new SULI title Leases - new SULI title The Scottish Taxes Yearbook
THE REQUIREMENTS OF WRITING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 Greens Annotated Acts Professor Kenneth Reid This title provides expert insight into how the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 brought about an overhaul of the Scottish system of execution of deeds. The Act simplified the rules about which rights may be constituted orally and which require writing. It now makes provision for electronic conveyancing, being updated to allow electronic documents to have the equivalent status and standards of validity and authenticity as paper. Publishing in the Greens Annotated Acts series, this work provides authoritative commentary on the Act as it stands today, stating its full implications for those working within the Scottish legal system. Publishing April 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414039490 | ÂŁ35.00
INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW: A SCOTS PERSPECTIVE 4th Edition Professor Elizabeth Crawford and Professor Janeen Carruthers Provides an in-depth and clear analysis of the complexities of international private law, and gives a critique of crucial changes therein. This new 4th Edition provides a thorough account of all branches of Scots private law in their conflict of laws dimension. This new edition is fully updated throughout, with important additions including the Brussels I Recast regulation, Rome IV (Wills and Succession) and Rome III (choice of law in divorce). The authors have fully updated the section on marriage to take account of the same-sex marriage legislation in Scotland and England, respectively. International Private Law is written in a way that offers insight into both theory and methodology and ensures that the Scots legal practitioner has the information and the answers they require. Publishing August 2015 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414033986 | ÂŁ49.00
THE SCOTTISH LAW OF DEBT 3rd Edition Greens Practice Library W. A. Wilson 3rd Edition by Nicholas Grier The Scottish Law of Debt has been substantially updated since the 2nd edition of Wilson on Debt in 1991. It now takes account of the many changes in the law relating to personal and corporate insolvency over the last few years. These have resulted in many new procedures for sequestration and new opportunities for corporate rescue. Diligence has also seen many changes, with many old diligences, such as poinding, being swept away and new ones, such as money attachment, with complex new procedures, replacing them. Publishing May 2015 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414013025 | £135.00
CHILDREN’S HEARINGS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2011 Greens Annotated Acts Katy Macfarlane, Morag Driscoll, Brian Kearney, Lindsey Anderson The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 has substantially changed the law and procedure relating to the Children’s Hearings System. Children’s Hearings are the largest quasi-judicial tribunals in Scotland and constitute the main mechanism by which Scots Law deals with children who are in need of care and protection and children who have committed a criminal offence. This annotated version provides an explanatory guide to the individual provisions of the Act. Publishing August 2014 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414035355 | £55.00
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF SCOTLAND Alan Page Publishing in the Scottish Universities Law Institute series this is the most in-depth Scottish treatment of Constitutional law. A very different book from its predecessor in this series, J D B Mitchell’s Constitutional Law, which was first published almost fifty years ago. Constitutional Law provides the first complete account of the constitutional framework within which the government of Scotland has been carried on since devolution in 1999, and of the governance of Scotland as it stands in the wake of September’s historic referendum on Scottish independence. Publishing May 2014 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414014565 | £145.00
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1995 14th Edition Greens Annotated Acts Dr Robert S. Shiels, Iain Bradley, Peter W. Ferguson QC and Sheriff Alastair N. Brown For many criminal lawyers in Scotland the daily problems are not matters of first principles of criminal law but often practical problems associated with criminal procedure. That is what makes the new updated 14th edition of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 such an essential title. Publishing August 2015 Paperback | 9780414039117 | £99.00 + 1.98 VAT = £100.98
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AGRICULTURAL TENANCIES 4th Edition Vols I & II Greens Practice Library The Rt Hon Lord Gill The 4th edition of this highly respected text has grown massively in size, now being published in two volumes, one for legislation and the other Lord Gill’s insightful commentary. Chapters have risen from 39 to 73, illustrating the overhaul and development this highly respected and relied upon title has taken. Contents include: Pt I Introduction and Historical Review Pt II 1991 Act Tenancies Pt III Short Lived Duration Tenancies and Limited Duration Tenancies Pt IV Leases for Grazing and Mowing Pt V Jurisdiction, Procedure and Evidence Publishing August 2015 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414015012 | £230.00
BARTOS & MESTON ON THE SUCCESSION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1964 David Bartos Expanded upon from Michael Meston’s 5th edition of the annotated Act. David Bartos provides an exposition of and commentary on the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964. The Act governs most of the law of intestate succession in Scotland and holds a very significant role in the transfer of title to property by the executor. The text also contains a chapter on testate succession. Contents include: • • • • •
Intestate Succession in Scotland before September 10 1964 Intestate Succession after the 1964 Act Executors and the Administration of Estates Private International Law Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 – Annotated
Publishing June 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414019386 | £65.00
PARLIAMENT HOUSE BOOK Annual Offprints Printed annually, these titles reproduce significant sections of the highly respected Parliament House Book. They offer all the weight of this valued work in handy portable formats, allowing you access to the facts whether in the office, court, library, or at home. GREENS ANNOTATED RULES OF THE COURT OF SESSION 2015/16 Publishing August 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414039087 | £153.00
SOLICITORS PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOK 2015/16 Publishing August 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414039100 | £48.00
GREENS SHERIFF COURT RULES 2015/16 Publishing August 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414039094 | £58.00
THE SCOTTISH TAXES YEARBOOK This is a new annual publication designed to expertly guide both legal practitioners and accountants through the impending new Scottish taxation regime. It will provide a substantial grounding with a history and background of the subject, going on to cover the administration of Scottish taxes, Land and buildings transaction tax and landfill tax, discussing in detail all relevant areas under these headings. Publishing July 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414049949 | £85.00
LEASES Robert Rennie, Stewart Brymer, Mike Blair, Tom Mullen, Frankie McCarthy Published under the auspices of the Scottish Universities Law Institute Current economic conditions have led to increased activity in residential letting while there has been increased litigation in commercial sector as disputes arise between Landlords and Tenants. This authoritative new title in the SULI series looks at leases through the eyes of five specialist authors, each with individual expertise. This looks set to become the most significant work on the area on Scots law. Contents include: • • • •
Part 1 – Leases in General Part 2 – Leases of Residential Property Part 3 – Leases of Commercial Property Part 4 – Agricultural Leases (Tenancies)
Publishing June 2015 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414018617 | £135.00
SCOTTISH CIVIC GOVERNMENT LICENSING LAW Greens Annotated Acts Andrew Hajducki QC and Steven Stuart QC An excellent portable reference for those involved or with an interest in licensing law, this book provides a detailed narrative introduction and a full copy of the consolidated legislation along with practical section-by-section annotated commentary guiding you through the law. Covers the uniform code of law and procedure set out to regulate the issuing of licenses by Scottish local authorities for various activities, including taxi and private car hiring, street trading, public entertaining, running a sex shop and second hand dealing. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
“I welcome this book…as the first comprehensive work on this subject. It will be of considerable assistance to practitioners in the public and private sector.” Andrew R. Hardie QC (of the first edition). Publishing November 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414031654 | £65.00
PLEADING IN ARBITRATION: A PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE 2nd Edition Steven P. Walker & Iain K. Clark The aim of this title is to provide practitioners with a narrative guide which mirrors the various procedural stages of an arbitration process. Arbitration has seen a massive increase in interest in Scotland as a result of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010. This second edition has the advantage of viewing the process after a number of years of the Act being in force and to feed the author’s experience into their expert advice here. Publishing October 2015 Hardback | ISBN: 9780414038622 | £85.00
CRIMINAL LAW 6th Edition T. H. Jones and Dr Ian Taggart Now in its 6th edition, this vastly popular text on Scots criminal law has been fully updated and revised to reflect the onward progress of the law since the last edition in 2012. The authors provide not only an essential in-depth explanation of the law but also a highly functional userfriendly tool. Legislative references are fully documented to disclose relevant amendments, valuable websites are referred to and appendices provide guides to bibliographic sources. The text is perfectly designed to be practical and amenable for the busy practitioner. Criminal Law 6th Edition offers up-to-date coverage of the criminal law of Scotland in a compact and accessible form, relied upon for many years by those with a professional interest in Scots criminal law. The full scope of the text makes Criminal Law 6th Edition the perfect concise modern guide on the subject. Publishing August 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414038592 | £38.00
PUBLIC LAW 3rd Edition Paul Reid This third edition of Public Law by Paul Reid provides comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible coverage of the key areas of Scottish public law. Coverage includes constitutional law, human rights and civil liberties and administrative law. This brand new edition focuses on current constitutional developments following the Scottish referendum. Publishing August 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414019089 | ÂŁ40.00
SEXUAL OFFENCES (SCOTLAND) ACT 2009 2nd Edition Greens Annotated Acts Sheriff Alastair N Brown The full scale overhaul of the law brought in by the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 was covered by Sheriff Alastair Brown in his first edition that same year. Now with the experience of the law in force and the ability to look back upon key examples, Sheriff Brown provides key insight into a piece of legislation which completely recast the substantive law of sexual offences in Scotland. Publishing December 2015 Paperback | ISBN: 9780414019126 | ÂŁ55.00
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