 | Economic Analysis of Law by Richard A. Posner
Buy used from: £71.95 Completely illuminates the study, practice, uses and rationale of legal systems and rules
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 | J M Kelly: The Irish Constitution by Gerard Hogan
Buy new: £156.66 / Used from: £175.38 The original by the late JM Kelly is a masterful tome of erudition and the one the practitioners turn to in Ireland.
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 | Directives in European Community Law: A Study of Directives and Their Enforcement in National Courts (Oxford European Community Law Library Series) by Sacha Prechal
Buy used from: £11.14 An excelllent companion to understanding EU law and particularly interpreting directives.
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 | Statutory Interpretation by Francis A.R. Bennion
Could easily be top of the list. Should be compulsory reading in all law schools. By times wry and very humorous it leaves no area of its subject uncovered and is very useful in practice.
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| The Interpretation of Contracts
The only one of its kind as far as I know - an excellent aid to contractual interpretation.
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 | Law's Empire (Legal Theory) by Ronald Dworkin
Buy new: £16.15 / Used from: £12.99 A fundamental jurisprudential text.
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| Chitty on Contracts: v. 1, v. 2, plus latest cumulative Supplement
Buy new: £544.00 / Used from: £700.00 Surely the leading work on contract law - volume two is especially useful to the practitioner.
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 | Competition Law by Richard Whish
Buy new: £32.99 / Used from: £0.01 In my experience it is the leading text on competition law. Extremely lucid and sometimes very opinionated.
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| Murdoch's Dictionary of Irish Law by Henry Murdoch
One of those refernce books that when you look up a particular word or phrase you end up reading through it for half an hour - equally interesting for non-lawyers who want a quick fix of law.
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 | A Theory of Justice by J Rawls
Buy new: £16.45 / Used from: £10.00 A work of political philosophy by a giant thinker, but one that is essential for those with an interest in crime and punishment.
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