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First edition

Lawyers Law Books: A Practical Index to Legal Literature is a bibliography of law. The First Edition was by John Rees and Donald Raistrick. The Second and Third were by the latter author alone.

First Edition

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The First Cumulative Supplement to this Edition was published in 1979.

Second Edition

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Hines said this book might be the "most noteworthy" of the more recent general legal bibliographies.[1] McVeigh praised it for its succinctness and called it "the best starting point".[2]

Third Edition

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The preface to this edition is dated August 1996. This Edition does not include books published before 1980 unless the author considered them to be "useful".[3] Finch and Fafinski said that this book is "extremely useful".[4] Holborn called it "excellent".[5]

References

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  • John Rees and Donald Raistrick. Lawyers' Law Books: A Practical Index to Legal Literature. Professional Books. Abingdon. 1977. ISBN 9780903486408. Google Books.
  • Donald Raistrick. Lawyers' Law Books: A Practical Index to Legal Literature. Second Edition. Professional Books. Abingdon. 1985.
  • Donald Raistrick. Lawyers' Law Books: A Practical Index to Legal Literature. Third Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997.
  • The Library Association Record. Library Association. 1979. Volume 81. p 73.
  • The Law Librarian. British and Irish Association of Law Libraries. 1983. Volumes 14 - 16. p 13.
  • "Book Reviews" (1977) 8-11 The Law Librarian 14 Google Books
  • "Book Reviews", 14-16 The Law Librarian 130 at 131; "Current Awareness" at p 58 Google Books
  • "Book Reviews" (1998) 29 The Law Librarian 124 (2 June, no 2 of vol 29) Google Books
  • Donald J Dunn. The Noter Up. W S Hein. 1985. Page 7. Google Books
  • (1984) 3 Legal Information Alert 6 Google Books
  • "Reviews" (1978) 122 Solicitors Journal 29 (13 January 1978) Google Books
  • "Reviews" (1985) 129 Solicitors Journal 668 Google Books
  • "Book Reviews" (1978) Malayan Law Journal cxiv (April 1978) Google Books
  • "Book Reviews" (1985) Malayan Law Journal 414 (December 1985) Google Books
  • (1984) 16 American Association of Law Libraries Newsletter 75 Google Books
  • Sipkov (1979) 6 International Journal of Law Libraries 112 Google Books
  • Albert John Walford, Alan Day, Marilyn Mullay, Michael Walsh and Priscilla Schlicke. Walford's Guide to Reference Material. Library Association. Eighth Edition. 1999. ISBN 9781856043694. Volume 2 (Social and Historical Sciences, Philosophy and Religion). Paragraph 2738 at page 209. Google Books
  • S P Dyer, "U.K. Legal Bibliography" (1997) 122 Library Journal 144 (August 1997) Google Books
  • Karen Fullerton and Megan Macgregor. "Legal Bibliographies" in Legal Research Skills for Scots Lawyers. W Green/Sweet & Maxwell. 1999. Para 6.5.2 at page 104. Google Books
  1. ^ Hines, William Douglas. English Legal History: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Vol 1011 of the Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Garland Publishing Inc. 1990. ISBN 0-8240-4299-9. p 118.
  2. ^ McVeigh, K J A. "Lawyers Law Books" (1986) 45 Cambridge Law Journal 159 doi:10.1017/S0008197300116010
  3. ^ Preface to the Third Edition. Page ix.
  4. ^ Emily Finch and Stefan Fafinski. Legal Skills. Second Edition. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-955440-9. Page 189.
  5. ^ Holborn, Guy. Legal Research Guide. Butterworths. 2001. ISBN 0 406 93023 6. Paragraph 12.11 at page 25.