Book Recommendation

[sandmaster]

I am 74 and read for enjoyment. Several times during my professional life I had to study basic English law and often regretted not completing a law degree. One book I enjoyed in my early days was English Law by Smith and Keenan. Last published in 2013 available copies are out of date. Can anyone recommend a similar but more up to date book?

[barry1010]

You might enjoy this, published last year
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[Rosetta]

have a look on ebay, there are 2 possibles

[Rosetta]

sorry, that^^^ just assumed you only wanted to replace the book

[Buenchico]

I hope that I might be forgiven for going off at a tangent here but, if you love reading about the quirks of English law, A P Herbert's (entirely fictional) 'Uncommon Cases' might be for you. He relates tales of lawyers doing battle about some very odd cases but all based around genuine legal concepts . (e.g. The Thames has flooded onto the Embankment. A motorist is driving along the flooded road when he encounters a man in a boat coming the other way. Neither gives way, resulting in a collision. The motorist's lawyer argues that, as the accident happened on a road, both users of it should have kept to their left, enabling them to pass without incident. The boat owner's lawyer, however, argues that, as the accident happened on a river, maritime law must be allowed to prevail, meaning that should have both kept to their right. The judge has to weigh up the merits, or otherwise, of their respective cases and reach a decision about liability).

If you're interested, the book appears to be currently out of print (although it's so popular that it periodically gets republished) but you can pick up a used copy for under a fiver on Amazon. (If you love the book as much as I do, you can then seek out its follow-up, 'More Uncommon Law'):
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[Peter Pedant]

go for the first year law books of uni courses

I did two years science at Cge and then went straight into Part I law:
Cheshire and Fifoot
Treitel
Smith and Hogan
and Parry International Law

and you just pick it up and read it.
I wdnt buy modern copies

the cases are all in
BAILII - so dont bovva wivva case book

I am doing Davies Restitution in Contract

I ENJOY reading books ( any books) on Equity - there is something wrong with me- any will do

NO courses as far as I can see exist on Tax Law or Insurance ( kinda Contract but special) so they are stand alone