Current Legal Problems

Current Legal Problems is the title of an annual series of Lectures hosted by the Faculty of Law of University College London. The lectures range broadly across subjects which are of interest to both academic and practising lawyers, to their pupils, and to lay persons. The text of these lectures is published annually as Current Legal Problems: Collected Papers . The Review volume (1992, Volume 45, Part I) was published in May of 1992. of Laws of University College London for forty years. This year publication moved to Oxford University Press. The Review (1992, Volume 45, Part I) was published in May of this year. Part II contains the texts of the Current Legal Problems lecture series and a number of other seminar papers presented at University College London. Contributors: Jack Beatson, Donald Harris, Hugh Collins, Peter Birks, Sir Sydney Lipworth, Dan Goyder, Laurence Lustgarten, Richard Susskind, Gavin Drewry, John R. Spencer, The Rt. Hon Lord Slynn of Hadley This book is intended for practising and academic lawyers.Table of ContentReforming the law of contracts for the benefit of third parties - a second bite at the cherry, Jack Beatson, B.C.L., M.A.; incentive to perform, or break, contracts, Donald Harris, LL.M., B.C.L., M.A.; distributive justice through contracts, Hugh Collins, B.C.L., M.A., LL.M.; mixing and tracing - property and retitution, Peter Birks, M.S., D.C.L., LL.D.; the work of the monopolies and mergers commission, Sir Syndey Lipworth; the implementation of the EC mergers regulation new wine in old bottles, Dan Goyder; accountability of security services in western democracies, Laurence Lustgarten, B.A., M.Sc., J.D; the theoretical foundations of expert systems in law, Richard Susskind; justice and public administrtion - some constitutional tensions, Gavin Drewy; court experts and expert witnesses - have we a lesson to learn from the French?, John Spencer, LL.B., M.A.; Europe - the parliament in court, The Rt. Hon. The Lord Glynn of Hadley.