Where to Look for Your Law

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Where to Look for Your Law, commonly known as the Yellow Book, [1] is a bibliography of law. It is "well known". [2] It has been described as "valuable", [3] as "an indispensable tool" [4] and as "an old friend". [5] By 1990, it was "very outdated". [6]

The First Edition was published in January 1908, [7] the Second in October 1912, [8] the Third in October 1926, [9] the Fourth in October 1929, the Fifth in October 1935, [10] the Sixth in October 1938, the Seventh in March 1943, [11] the Second Impression of that Edition in May 1943, the Eighth Edition in February 1944, [12] the Ninth in November 1946, the Tenth in January 1948, the Eleventh in 1954, [13] the Twelfth in 1957, [14] the Thirteenth in 1960, [15] and the Fourteenth in 1962.

The Seventh to Tenth Editions were by R Hilary Stevens. The Eleventh to Fourteenth Editions were by Charles William Ringrose, Librarian to the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. [16]

References

  1. (1961) 63 Library Association Record 242 (July 1961) (Fourth Series, vol 28)
  2. 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. New York and London. 1990. ISBN   0-8240-4299-9. p 118.
  3. The Law Society's Gazette. The Law Society. 1962. Volume 59. Page 49.
  4. The Business Law Review. Volume 2. 1955. Page 85
  5. Annual Survey of American Law. New York University School of Law. 1954. Page 862.
  6. Hines, William Douglas. English Legal History: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. Garland Publishing Inc. 1990. p 118.
  7. For reviews of this edition, see "Reviews" (1908) 27 Law Notes 91 (March 1908); (1908) 43 The Law Journal 55 (1 February 1908); (1908) 15 The Scots Law Times 143 (25 January 1908); (1908) 42 The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 53 (29 February 1908); and (1908) 30 The Law Students' Journal 29 (1 February 1908).
  8. For a review of this edition, see (1912) 34 The Law Students' Journal 250 (2 December 1912)
  9. For reviews of this edition, see "New Editions" (1926) 162 The Law Times 389 (13 November 1926); "Reviews and Notices" (1927) 43 The Law Quarterly Review 292 (No 170: April 1927); (1926) 90 The Justice of the Peace 681 (27 November 1926); and "Reviews of Books" (1926) 122 The Bankers', Insurance Managers' and Agents' Magazine 824.
  10. For reviews of this edition, see (1935) 2 The Solicitor: A Journal for Solicitors and Their Managing Clerks 119 (May 1935); and (1935) 69 The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 207 (3 August 1935).
  11. For reviews of this edition, see "New Edition" (1943) 62 Law Notes 108 (June 1943); "Review" (1943) 10 The Solicitor: A Journal for Solicitors and Their Managing Clerks 96 (June 1943); (1943) 87 The Solicitors' Journal 229 (26 June 1943); (1943) 93 The Law Journal 135 (24 April 1943); "Reviews" (1943) 107 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 177 (10 April 1943); "Reviews" (1943) 77 The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 122 (15 May 1943); and (1943) 5 The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 149 (May 1943).
  12. For reviews of this edition, see (1944) 197 The Law Times 98 (18 March 1944); and 6 The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 99
  13. For reviews of this edition, see "Book Reviews" (1955) 9 The Industrial Law Review 228 (No 3: January 1955); "Where to look for your law" Aslib Information p 4; and "New publications" (1954) 56 The Library Association Record 34 (Fourth Series, vol 21).
  14. For reviews of this edition, see "Reviews" (1958) 122 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 27 (11 January 1958); Local Government Journal, vols 85-86, p 234; "Overseas reading" (1957) 61 The Accountant's Magazine 661; (1957) British Book News 537 ; 170 The Estates Gazette 341 (21 September 1957); (1957) 35 Public Administration 432; (1957) 76 Law Notes 258 (No 10); "Reviews" (1957) 137 The Accountant 399 (5 October 1957); AET, "Where to Look for Your Law" in "Book Reviews" (1958) 26 Town and Country Planning 87 (No 2: February 1958); and The Year Book of World Affairs 1959, p 356.
  15. For reviews of this edition, see T J Howard, "Where to Look for Your Law" (1961) 34 The Police Journal 307; "Book Reviews" (1961) 3 University of Malaya Law Review 153; "For the Local Government Reader" (1961) Local Government Journal, vols 89-90, p 118 (June 1961); (1960) The Librarian and Book World, vols 49-50, p 29; WLT [1960] The Sudan Law Journal and Reports 356 ; "Reviews" (1961) 105 The Solicitors' Journal 36 (13 January 1961); "Guide to Works on the Law" (1961) 69 The Municipal Journal (31 March 1961); "Book Review" (1961) 65 The Accountant's Magazine 386; (1961) 80 Law Notes 128 (No 5: May 1961); and (1961) 144 The Accountant 528 (29 April 1961).
  16. As to Ringrose, see Thomas Landau, "Ringrose, Charles William", Who's Who in Librarianship, Bowes & Bowes, 1954, p 173 .

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