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The longest running law revision series, trusted by students for over 30 years, Nutshells present the essentials of law clearly and concisely in a memorable and user friendly way. The ideal companionboth for getting up to speed with a new topic of law and preparing for law exams. This is the law in a nutshell!

The longest running law revision series, trusted by students for over 30 years, Nutshells present the essentials of law clearly and concisely in a memorable and user friendly way. The ideal companionboth for getting up to speed with a new topic of law and preparing for law exams. This is the law in a nutshell!

The leading textbook on the law of succession for over 70 years, Parry & Kerridge on the Law of Succession provides the detail required for a full understanding of the subject. This work covers not only wills and intestacy, but also probate and administration of estates, and has been thoroughly updated for the 13th edition to incorporate all key case and legislative developments.

This revered book has been significantly up-dated and re-written by Will Henderson, Jonathan Fowles and Julian Smith. It takes account of changes in the statute and common law applicable to charities since the previous edition was published in 2003. This edition has been produced by practitioners for practitioners of charity law.

For over 80 years, Osborn's has been the dictionary of choice for law students. With over 4,700 references from the obscure to the everyday it contains everything needed for the study of law. No matter what the subject, Osborn will cover it with references on Criminal Law, Company Law, International Law through to EU and Constitutional Law. Osborn's also includes an extensive citations list, a useful tool for finding and understanding journal and law report abbreviations.