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EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS by KEIR STARMER. [London: Legal Action Group. 1999. viii+883 pp. £35 (paperback).] HUMAN RIGHTS: AN AGENDA FOR THE 2IST CENTURY Edited by ANGELA HEGARTY and SIOBHAN LEONARD [Cavendish, 1999, First edition, 444 p., £35 paperback.] TEACHING HUMAN RIGHTS By CHRISTINE BELL, DORIS BUSS, WADE MANSELL, SUSAN MILLNS and NOEL WHITTY [NATIONAL CENTRE FOR LEGAL EDUCATION, WARWICK UNIVERSITY 1999 xi + 90 pp.] MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE. A REVIEW OF JUSTICE IN ERROR. Edited by C. WALKER and K. STARMER. [BLACKSTONE. 1999. 402 PP., £24.95 (PAPERBACK).] THE TILTED PLAYING FIELD. IS CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNFAIR? By H. RICHARD UVILLER. [Yale University Press. 1999. 327 pp., £17 (hardback).] ANALYSING WITNESS TESTIMONY—A GUIDE FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS. Edited by ANTHONY HEATON‐ARMSTRONG, ERIC SHEPHERD and DAVID WOLCHOVER. [Blackstone Press. 1999 Ltd. 344 p., paperback £31.95 ATIYAH'S ACCIDENTS, COMPENSATION AND THE LAW. By PETER CANE. [Butterworths 1999. 6th. ed., 435 p., £23.95 (paperback)] RESPONSIBILITY AND FAULT. By TONY HONORE. [HART PUBLISHING LTD. 1999; 160 p. £22.00; (HARDBACK)]. A NEW LAND LAW By PETER SPARKES. [Hart Publishing Ltd. 1999. 1st ed. cxvi + 742 pp. £50.00 (hardback), £25.00 (paperback)] INSURANCE LAW TEXT AND MATERIALS. By RAY HODGIN. [Cavendish Publishing Ltd. 1998. 1st ed., xxxix + 722 pp. (including index), £24.95 (paperback).] INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW. By ASIF H. QURESHI. [Sweet & Maxwell. 1999. 1st ed., xxviii + 417 pp., £24.95] (paperback). STATUTES AND CONVENTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW. By INDIRA CARR and RICHARD KIDNER. [Cavendish Publishing Ltd. 1999. 3rd Ed., 798 p., £17.95 (paperback).]