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forms of public enterprises and emphasis is laid on the public corporation proper. It need hardly be said, that, from the stand point of comparative law, this is an essential book for practitioners who wish to compare the various types of public corporations in different countries. c.o.D. E. F. George and A. George, The Sale of Flats. Third edition; pp. 344 (London, Sweet & Max well, 1970; £3-10-0). It is only within the last year that the practices of sale of flats has commenced in Dublin ana practitioners who find themselves involved in thi* new procedure will be pleased to learn that a new edition of the standard work on the subject has just been published. The third edition naturally deals with the problems which have become ap parent in this area of conveyancing since the second edition and the very valuable precedents which occupy over 130 pages of the book have been brought up to date in an endeavour to coun ter the difficulties which have arisen in practice. Recent legislation which has impinged on this area of practice in England include the Leasehold Enfranchisement Act and the authors are fortu nate to be able to state that a lessee has no power to enlarge his interest into a fee simple. It is not at all so clear that a lessee of a flat in Ireland would not have trie right to enlarge his interest into a fee simple though the complications which this would cause could be enormous. Apart from this it would be a death blow to the academic theory of the fee simple extending as far as the sky if one can have horizontally stratified floating fee simples. There is no doubt but that this work will prove Xo be essential to any practitioner working in this field. J.F.B. H. Treitel, The Law of Contract. Third edition; 8vo; pp. liii + 884 (London, Stevens, 1970; paper back; £2-10-0). Dr. Treitel, All Souls Reader in English Law in Oxford, had already established himself as an authority in the Law of Contract, ever since the publication of the first edition in 1962. The fact that this learned work has been so thoroughly revised as to merit three editions in eight years speaks for itself. Although it appears that seventy pages of the former text have been cut, there are still 170 more pages in this edition, in which a

wealth of erudition and industry have been dis played, and an exceptionally difficult task of revision has been magnificently achieved. This great work, which gives a clear description of recent case law, has been my favourite work on the law of contracts ever since 1962. Very highly recommended. G.G.D. George Stephen Wilkinson, Road Traffic Offences. Sixth edition; 8vo; pp. lxxviii + 655; Supplement to the sixth edition by P. I. Hainan; 8vo; PP. 59 (London, Oyez Publications, 1970; £6-10-0). Mr. Wilkinson's work on Road Traffic Offence: has become an established masterpiece on this complicated subject. The amount of work put in to the different editions can be gauged by the fact that the second edition (1956) contained only 256 pages, the fourth edition (1963) 428 pages, and che present edition (1970) 655 pages. The number of pages in the index has increased from 21 in 1956 to 28 in 1970. The learned author died in October 1969 and the publishers wisely decided to leave the work as he had left it. Mr. Hainan'? supplement brings the work up to 1 May 1970. The section dealing with "Driving under the Influence of Drink" has been extended from 21 pages in the fourth edition to no less than 60 pages in this edition; as usual, apart from the customary English decisions, all relevant Irish and Common wealth decisions to 1965 have been carefully noted. The chapter on "Penalties, Endorsement and Disqualification" has been extended from 28 pages in the fourth edition to 60 pages in the current edition. This will show the care with which the learned author undertook to bring his work up to date. It is unfortunate that the more recent English legislation has tended to stress the differ ences between it and Irish law. Nevertheless the practitioner who has to defend the drunken, dan gerous or careless driver will find this work invalu able, particularly when the Irish Road Traffic Act, 1968, is in full force. Rowland G. Witchell, Practice and Procedure. Third edition; pp. xv + 374 (London, Oyez Publi cations, 1970; £2-10-0). This volume is intended primarily for students af the Institute of Legal Executives in England. Most of its contents, in relation to contentious matters, have little relevance in Ireland because of different rules of procedure in our Criminal uid Civil Courts. Irish practitioners and studeru. 115