THE COMMONWEALTH LAWYER. Published by the Commonwealth Lawyer’s Association, London (Volume 1, Number 1, January 1984, vi and 74 pp.). Paperback. The Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association was established in September 1984 during the Seventh Commonwealth Law Conference in Hong Kong. The Association’s recognition of the potential for strengthening the legal profession throughout the Commonwealth, by improving exchanges between Law Societies and Bar Associations, is seen as a way to maintain the honour, integrity, strength and independence of the profession and to promote standards of professional ethics. This is reflected in the material covered in the first issue of the Association’s periodical, which is arranged in four sections: articles, including two addresses, one by the Lord Chancellor; legislation, with summaries of six statutes; judicial decisions, 19 of which are covered; and 18 miscellaneous matters. All items are of direct concern to the legal profession, such as costs, discipline and advertising. Others are of more general interest, such as contractual and tortious liability for solicitor’s negligence, restraint of trade and breach of fiduciary duty. The newsletter is distributed to qualified lawyers who are members of the Association, which is administered from the Law Society in Chancery Lane. Membership, for the triennial period between Commonwealth Law Conferences, is £30 “plus £6 for the Association’s distinctive tie”.

MARINE TRANSPORT: A GUIDE TO LIBRARIES AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN GREAT BRITAIN (2nd Edition). By Rita V. Bolton, B.A., A.L.A. and F. J. Bryan, A.L.A. Published by The Library Association Reference, Special and Information Section and The Marine Librarians’ Association, London (1983, vi and 60 pp., plus 7 pp. Indexes and 2 pp. Appendix). Paperback £5.50 (£4.40 to members of the Marine Librarians’ Association and the Library Association). The Directory gives details of 103 libraries which have considerable material relating to marine transport. It includes those libraries with holdings in shipbuilding, navigation, seamanship, oceanography, fishing technology, meteorology, telecommunications and even recreational sailing. It also lists a further 91 organizations which are very much involved in the marine field, but may not issue facilities to provide “on demand” services. The main entries provide details of staff, services, facilities and, most important, the holdings of the library, including any special collections. Copies may be obtained from The Librarian, Merchant Navy College, Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9NY or from Witherby’s Bookshop, 147 Cannon Street, London EC4N 7BR.

THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: COLLECTION OF CONVENTIONS (1951–1980). Edited by the Permanent Bureau of the Conference. Distributed by Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London (1951–1980, iv and 313 pp.). Paperback £11. This book collects the unannotated official texts of the 29 conventions signed between 1951 and 1980, including of course those on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters (1966), products liability (1972) and agency (1976). The first 10 texts are in French, the