LAW AND ACCOUNTANCY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7301, 3 December 1910, Page 9

LAW AND ACCOUNTANCY

"Powell’s Princioles and Practice of the Law of Evidence." Ninth Edition; re-wntten and re-arranged by IV. Blake Odgera, M.A.. LL.D., K.C. London : Buttorworth and Co. (205.) "Powell on Evidence” has long been recognised as a 'standard legal work of considerable value to practitioners and students. In, the present, the ninth edition, this excellent treatise has been entirely ro-cast and re-written, and brought up to date. It has been rearranged under the four main heads of Relevancy, Proof, Cogencj', and Procedure; the greater portion of tho Books on Relevancy and Cogency being entirely new matter. The principles and rules of . the Law of Evidence under each head are stated in largo type; tho decisions which illustrate these" principles and rules following immediately iu smaller typo—a method* which makes for increased clearness and convenience. More than 850 new cases have been added to those cited in tho last edition. Every decision of any importance on the subject reported since the last edition was published, down to and including March Ist, 1910, has, it is believed, been referred to in this volume. In tho Appendix are collected the principal Statutes and Rules which affect tho Law of Evidence. The Index, also, has been thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged, “The Students’ Catechism on Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Banking.” By I . Havey, A.S.A.A. London: Buttorwovtb and Co. (Price 3s Cd.)

This work' is based upon a new system of instruction, and is specially designed to enable anyone to acquire a practical knowledge of book-keeping, and to learn at the same time how to answer questions on tho subject. It is composed of graduated and classified questions and answers so arranged as to form an easy, systematic, and complete course of instruction, and is tho outcome of tho author's experience of tho i<v-

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