Honeyball & Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Simon Honeyball
Price: £26.99
Edition: 10th Edition (June 2008)
ISBN: 978-0-19-923587-2
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Unlike
most areas of law, employment law has developed at a frantic pace for
over 40 years. During this time, a number of textbooks have come
into the market to tackle this subject which used to form part of a law
firm's commercial team or a section in a commercial law book.
Honeyball & Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law is, to my mind, one
of the better texts.
Honeyball & Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law has, like its title suggests, been authored at one stage or another by two experienced employment lawyers. For this tenth edition, which comes two years after the ninth, there is a change of name from labour law to employment law. Simon Honeyball is also solely responsible for the text which has been thoroughly updated to include the latest case-law and legislative developments during the last couple of years (of which there are many). These have seamlessly been incorporated into the text.
Honeyball & Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law is impressively written. Honeyball, in particular, takes pride in the fact that the tenth edition is not much longer than the first edition. To achieve this feat, whilst maintaining the quality of the text, requires superb judgment combined with concise writing. Fortunately, Honeyball has both of these skills in abundance. The text also has excellent balance for the student market meaning that Honeyball considers, where appropriate, repealed legislation or over-ruled judgments which explain the law's development and, often, its likely course.
In an area of law saturated by employment law textbooks, anyone interested in this fascinating and fast-pacing area of law should seriously consider Honeyball & Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law. Practitioners will also find this text of value with John Bowers QC's practical experience (which remains throughout the text) providing an invaluable insight in the workings of employment law in practice, both inside and outside of the tribunal and courts.
Reviewed on 5 April 2009
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