Williams's Textbook of Criminal Law (London: Steven & Sons, 1983) is on a United States list of the most cited legal books. [10] The Textbook of Criminal Law, was arguably his best work, as he drew on 50 years of expertise in the area. Williams was well into his seventies when he wrote the 1983 volume. It is a magisterial book written in Socratic style. Williams published article after article in top refereed journals, even in his eighties. He was arguably the greatest legal thinker of the twentieth century. His groundbreaking Criminal Law: The General Part (Steven & Sons, London, 1961) is a classic still widely read and cited. Similarly, his Textbook of Criminal Law, remains a standard textbook for judges, barristers, professors and students. This title is of particular interest to undergraduate students on the LLB, postgraduate students on the GDL. It is particularly important as reading to prepare for a law degree, and offers practical advice and guidance throughout the formative year of study. Glanville Williams, Textbook of Criminal Law (London: Stevens & Sons,1978, 2nd edition published 1983). Williams's voluminous and sometimes complicated writings are inspired by two big and simple notions. The first is that the law should be clear, consistent and accessible. The second is that law should be humane. He was a convinced utilitarian, who held that punishment was an evil to be avoided unless there was a good reason for imposing it, and for whom "good reasons" meant the well-being of society, not the tenets of religious belief. Hence Leon Radzinowicz's celebrated bon mot about him: "Glanville Williams is the illegitimate child of Jeremy Bentham".

Julius J Marke (ed), A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New York University with Selected Annotations, Law Center of New York University, 1953, Library of Congress Catalog card 58-6489, Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. (Union, New Jersey) 1999, p 231 Glanville Williams, Controlling the Repetitive Dangerous Offender, Medical Law Review, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (January 1993).

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Glanville Williams, The Fetus and the Right to Life, Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 53, Issue 1 (March 1994). Spencer, J.R. (2004). "Williams, Glanville Llewelyn (1911–1997)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/66017. Glanville Williams, The Draft Code and Reliance upon Official Statements, Legal Studies, Vol. 9, Issue 2 (July 1989). Ends with a section of recommended reads to bring further insight and inspiration to the young lawyer

Academic honours were heaped upon him, culminating in 1995 in a Doctorate of Letters honoris causa from Cambridge. [13] During his lifetime it was widely rumoured that he had never been offered a knighthood because he had been staunchly pacifist before the Second World War, and during it a conscientious objector. The truth, however, is that he was offered one and declined it; partly from modesty, and partly because he thought it incongruous that a man who had refused to wield a bayonet should theoretically bear a sword. [3] Throughout his lifetime he also served as an Honorary and Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple; and served as the Professor of Public Law and Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College, London, from 1945 to 1955. Professional Bookshop is my default go to for finding the best prices and reading details of law books before buying. Detailed book description is very helpful. Note continued: The importance of context -- Definition sections -- Interpretation in the light of policy: fringe meaning -- The literal rule -- A "purposive" approach: the mischief rule -- Pepper v Hart -- Interpretations to avoid absurdity: the golden rule -- Presumptions -- Human Rights Act 1998, s.3 -- Further reading -- 8.Working Out Problems -- Facts stated in the problem are conclusive -- Omitted facts -- Two points of technique -- Rules and authorities -- Doubt -- Problems on statutes -- Relevancy -- Questions divided into parts -- The overlapping of subjects -- Answering problems in criminal law -- Answering problems in tort -- 9.Answering Essay Questions -- Subdivided questions -- Relevancy -- Getting at the point -- Introducing cases into an answer -- The succinct way of stating cases -- Criticism -- Use of forensic mannerisms -- The arrangement and wording of the answer -- 10.In the Exam Room -- First read the paper -- Choice of questions -- Names of cases I like chapter 14 the best – it is entitled ‘General Reading’. It gives the best bibliography available for the range of works on the market for those who love the subject of law as much as some of the writers quoted clearly did. To read ‘Learning the Law’ is an unforgettable experience. Thank you, Professor Smith, for bridging the gap after some twenty years.Much of the original text survives but Professor Smith has given much needed emphasis to the new legal agenda of the early twenty-first century – gone are the old, archaic references – and in come new, thrusting European Union law provisions which will warm the heart of the most die-hard Eurosceptic. In The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law (1957), Williams criticised Christian, especially Roman Catholic, opposition to contraception, artificial insemination, sterilisation, abortion, suicide and euthanasia. I found the books I needed and at a very low price. I am very happy and will definitely use it in the future

University of Washington School of Law The Fifty Most Cited Legal Books (1978–1999)". Archived from the original on 14 June 2010 . Retrieved 24 July 2010. I do… and I am happy to say that the Cambridge Professor, ATH Smith, has produced the very best effort for a new edition after an absence of 20 years. Do you remember what was described as that old chestnut, the ‘guide, philosopher and friend’ called ‘Learning the Law’ from the 1960s?

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Glanville Williams, Alternative Elements and Included Offences, Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 43, Issue 2 (November 1984). Farmer, Lindsay (2014). "The Modest Ambition of Glanville Williams". In Dubber, Markus D. (ed.). Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.263–277. doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199673612.003.0014. ISBN 978-0-19-967361-2. Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9774 Ocr_module_version 0.0.8 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA400071 Openlibrary_edition In the 1950s he was among the first to draw public attention to the problems children face when giving evidence in sex cases – and was still campaigning on the subject in the 1980s. In 1960 he was the first person publicly to advocate the tape-recording of interviews with suspects in police stations; initially condemned as a silly and impractical idea, 25 years later this became almost universal practice. Perhaps his greatest triumph was in 1986, when a well-timed article persuaded the House of Lords to rule that a person can be guilty of attempt even where the crime in question was impossible of completion: so over-ruling their decision the other way the year before, and expressly over-ruling, for the first time ever, their previous decision in a criminal case.