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A book about the law governing child abuse has won the inaugural £10,000 Inner Temple book prize for outstanding legal authorship.
Laura Hoyano, of Oxford University, and Caroline Keegan, of Queen’s University, Belfast, received the award at a ceremony on 2 December for Child Abuse, which compares the English approach with that of other common law jurisdictions. Lord Woolf of Barnes chaired the panel of judges, which considered 79 entries.
Laura Hoyano, of Oxford University, and Caroline Keegan, of Queen’s University, Belfast, received the award at a ceremony on 2 December for Child Abuse, which compares the English approach with that of other common law jurisdictions. Lord Woolf of Barnes chaired the panel of judges, which considered 79 entries.
A book about the law governing child abuse has won the inaugural £10,000 Inner Temple book prize for outstanding legal authorship.
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