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Islamand Christian-Muslim Relations, a journal published twice yearlyby the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations(CSIC), Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, B29 6LQ. Subscription 12 per year,plus 2 postagefor Britainand Europeand 4 for the rest of the world(by air). This is Vol.1 No. 1 of a new journal devoted to an understanding betweenChristiaIiity and Islam.In the first editorialit indicatesthat it is committedto rigorousstudyand research, andrejectssyncretism andcompromise on the one hand,andpolemicapolb geiicson the other.It is designed to be a meeiing placebetween MuslimsandChrisiians andothers, who together wishto growin understanding andappreciation ofthe religious traditions of IslamandChrisiianity. b as muchas a considerable proporiion of modern arab law is based on Islamic concepts,and much else is also based on traditional Christianand Muslim practices,interposition of the views of believersin these two greatworldreligionsis boundto be of interest. The first issue deals with "Islamand Diversityof Religion"in an articleby Syed Vahiduddin, and "Peaceand Islam:In Theoryand Practice", by Karl-Troger. This is followedby an cle writtenby Hugh Goddardon Some Refleciionson Chrisiian and IslamicPoliticalThought",followedby a discussionof EdwardWilmotBlyden; "Understanding of Christity and Islam as Instruments of BlackEmancipation in West Africa,by EdwardHulmes. The next articleis by JacquesWaardenburg, on Humanities,SocialSciencesandIslamicStudies". There is also a discussionof"The Hindu-Muslim Problem A Co-operative Approach", by AsgharAli Engineer,and a bookreviewariicleby Christopher Hewer. This journalpromisesto be a workto lookout for, andit is to be hopedthat it will continueto have as wide a varietyof originalariicles. ThePracticeand Procedure of the Commercial Court,(3rd ed.) AnthonyS. Colman, 250 pp., Lloyd'sof LondonPress, 1990,52. AnthonyColman'swork has becomewell established as a guide to the commercial court.Ais third editionmaintainsthe standard and the excellenceof the Srst two, and is essentiallya practitioners' manual,givingmost of the answersone could hope for to the type of questionsthat arisenot only on a procedural but a practicallevel in commercial litigation. The mainprocedural stepsin the conductof a typicalcommerci31 courtcasearediscussed,with a practitioners' view as to the courts'practicefor each step.The layoutis much as before,althoughthe new provisions of Order38 rule 2A have been included in detail,and latestcases have naturally beenincorporated into the text and the foot375

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