The Library and Reading List

Postgraduate students

The Library

The University Library is open 24/7 and provides a range of study spaces and information resources. The printed law collection is available on the 4^th floor of the library, with an online collection of law books, journals and databases available via the library website, including the Law Trove ebook collection and Lexis+ UK, Westlaw UK and HeinOnline law databases. The library’s Subject Guide for Law provides a guide to library resources and services to law students, including law books, journals and databases, guidance on study skills, legal research and referencing, online courses and training events, and contact details for the law librarian.

Before you start your studies, please take the opportunity to visit the Library, which is located very near to the Warwick Law School. Additional information for new students is available in the Get Started section of the library website, including online library tours. The library Help Desk is open from 8:000am to 8:00pm, and library staff will be happy to meet you and answer your questions. At the start of your course, your law librarian will also introduce you to the library and law databases, and is available to help you with any library, legal research or referencing matters during your studies.

Summer reading

There is no need to conduct extensive reading before beginning your course, but you may wish to look at the following examples of texts that are relevant to your studies. Advanced Legal Studies students: Please refer to the suggested reading of our specialised LLM programmes below in light of your academic interest.

**International Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation students:** Howard Davies, *The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame?* (Cambridge Polity Press, 2010)

**International Economic Law students:**Sol Picciotto, *Regulating Global Corporate Capitalism* (Cambridge University Press, 2011) - Chapter One

**International Economic Law students:** Julio Faundez '*International Economic Law and Development: Before and After Neoliberalism*', in Julio Faundez and Celine Tan (eds.), *International Economic Law, Globalization and Developing Countries*(Edward Elgar, 2012)

**International Commercial Law students:** Kronke & McKendrick, Transnational Commercial Law (2nd edition) (Oxford University Press, 2015) - Chapter One

**International Development Law & Human Rights students:** Rohinton Mistry, *A Fine Balance* (London Bloomsbury, 1997)

**International Development Law & Human Rights students:** Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, *Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe* (London: Seagull Books, 2016)

The books below may be of interest to you as additional reading:

Reuven Avi-Yonah, *Advanced Introduction to International Tax Law* (Cheltenham, Elgar, 2019)

Giuditta Cordero-Moss, *International Commercial Contracts: Applicable Sources and Enforceability* (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Orsolya Toth, *The Lex Mercatoria in Theory and Practice* (OUP, 2017)

Gerber, D.J., *Global Competition: Law, Markets, and Globalisation* (OUP, 2010)

Fox, E.M and M. Bakhoum, *Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Development and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa* (OUP, 2019)

What books should I buy?

You do not need to buy any books for your studies. The library provides access to all books on your reading list. If you wish to purchase your own copies, we recommend waiting until the start of your course, when your module teachers will advise which books are required.

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