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Book Review: Crime, Law and Business

Book Review: Crime, Law and Business AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (June 1979) 12(55-64) 55 BOOK REVIEWS Crime, Law and Business. Andrew Hopkins, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra (1978) pp 123, $3. The author of this work, Andrew Hopkins, is described in the cover note as being a sociologist/criminologist who at the time of publication of this work was employed at the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra. At the time that this book was written, he was a Research Fellow in sociology at the Australian National University. The first impression of the book is gathered from the large print of the first few words, "Crime, Law and Business". A rather ambitious task for a m-odest paperback of some 123 pages, However, the reader gains a more realistic notion of the book's contents when he continues onto the words "The Sociological Sources of Australian Monopoly Law". . The book is not primarily directed at lawyers, or for that matter anyone particular interest group. Dr Hopkins openly states that it is a sociological study of the sources of what is more commonly known as Australian trade practices law, as opposed to the trade practices themselves. Correspondingly it would be fair to say that this book http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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SAGE
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Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0004-8658
eISSN
1837-9273
DOI
10.1177/000486587901200208
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AUST & NZ JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY (June 1979) 12(55-64) 55 BOOK REVIEWS Crime, Law and Business. Andrew Hopkins, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra (1978) pp 123, $3. The author of this work, Andrew Hopkins, is described in the cover note as being a sociologist/criminologist who at the time of publication of this work was employed at the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra. At the time that this book was written, he was a Research Fellow in sociology at the Australian National University. The first impression of the book is gathered from the large print of the first few words, "Crime, Law and Business". A rather ambitious task for a m-odest paperback of some 123 pages, However, the reader gains a more realistic notion of the book's contents when he continues onto the words "The Sociological Sources of Australian Monopoly Law". . The book is not primarily directed at lawyers, or for that matter anyone particular interest group. Dr Hopkins openly states that it is a sociological study of the sources of what is more commonly known as Australian trade practices law, as opposed to the trade practices themselves. Correspondingly it would be fair to say that this book

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologySAGE

Published: Jun 1, 1979

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