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Treatment without Consent: Law, Psychiatry, and the Treatment of Mentally Disordered People since 1845 by Phil Fennell; London: Routledge (1996); 345 pp.; £50.00, hb. 0-415-07787-7
The Social Fund, Law and Practice by Trevor Buck; London: Sweet & Maxwell (1966); 544 pp.; £39.00, pb.
Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples by John Dixon and Robert P. Scheurell (eds); London/New York: Routledge (1995); 341 pp.; £45.00, hb. ISBN 0-415-05564-4
Social Work Competences by Antony Vass (ed.); London: Sage (1996); 226 pp.; £35.00 hb, £11.95pb.
List of assessors (who wish to be named), for articles appearing in 1996 issues of the Journal