Adrian Jack Libri

The stories collected in this nail-biting anthology are a macabre celebration of the ingenuity of murder. Victims meet their ends in ways which are sometimes gruesome, sometimes tragic, but always imaginative, involving methods as diverse as sword swallowing, triggered bank vaults, andexploding sweets.In Twelve Tales of Murder , Jack Adrian brings together stories by well-known writers in the genre, as well as rarer stories which have for decades been unavailable to readers. For anyone who has ever been gripped by a good murder mystery, and for those who never have but are tempted, TwelveTales of Murder is a delightful guide to who did what to whom, and how.

This book features a useful and practical set of Terms and Conditions. The third volume in the series „European Standard Terms and Conditions“ focuses on England. It is a key contribution to the development of cross-border standard terms across the EU. Adrian Jack is a barrister in England as well as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany. With this book Jack gives a thorough insight into the different legal cultures: the clash between the English common law and the European i. e. German civil system is painted vividly. Jack discusses the difficulties of adapting a set of Continental terms for use in England, and gives the reader a helping hand in developing his own Terms and Conditions.