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Issue No: 190
May 21, 2005

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An authentic handbook on Company and Securities Law

Barrister M. Moksadul Islam

A good lawyer, not necessarily, have to know all laws but he must know where the law is. To this endeavour a rich library with up-to-date law books is indispensable to a successful lawyer. Many noted lawyers, including Dr. M. Zahir, maintain a chronicle of their own containing updated list of case-references as the law indexes available in the market are not always satisfactory.


Company and Securities Laws Revised and Updated Edition By Dr. M. Zahir Published by The University Press Limited Price: Tk. 1600

Sadly, there are not many text books or reference books in the market which can be compared with the law books available in developed world or even in our neighbouring countries. Most of the books available in the market are mainly either compilation of different statues or rules and regulations or citations of decisions held in different cases. Many voluminous books are voluminous simply because it has cited similar principle repeatedly held in different cases. Some of these books even do not correspond to the reference books apparently they referred to.

Dr. M. Zahir's book on Company and Securities Laws is different from many other law books available in the market. Besides couple of other statute books on company law with few references or commentaries actually this is the only textbook on companies and securities law available in the market with sound commentaries. Dr. M. Zahir not only tried hard to quote the interpretation given by our court regarding a particular section of Companies Act but also compared them with decisions held in UK, Australia and India etc. A man of his standing Dr. Zahir needs no approval from any body and his work on this book simply testifies the same. He himself is a legal institution in the country and needless to say this book will have remarkable and long lasting effect on the judiciary and the commercial world.

This second edition published as revised and updated edition reportedly has more than 30 new case references. Like other books on securities laws the second part of this book has again compiled many much-needed updated SROs, Notifications and Regulations which are not always easily available from the library of the Securities Exchange Commission even. Although web sites of Bangladesh Bank and Security Exchange Commission nowadays publish recent Rules and Regulations about the securities laws however not many of us are computer literate to reap the benefit of the modern information technology.

However, there were ample rooms for improvement in this latest edition. Casual proof reading and careless formatting is noticeable in some part of this book. Like other law books published in this country the index part of this book is not user friendly at all compared with the leading textbooks published even in the neighbouring countries. Lack of complete index has made it very hard to navigate the book easily.

Besides many ordinances, gazettes, notifications, rules, regulations, and circulations the book also contains many very important rules and forms under the Companies Act. This book is written in very lucid language and definitely would help the legal practitioners, business entrepreneurs and students alike.

Not all renowned books in the absence of original writers simply evaporate. On many occasions others take them over from the original writer and improve and update them. There are many books which even have changed three or four hands and still available in updated form without losing its originality. Our author may also take initiative and hand over the book to someone interested and competent to improve and update it in his absence and keep it alive for many years to come.

The author is advocate Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

 
 
 


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