Editorial [Id-Dritt, 17, 1999]

Abstract

This issue of Id-Dritt Law Journal is important for a number of reasons. Firstly, it represents a comeback of ld-Dritt since its last publication in 1991. Secondly, owing to the sad but hopefully temporary demise of De Jure, the law journal published by the Chamber of Advocates, Id-Dritt has found itself remaining the only local legal journal on the market at present. Therefore it was of utmost importance to re-launch this publication, owing not so much to the fact that it is the Law Society's main source of income, but also to its importance as a law journal in the local legal environment. The Editorial board, in its collection of articles, has attempted to cover a wide range of subjects, some of which deal with hot topical issues and others which deal with specific questions of law. Since it is the intention of the Editorial Board to issue Id-Dritt on a bi-annual basis for the time being, each issue will be of considerable length and will include a large number of articles. Therefore our doors are always open to anyone who would care to contribute. Hopefully, our initiative to relaunch this publication will be upheld, strengthened and developed by all future Law Society committees since we feel that this publication, now nearly thirty years old, has taken its place as a minor but, nevertheless important institution within both university and professional legal circles in Malta.