Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge

Price: $9.95 CDN

Category: Books
Author: American Contract Bridge League

ISBN: 0-943855-16-0
(101 pages)

Front Cover:

Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge

Preface:

An excerpt from:

PREFACE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN EDITION LAWS OF DUPLICATE CONTRACT BRIDGE 1997

The first Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge were published in 1928. There have been successive revisions in 1933, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1963, 1975and 1987. Through the Thirties, the Laws were promulgated by Portland Club of London and the Whist Club of New York. From the Forties onwards, the American Contract Bridge League Laws Commission has replaced the Whist Club, while the British Bridge League and the European Bridge League supplemented the Portland Club's efforts. The 1975 Laws were also promulgated by the World Bridge Federation Laws Commission, as they have been in 1987 and the current version.

This latest revision supersedes the 1987 Code on September 1, 1997. Zonal authorities may implement the new Code any time after March 1, 1997. In the American Contract Bridge League the revised laws are effective on May 27, 1997.

.......A great deal of effort has been expended to make these laws easy to use. References from one law to another have been made more explicit. The hundreds of headings and sub-headings can help a Director find the section of a law that is applicable to the facts of a case( these headings are for convenience of reference only; headings are not considered to be part of the laws.The table of contents at the front of the book and the alphabetical index at the back should make a Director's task lighter.