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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © 1985 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
- ISSN
- 0002-919X
- eISSN
- 2326-9197
- DOI
- 10.2307/840248
- Publisher site
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Abstract
1985] BOOK REVIEWS 549 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW CORSO DI DiRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PRIVATO E PROCESSUALE (2d edition). By Edoardo Vitta, Turin: UTET, 1983. Pp. 354. Reviewed by A.E. von Overbeck* & T. Rossi** Most lawyers are aware of the frustration experienced while seeking guidance from a hornbook or handbook addressed mainly to students exploring a new field of law: more often than not, th e need t o explain the basics of a legal discipline in a didactic manner pre vents the author of th e manual from meeting the specific legal ques tions posed by scholars and practitioners. Paradoxically, a second problem exists when the author of the handbook is also the author of a more elaborate treatise on the same subject matter. In such a case, the handbook is likely to be a mere summary of the major work. Thus, while looking for an answer to a particular question, a lawyer who already possesses some knowledge is likely to seek a more elaborate analysis of the issue as presented in the treatise, rathe r than resorting to the handbook. Th e success of the Corso di Diritto Intemazionale Private e Processuale, currently in its second revised edition (the
Journal
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 1, 1985