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Encyclopedia of Soviet Law.

Encyclopedia of Soviet Law. 590 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 23 SOCIALIST LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOVIET LAW. Edited by F.J.M. Feldbrugge. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1973. Pp. xii, 774 (2 vols.). Reviewed by Whitmore Gray* The publication of this work is an occasion for real celebration. At last there is a standard reference book to which both initiated scholar and interested neophyte can turn for an excellent introduction to almost any point of Soviet law. Professor F.J.M. Feldbrugge of the University of Leiden and his collaborators have produced a volume which will surely serve as the point of initial reference and departure for all subsequent scholarship on Soviet law. The 450 articles are written by forty-three specialists from the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, France and other West European countries. The list of subject headings has been compiled on the basis of the list used in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, modified somewhat and complemented by additional spe­ cialized Soviet concepts and terms. It is, therefore, a system of terminology already familiar to many of its potential users, as well as one which facilitates locating supplementary material in current legal periodicals. Since the main entries are supplemented by liberal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Encyclopedia of Soviet Law.

American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 23 (3) – Jul 1, 1975

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Oxford University Press
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© 1975 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
ISSN
0002-919X
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2326-9197
DOI
10.2307/839385
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590 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW [Vol. 23 SOCIALIST LAW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOVIET LAW. Edited by F.J.M. Feldbrugge. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1973. Pp. xii, 774 (2 vols.). Reviewed by Whitmore Gray* The publication of this work is an occasion for real celebration. At last there is a standard reference book to which both initiated scholar and interested neophyte can turn for an excellent introduction to almost any point of Soviet law. Professor F.J.M. Feldbrugge of the University of Leiden and his collaborators have produced a volume which will surely serve as the point of initial reference and departure for all subsequent scholarship on Soviet law. The 450 articles are written by forty-three specialists from the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Germany, France and other West European countries. The list of subject headings has been compiled on the basis of the list used in the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, modified somewhat and complemented by additional spe­ cialized Soviet concepts and terms. It is, therefore, a system of terminology already familiar to many of its potential users, as well as one which facilitates locating supplementary material in current legal periodicals. Since the main entries are supplemented by liberal

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Published: Jul 1, 1975

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