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Boo k Reviews COMPARATIVE LAW INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPARATIVE LAW Vol. IV, (PERSON S AND FAMILY), Ch. 11: THE FAMILY IN RELIGIOUS AND CUS TOMARY LAWS. By P.H. Neuhaus, Z.W. Falk, Sir Norman Anderson, J.D.M. Derrett, T.K.K. Iyer & R. Verdier. Tubingen: J.CB. Mohr; Th e Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1983. Pp. 129. Reviewed by John T. Noonan, Jr. * In this chapter of th e Encyclopedia a half dozen specialists write on Christian law (Paul Heinrich Neuhaus); Jewish law (Ze'ev W. Falk); Moslem law (Norman Anderson); Hindu law (Duncan M. Derret t and T. K. Krishnamurthy Iyer); and customary law, chiefly African (Raymond Verdier). The authors are all authorities in their respective fields. They pack their surveys densely with information. They provide citations and bibliographies. With one exception, the articles perform very well the first function of an encyclopedia: they furnish balanced comprehensive overviews which will permit th e reader to proceed to deeper examination or more controversial explorations. Th e authors, rightly, do not eschew all value judgments in presenting the law as it stands. Neuhaus openly asks if "the coming generation of ecclesiastical lawyers" will rise to th e challenge of fus ing modern trends with basic
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 1, 1985
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