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Boo k Review COMPARATIVE LAW COMPARATIVE LAW: CASES—TEXT—MATERIALS (5th ed.). By Ru dolf B. Schlesinger, Hans W. Baade, Mirjan R. Damaska & Peter H. Herzog (eds.). Mineola: The Foundation Press, 1988. Pp. lxix, 926. Reviewed by Edgar Bodenheimer* Professor Schlesinger, who was the sole author of the first four editions of this book, has for the fifth edition been joined by three co-authors. As th e Preface explains, this was done largely as a coop erative effort; each co-author, however, has assumed primary re sponsibility for additions and changes appearing in specified sections of the new edition. The amount of additions is moderate; th e size of th e book was increased by only fifty-five pages. But both the text and the footnote references were brought up to date. Th e general arrangement and sequence of topics has remained th e same in the new edition. The introductory part deals with the nature, purposes, and expected benefits of the comparative ap proach. This is followed by an extensive chapter on pleading and proof of foreign law in United States federal and state courts; this subject is, of course, of greatest practical value to an American attor ney handling international
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Oct 1, 1989
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