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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Copyright
- © 1957 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
- ISSN
- 0002-919X
- eISSN
- 2326-9197
- DOI
- 10.2307/837106
- Publisher site
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Abstract
BOOK REVIEWS 535 (investigation and prosecution) and civil proceedings (objectives and pro cedure). Finally, he delineates the philosophy of the functioning of the courts— as a check on the executive, a check on legislation, and molders of the law (titles which are not logomachy, but give a moderate and well-balanced treatment of the place of the courts in the American constitutional system). If a regret may be expressed, it will concern the small space devoted to the practical working of the full faith and credit clause as far as judgments are concerned and even (ten lines on p. 262, and p . 361) to the application of state law by federal courts. These are questions which always rouse the curiosity of foreigners and on which they may have difficulty in finding a clear expose. On the other hand, the rela tively long treatment of criminal and civil proceedings will be most valuable for them. I t is a field of law in which the choice was between specialized and some what bulky books and some sketchy pages in summaries of American law. They will now find in Professor Mayers' work a comprehensible and satisfactory treatment of the matter. The
Journal
American Journal of Comparative Law – Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 1, 1956