Law and Politics: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia (Repost)
Daniel P. Strouthes - Law and Politics: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia
ABC-Clio | 1995 | ISBN: 0874367778 | English | 304 pages | PDF | 9.25 MB
ABC-Clio | 1995 | ISBN: 0874367778 | English | 304 pages | PDF | 9.25 MB
This concise encyclopedia aspires to define important concepts of law and politics while emphasizing similarities and differences among different legal and political entities. The alphabetically arranged entries, which range in length from 100 to 3,000 words, cover the rather specific ("servitas" and "legal fiction") to the very broad ("natural law" and "jurisprudence"). Strouthes's goal "is to provide a precise and accurate definition for an important concept, as well as some concise background detail and discussion, using data gathered from a variety of legal and political systems around the globe" (p. xi). Many definitions include illustrative examples from U.S. law and contrasting examples from other legal systems. Law and Politics concludes with a 250-entry bibliography of articles and books, and a subject index.
It is probably impossible to create a cohesive cross-cultural encyclopedia of law and politics in approximately 300 pages, but Strouthes gave it a shot. Law and Politics offers interesting definitions that may benefit some researchers, particularly college students.