Why Compare? Comments on Kevin Jon Heller and Markus D Dubber’s The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11604355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leo Zaibert (0000-0002-0921-2777, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-292 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | University of Toronto Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-0220 • E-ISSN: 1710-1174 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/utlj.62.2.277 |
| OpenAlex | W4246970930 |
| Language | EN |
In this review essay, I welcome the publication of this much-needed Handbook. Comparative criminal law has not received, in the anglophone traditions, the attention that it deserves, and this Handbook is an important corrective. But I also take the opportunity to discuss some dangers inherent in any comparativist enterprise, and suggest that some of these dangers are present in the editor approach to comparative criminal law
Comparative law · Criminal law · Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Comparative and International Law Studies · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Law in Society and Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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