NCJ Number
15748
Editor(s)
R RANK
Date Published
1974
Length
573 pages
Annotation
A REFERENCE SOURCE CONTAINING OVER 9,000 ENTRIES IN SPANISH, FRENCH, AND PORTUGUESE, DATING FROM BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO THE PRESENT.
Abstract
THE VOLUME EXTENDS TO ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, PUERTO RICO, SALVADOR, URUGUAY, AND VENEZUELA. FOR EACH NATION, THE SURVEY INCLUDES GENERAL WORKS, SUCH AS BIBLIOGRAPHIES, PERIODICALS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES, AND CRIMINAL LAW ENTRIES, INCLUDING UN-ANNOTATED AND ANNOTATED CODES, STATUTES, LAW REPORTS, TREATISES, AN MONOGRAPHS - THE LATTER COVERING BOTH THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL PART OF CRIMINAL LAW. THE SECTIONS ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CONTAIN A SIMILARLY EXTENSIVE AND ORGANIZED COVERAGE. PENOLOGY, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE ARE INCLUDED IN THE SECTIONS ON CRIMINOLOGY, WHILE THE SECTIONS ON MILITARY CRIMINAL LAW CONTAIN CODES, TREATISES, AND MONOGRAPHS. IN THE CASE OF FEDERAL COUNTRIES, SIMILAR INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR THE LAWS OF THE STATES OR PROVINCES. A PUBLICATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, THIS VOLUME SHOULD PROVE A VALUABLE REFERENCE RESOURCE FOR ALL INTERESTED IN FOREIGN OR COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL LAW.