Customer Review: This book covers almost everything you need to know about justice systems around the world. It is full of facts and examples from several different countries ranging from courts, corrections and policing. Dr. Reichel is also my professor for Comparative Justice and I can tell you I have learned a... more info
Customer Review: I really enjoyed this, as well as the first, book of actual legal transcript excerpts. I only wish the book was larger, with more of the delightfully scary expressions of judges, counsel, and witnesses! Three stars are awarded for the price v. amount of laughs.
Customer Review: This book is really two books: a first half which describes the evolution of Muslim law (also known as Sharia), and a second half which lists Muslim legal principles in a wide variety of areas. The latter half is basically a laundry list of legal rules, and is about as interesting to read as a... more info
Customer Review: The first section on civil law tradition is good. It provides a sense of the complexity of history from Justinian to the great 19c civil codes of France and Germany and their areas of influence in Latin America etc, along with what these countries' systems have in common, and the convergence with... more info
Customer Review: This is a great read. Abou el Fadl makes a clear argument and articulates his opinion on how and Islamic democracy would look like. Some of the reviews by other scholars are not that good (quite frankly a few appear not to have read the original article but all in all a great read.
