Is Common Law really all that common around the world? Is a defendant innocent until proven guilty in Romania? How does the court system of California stack up against the one in Cambodia? How does Marxist jurisprudence compare to feminist jurisprudence? And just what does a barrister do?
Herbert M. Kritzer is professor of political science and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
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