This is the first ever index of contributions to common law Festschriften and fills a serious bibliographic gap in the literature of the common law. The entries included in this work refer to some 296 common law Festschriften indexed by author, subject keyword, editor, title, honorand and date. It therefore includes over 5,000 chapter entries. In addition, there are more than a thousand entries of English language contributions to predominantly foreign language, non-common law legal Festschriften from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
are the focus of this index. Taggart (law, U. of Auckland, New Zealand) fills a bibliographic gap in providing this index, derived from a Web-based project at his campus, focusing on the compilations of essays honoring a person or an event known as festschriften. About 300 festschriften on subjects pertaining to common law from "access to justice" to "women's rights" are indexed by author, subject, editor, title, honor, and date and ISBN. He also includes "hidden" festschriften, and some 1,000 entries of English language contributions to foreign language festschriften pertaining to law, including areas outside of common law. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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