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Book Reviews 111 BOOK REVIEWS Contemporary Soviet Politics: An Introduction. By Donald D. Barry and Carol Barner-Barry. 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1982. 420pp. ISBN 0-13-170191-6. It would not be feasible for this journal to review more or less regularly the . considerable number of books which deal with one aspect or another of the Soviet political system. It is not difficult to find reasons why the Barry volume deservcs a better treatment. Anybody concerned with the teaching of Soviet law or political institutions would probably subscribe to the following statements: it is impossible to keep Soviet law and politics separate, and: it is very hard to find a book which provides a fully acceptable support system for oral instruction. This is, however, a self-centered view from the teacher's perspective. From the vantage-point of the student, or more generally the interested layman who intends to learn something about the Soviet legal and/or political system, the question will be posed differently, although the answer is about the same: among the many books available there are only a few which offer the right mix of relevant information, insight, and readability. Finally, there is the scholar who would also hope to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) Brill

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Publisher
Brill
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© 1983 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0165-0300
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1875-2985
DOI
10.1163/187529883X00126
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111 BOOK REVIEWS Contemporary Soviet Politics: An Introduction. By Donald D. Barry and Carol Barner-Barry. 2nd edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1982. 420pp. ISBN 0-13-170191-6. It would not be feasible for this journal to review more or less regularly the . considerable number of books which deal with one aspect or another of the Soviet political system. It is not difficult to find reasons why the Barry volume deservcs a better treatment. Anybody concerned with the teaching of Soviet law or political institutions would probably subscribe to the following statements: it is impossible to keep Soviet law and politics separate, and: it is very hard to find a book which provides a fully acceptable support system for oral instruction. This is, however, a self-centered view from the teacher's perspective. From the vantage-point of the student, or more generally the interested layman who intends to learn something about the Soviet legal and/or political system, the question will be posed differently, although the answer is about the same: among the many books available there are only a few which offer the right mix of relevant information, insight, and readability. Finally, there is the scholar who would also hope to

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Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1983

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