Edwin M. Borchard / Edwin MBorchard
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Librería Aciertas (Toledo)
Kálamo Books
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Librería Elías (Asturias)
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
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A pioneering compass to the law of Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Essential for comparative legal work. Edwin M. Borchard’s Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Argentina, Brazil and Chile is a thorough latin american legal reference and comparative law guide fashioned in the early 20th century law tradition. Designed as a legal research handbook, it organises statutes, cases, official codes and secondary writings into a practical legal literature collection that opens pathways through Argentina Brazil Chile law for contemporary readers. As a law students resource and a legal scholars reference, it balances utility and historical perspective: researchers find direct routes to south american law resources while readers interested in historical legal studies encounter primary signposts to the development of latin american legal systems and jurisprudence. Compact and methodical, the Guide trains readers in bibliographic method and points to the archival and print foundations of legal argument in each republic.A significant artefact of legal thought, this borchard legal bibliography has enduring value to those tracing comparative doctrine, codification and the intellectual currents that shaped the region. It offers a window into the priorities and sources that informed judges, legislators and scholars during a formative period; for anyone engaged in historical legal studies it clarifies provenance and enables fresh comparative work. Casual readers fascinated by the legal history of South America will find orientation to south american law resources, while libraries, classic-literature collectors and institutional scholars will prize the volume as a bridge between scholarship and archival truth. Its presence enriches any library of south american law resources and supports teaching and long-term scholarship. Collectors will value its provenance and context. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure.
