Penal Law Among Socialist Countries

Editor's Note: Dr. Erich Buchholz has been a regular contributor to this Journal since 1977. He is Dean of the Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin, German Democratic Republic (GDR), and also permanent member of the Presidency of the Council for Scientific Investigation of Legal Science at the Academy of Science of the GDR. He is also a member of the International Association of Penal Law. Dr. Bucholz has published many articles, chapters, and books not only in socialist nations but also in the West. Dr. Buchholz submitted a book-review article Le droit pénal comparé des pays socialistes, by Igor Andrejew, Paris 1981. Edition A. pedone, p. 162, which we translated to read “A Comparison of the Penal Law Among Socialist Countries.” The book-review article was further revised by the Journal's Associate Editor, Dr. Peter Zoller. Any reader who wishes to receive an original of the book-review should write to the Editorial Office.]