Civil Judgment Recognition and the Integration of Multiple-State Associations Central America, the United States of America, and the European Economic Community Robert C. Casad xiv, 258 pages, 6 x 9 Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-0218-6, $29.95 This book represents a prodigious study of judgment-recognition practices in the Central American states, and is for that reason alone an important and needed contribution to comparative law. Distinguished legal scholar Robert C. Casad details the history and present arrangements in Central America, compares the Central American system to interstate judgment-recognition arrangements in the U.S. and the European Economic Community, and considers important suggestions for reform in Central America. This book brings together for the first time in one source, translated into English, the texts of the relevant code provisions of each of the six Central American countries, as well as the text of the Bustamante Code (the multi-lateral treaty) and the European Economic Community judgment-recognition convention. "An indispensable research tool for work in Central American conflicts law. Professor Casad has patiently set forth the necessary detail but has never lost sight of the related larger political and economic issues. The work is a fascinating case study in the relation between these broader issues and the precise legal questions of jurisdiction and judgment-recognition."--Donald T. Trautman, Harvard Law School "Professor Casad brings his expertise to bear on the meaning and operation of legal concepts which have seldom if ever been discussed in a comparative fashion. This is the kind of study that can be of great help both to Central American students of law and legal process and to U.S. scholars involved in the process of inter-American legal developments. It also has practical value for any U.S. or Central American lawyer trying to enforce a foreign judgment in Central America."--Boris Kozochyk, University of Arizona College of law "Professor Casad provides a perspective of vibrant interest to students of comparative law."--Rudolf B. Schlesinger, Hastings College of the Law ROBERT C. CASAD is John H. and John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas. He received the J.D. with honors form the University of Michigan and the S.J.D. form Harvard Law school. He is one of three elected members from Kansas of the American Law Institute, and is a member of the Latin American Law Committee of the International and Comparative Law Section of the American Bar Association. Publication of this book was made possible by the financial support of The Dana Fund for International and Comparative Legal Studies.   Home | About the Press | Recent Awards | Contact Us | Order New Books: | By Author | By Subject | By Title | By Series Books in Print: | By Author | By Subject | By Title | By Series ©2007 University Press of Kansas 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, KS 66045-4444 Phone (785) 864-4155; Fax (785) 864-4586