Abstract: Encyclopaedias have a relatively low profile in academic legal literature. Comprehensive analyses of particular areas of law—crime, contract, tort, etc.—are of course well known and their main intended readership is the legal profession; in the area of labour law in Britain, Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law is perhaps the best known work of this kind. An encyclopaedia which is both primarily targeted at an academic readership and aims to provide an account or analysis of one discipline—law—from the perspective of another—economics—is a very different type of work. Encyclopaedias in general can be assessed by reference to how well they map the territory of their subject and the quality of their references to other works for more detailed analyses. In addition, and in particular if at least part of the intended readership is academic, they are likely to go beyond this and provide contributions which at least set out...
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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