Festschrift in honor of Robert Harvey Gault and the Journal of criminal law, criminology and police science.

--German criminal law reform: its development and cultural-historical background, by H.H. Jescheck.--Soviet criminal law reform: centralized uniformity versus local diversification, by G. Ginsburgs and G. Mason.--Japanese criminal procedure reform: a practical experiment in comparative law, by S. Dando.

Dedication: To the Journal of criminal law, criminology and police science ... and for Dr. Robert Harvey Gualt.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Some misconceptions in contemporary criminology / M. Lopez-Rey -- Pre-classical penology / P.W. Tappan -- Return to the scene of the crime / H. von Hentig -- The contribution of physcological testing to criminological theories and to diagnosis of mentally abnormal criminals / F. Ferracuti -- "Rule of law" in criminal justice / H. Silving -- The three fundamental aspects of criminal law / J. Hall -- Causing criminal harm / G.O.W. Mueller -- Error juris in Scandinavian criminal law / J. Andenaes -- The regulatory offense in historical perspective / J.E. Starrs -- The defense insanity in Australia / N. Morris -- Diminished responsibility, a withering away of the concept of criminal responsibility? By J.L.J. Edwards -- Automatism / G.L. Williams -- Methods of treatment of drug addiction / M. Ploscowe -- French criminal law reform : 150 years Penal code / M. Ancel.