Book Background

This book is the product of more than four years' work, during which I received the generous help and support of many friends and colleagues both in the United States and in Cuba.

Acknowledgments

I express my special gratitude to Raul Gomez Treto and Emilio Marill Rivero for opening their libraries to me and for their valuable insights and suggestions. To the librarians at the Supreme Court of Cuba, the National Union of Cuban Jurists, and the DePaul University College of Law for their help in finding materials.

To the National Union of Cuban Jurists, especially Magali Rojas and Rosario Fernandez, for doing so much to facilitate my research in Cuba. To my research assistants Stacy Pochis, Tracy McGonigle, and Lisa Acevedo for their painstaking work tracking down information.

To those who read drafts and provided critical comments, especially Jules Lobel, Carole Travis, Esther Mosak, and Marc PoKempner. To Bill Montross for doing the copyediting.

To DePaul University and Dean John Roberts of the College of Law for their support of this project from its inception and for providing funding for the research.