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The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America / John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merryman, John Henry.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil law systems.
- Physical Description:
- x, 173 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events- such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist legal tradition- and their significance for the civil law tradition. The book also incorporates the findings of recent important literature on the legal cultures of civil law countries.
- Contents:
- Two legal traditions
- Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law
- The revolution
- The sources of law
- Codes and codification
- Judges
- The interpretation of statutes
- Certainty and equity
- Scholars
- Legal science
- The general part
- The legal process
- The division of jurisdiction
- Legal categories
- The legal professions
- Civil procedure
- Criminal procedure
- Constitutional review
- Perspectives
- The future of the civil law tradition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804755689
- 080475568X
- 9780804755696
- 0804755698
- OCLC:
- 81252739
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