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A primer on the civil-law system / by James G. Apple and Robert P. Deyling.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Apple, James G.
- Series:
- LLMC-digital (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil law.
- Comparative law.
- Civil law--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 70 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Judicial Center, [1995]
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: The history and development of the civil-law system
- In the beginning: "All roads lead to Rome"
- Medieval developments in Italy
- Canon law and the law merchant
- Intellectual development leading to the codification process
- The codification process in France and Germany: The French code, The German code
- The codes of Chile and Brazil
- The development of the role of jurists in modern systems
- Part II: The civil-law system as it exists and functions in the modern era
- The public law-private law dichotomy
- Court structure
- The legal process: Civil procedure, Criminal procedure, Appellate procedure
- Legal actors: tradition and transition: Legal scholars, The legislature, Judges, Legal education and lawyers, Transition in the civil-law world
- Part III: The common law and a comparison of the civil-law and comon-law systems
- Origins of the common-law system
- Jurists in the common-law system
- Differences in the two systems
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "This publication has been prepared and is being published by the Federal Judicial Center at the request of the International Judicial Relations Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 41).
- Electronic reproduction. [Kaneohe, Hawaii : LLMC, 2005] (LLMC-Digital). Digitized image of the microfiche version produced by Law Library Microform Consortium. Subscription required for access. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Apple, James G. Primer on the civil-law system.
- OCLC:
- 62597479
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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