Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law / edited by Jan M. Smits.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smits, J. M.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Encyclopedias.

Law.

Comparative law--Encyclopedias.

Comparative law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (840 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first of its kind, this comprehensive Encyclopedia on comparative law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countries legal systems and as a whole presents an overview of the current state of affair

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface; 1 Accident compensation*; 2 Administrative law*; 3 Agency and representation*; 4 Aims of comparative law*; 5 American law (United States)*; 6 Arbitration*; 7 Assignment*; 8 Australia; 9 Belgium; 10 Canada; 11 Civil procedure*; 12 Commercial regulation*; 13 Common law*; 14 Comparative law and economics*; 15 Competition law; 16 Consideration*; 17 Constitutional law*; 18 Consumer protection*; 19 Coordination of legal systems*; 20 Criminal law and criminal procedure*; 21 The Czech Republic; 22 Damages (in tort)*; 23 England and Wales

24 European Civil Code*25 Family law*; 26 German law; 27 Greece; 28 Insolvency law*; 29 Insurance law*; 30 Interpretation of contracts; 31 Israel; 32 Italy; 33 Japanese law*; 34 Legal culture*; 35 Legal families*; 36 Legal history and comparative law; 37 Legal reasoning*; 38 Legal translation; 39 Legal transplants*; 40 Lithuania; 41 Methodology of comparative law*; 42 Mistake*; 43 Mixed jurisdictions*; 44 Nationality law*; 45 The Netherlands; 46 Offer and acceptance inter absentes*; 47 Personal and real security*; 48 Personality rights*; 49 Poland; 50 Privacy*; 51 Private international law*

52 Product liability*53 Property and real rights*; 54 Public law*; 55 Remedies for breach of contract*; 56 Russian law; 57 Scots law*; 58 Social security*; 59 South Africa; 60 Spain; 61 Statutory interpretation*; 62 Supervening events and force majeure*; 62 Supervening events and force majeure*; 63 Sweden; 64 Switzerland; 65 Tax law*; 66 Tort law in general*; 67 Transfer of movable property*; 68 Transnational law*; 69 Trust law; 70 Unjustified enrichment; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21849-6

9786613218490

1-84720-020-6

OCLC:

271586401