Legal facilities of the world : sustainable diversity in law / H. Patrick Glenn
By: Glenn, H. Patrick [author]
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Edition: Third editionDescription: xxvi, 395 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199205417Subject(s): Comparative law. | Customary law. | Legal polycentricity. DDC classification: 340.2 Online resources: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004614.htmlItem type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past; 2. Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival; 3. A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World; 4. A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author; 5. A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person; 6. An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of a Later Revelation; 7. A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication; 8. A Hindu Legal Tradition: the Law as King, but which Law?; 9. An Asian Legal Tradition: MAKE IT NEW (with Marx?); 10. Reconciling Legal Traditions: Sustainable Diversity in Law
Explains National laws in the context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and Asian law. This book offers a major means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. It is intended for law students, lawyers, historians, social scientists, and others.
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