Description
Book SynopsisThis treatise offers in-depth coverage of comparative law, carefully structured and clearly explained by a leading expert. It is an invaluable resource for students seeking a critical introduction to the field, as well as scholars and practitioners, for whom it offers new insights, structures, and approaches.
Trade ReviewThe book not only offers to describe the varying norms and legal institutions but also proposes a better way of seeking to understand how the overall context of legal systems influences legal thinking and legal practice * H. W. Micklitz, Journal of Consumer Policy *
What we get here is a work which gives us "a coherent treatment of global legal systems". It's aim is not only to depict their varying norms and legal institutions but to offer a better way of seeking to understand how the overall context of legal systems influences legal thinking and legal practice which it does in spades. * Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chamber *
Table of ContentsPart I: General Aspects of Comparative Law 1: Introduction: What Is Comparative Law? 2: Aims of Comparative Law 3: The Comparative Method 4: Legal Families, Legal Culture, and Context Part II: The Contexts of Legal Systems 5: The Context of Common Law 6: The Basic Context of Civil Law 7: Variety of the Civil Law Context 8: The Context of African Law 9: Contexts in Asia 10: The Context of Islamic Law 11: Contexts of Transnational Law
