Description
Book SynopsisLegal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The concept of legal tradition is explained as non-conflictual in character and compatible with new and inclusive forms of logic.
Trade Reviewfirmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating * Times Higher Education *
Illuminating and ground breaking work * Stellenbosch Law Review *
Glenn has succeeded magnificently * Cambridge Law Journal *
An opus extra ordinem * European Review of Private Law *
dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied * Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law *
Table of Contents1. 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 the later revelation ; 7. A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication ; 8. A hindu legal tradition: the law as king, but which law? ; 9. A confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?) ; 10. Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law
