Comparative Legal Traditions In a Nutshell

Book Description
An introduction to comparative law written from the American lawyer’s viewpoint rather than that of the European civil law lawyer. This expert discussion concentrates on the three major legal traditions of the West: civil, common, and socialist. Subjects covered include legal structures in civil law nations; legal actors in civil law tradition; procedure; substantive law; sources of law; judicial process; and rules. Also contains chapters on the European Union and the European human rights system.


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Associate Professor of Law Notre Dame School of Law


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The purpose of this Nutshell is to provide, in a comparatively brief format, a discussion of several important areas in each of the three major legal traditions of the West; civil, common and socialist. This approach has been undertaken recently by several European writers. Their works, however, have tended to focus on elements of the three legal traditions viewed from the perspective of a civil law scholar. Our attempt, contrastingly, has been to write from the viewpoint of the American trained lawyer, resulting in a concentration on elements of the three traditions notable from the viewpoint of the American lawyer, rather than the European civil law lawyer.


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