Comparative Law and Legal Traditions Historical and Contemporary Perspectives /

The primary aim of this book is to provide clear and reliable information on a number of central topics in comparative law. At a time when global society is increasingly mobile and legal life is internationalized, the role of comparative law is gaining importance. While the growing interest in this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mousourakis, George (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • FM
  • Introducing Comparative Law
  • Assesing the Potential of Comparative Law in Expanding Legal Froniers
  • Tracing the Early Origins of Comparative Law
  • The Rise of Modern Comparative Law
  • Some Methodological Issues in Comparative Law
  • Legal Traditions, Legal Cultures and Families of Law
  • Comparative Law, Legal Transplants and Legal Change
  • Roman Law, Medieval Legal Science and the Rise of the Civil Law Tradition
  • The Development and Function of Equity in the English Common Law Tradition
  • African Legal Traditions (Matteo Nicolini)
  • Bibliography
  • Index.