The civil law tradition
Subtitle: an introduction to the legal systems of Western Europe and Latin America
By: John Henry Merryman.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Civil law systems.
Description: Designed for the general reader, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Western Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The second edition describes changes in civil law procedures since the book was first published in 1969, and includes a new chapter on the future of the civil law tradition.--Publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 161-164.
Includes index.