Comparative legal traditions in a nutshell
By: Mary Ann Glendon, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School ; Paolo G. Carozza, Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School ; Colin B. Picker, Professor & Associate Dean (International), Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Contributors: Carozza, Paolo G., author; Picker, Colin, 1965- author
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Nutshell series; Nutshell series
Publisher: West Publishing Company, College & School Division
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780314285607
Subjects: Comparative law
Other titles: Comparative legal traditions
Description: "This nutshell offers a general introduction to comparative law that includes both an overview of the methods of comparative law as well as of the two most widespread legal traditions in the world: civil (or Romano-Germanic) law and common law. For both legal traditions, this expert discussion covers their history; legal structures, including constitutional systems, courts, and judicial review; the roles of central legal actors, including lawyers, judges, and scholars; an overview of civil and criminal procedure; the principal sources of law and divisions of substantive law; and the judicial process. Throughout, the discussion also includes references to the place and the importance of supranational law and institutions and their impact on the civil law and common law traditions in Europe" -- Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-337) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the comparative study of law: -- Part 1. The civil law tradition:; title: History, culture and distribution --; title: Legal structures in civil law nations --; title: Legal actors in the civil law tradition--; title: Procedure in civil law systems --; title: Fields of substantive law in civil law systems --; title: Sources of law and the judicial process in civil law systems -- -- Part 2. The common law tradition:; title: History, culture and distribution --; title: Legal structures --; title: Roles and actors --; title: Procedure --; title: Rules.