Legal traditions of the world
Subtitle: sustainable diversity in law
By: H. Patrick Glenn
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9780199580804
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A theory of tradition? : the changing presence of the past; title: Between traditions : identity, persuasion and survival; title: A Chthonic legal tradition : to recycle the world; title: A Talmudic legal tradition : the perfect author; title: A civil law tradition : the centrality of the person; title: An Islamic legal tradition : the law of a later revelation; title: A common law tradition : the ethic of adjudication; title: A Hindu legal tradition : the law as king, but which law?; title: A Confucian legal tradition : make it new (with Marx?); title: Reconciling legal traditions : sustainable diversity in law.