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LEGAL TRADITIONS OF THE WORLD: SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY IN By H. Patrick Glenn *VG*
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- ISBN-10
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- Book Title
- Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law
- ISBN
- 9780199205417
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199205418
ISBN-13
9780199205417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60296445
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
422 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Legal Traditions of the World : Sustainable Diversity in Law
Subject
Customary, Comparative, International
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
3
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-004614
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Review from previous edition: "The book that needed to be written."--American Journal of Comparative Law, 'Review from previous edition the book that needed to be written'American Journal of Comparative Law
Dewey Decimal
340/.2
Table Of Content
1. A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past2. Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival3. A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World4. A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author5. A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person6. An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of a Later Revelation7. A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication8. A Hindu Legal Tradition: the Law as King, but which Law?9. An Asian Legal Tradition: MAKE IT NEW (with Marx?)10. Reconciling Legal Traditions: Sustainable Diversity in Law
Synopsis
This prize-winning work offers a major new means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. National laws are placed in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and Asian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change, and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. Legal traditions are explained in terms of multivalent and non-conflictual forms of logic and thought.This book will be invaluable to law students and lawyers engaged in comparative or transnational work, historians, social scientists, and all those interested in the legal traditions that underpin the world's major societies., This prize-winning work offers a major new means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. National laws are placed in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, Talmudic law, civil law, Islamic law, common law, Hindu law, and Asian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change, and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. Legal traditions are explained in terms of multivalent and non-conflictual forms of logic and thought. This title is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates in comparative law courses worldwide. It may also be of interest to those studying legal history, legal philosophy, international development, international human rights, and international business. Features . Was awarded the Grand Prize of the International Academy of International Law. . Offers comprehensive coverage of all major legal traditions and their contexts. . Incorporates a level of scholarship and analysis that surpasses all other comparative law textbooks. . Adopts a genuinely global perspective, making it an invaluable resource for courses worldwide.", This prize-winning work offers a major new means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. National laws are placed in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, Talmudic law, civil law, Islamic law, common law, Hindu law, and Asian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change, and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. Legal traditions are explained in terms of multivalent and non-conflictual forms of logic and thought. This title is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates in comparative law courses worldwide. It may also be of interest to those studying legal history, legal philosophy, international development, international human rights, and international business. Features BL Was awarded the Grand Prize of the International Academy of International Law. BL Offers comprehensive coverage of all major legal traditions and their contexts. BL Incorporates a level of scholarship and analysis that surpasses all other comparative law textbooks. BL Adopts a genuinely global perspective, making it an invaluable resource for courses worldwide., This prize-winning work offers a major new means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. National laws are placed in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, Talmudic law, civil law, Islamic law, common law, Hindu law, and Asian law. This title is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates in comparative law courses worldwide. It may also be of interest to those studying legal history, legal philosophy, international development, international human rights, and international business.
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