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The Civil Law Tradition

Name: The Civil Law Tradition
Brand: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780804712484
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780804712484

An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America

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By John Merryman
Imprint: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: August 30, 1969
Format: PAPERBACK
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Pages: 184

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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.

1. Three legal traditions; 2. Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law; 3. The Revolution; 4. The Sources of law; 5. Codes and codification; 6. Judges; 7. The interpretation of statutes; 8. Certainty and equity; 9. Scholars; 10. Legal science; 11. The general part; 12. The legal process; 13. The division of jurisdiction; 14. Legal categories; 15. The legal professions; 16. Civil procedure; 17. Criminal procedure; 18. Public law; 19. Perspectives; 20. The future of the civil law tradition.

'Professor Merryman's little book is not only readable - a feat in itself - but also insightful and provocative in its treatment of the folklore and practice of the civil law ... A lively introduction to civil law thinking with its historical, political, and social dimensions.' The American Journal of Comparative Law

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