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Legal traditions of the world : Sustainable diversity in law

Glenn H Patrick

Legal traditions of the world : Sustainable diversity in law - Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 - 371p xxi

Table of contents
1. A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past;
2. Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival;
3. A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World;
4. A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author;
5. A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person;
6. An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of a Later Revelation;
7. A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication;
8. 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

ISBN: 9780199205417

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Comparative Law - Traditions - Major Legal Systems - A Case Study2. Major Legal Systems - Legal Traditions - A Comparative Study

Dewey Class. No.: 340.200000 / GLE