An introduction to comparative law
- 2nd Rev
- Oxford Clarendon Press 1977
- 752p xxxvii
Table of contents Part I A General considerations: the concept of comparative law; the functions and aims of comparative law; the method of comparative law; the history of comparative law. Part I B The legal families of the world: the style of legal families; the romanistic legal family, the history of French law; the spirit and essential features of the code civil; the reception of the code civil; courts and lawyers in France and Italy; the Germanic legal family; the history of German law, the German civil code; the general civil code of Austria, the Swiss civil code; the Anglo-American legal family; the development of the English common law, courts and lawyers in England; the spread of the common law throughout the world; the law of the United States of America, law-finding and procedure in common law and civil law; the Nordic legal family - Scandinavian law, past and present; law in the Far East; Chinese law; Japanese Law; religious legal systems; Islamic law; Hindu law; Part II A Contract: the formation of contracts - juristic act, contract, and general conditions of business, contractual capacity, offer and acceptance, illegality and immorality, indicia of seriousness; the construction of contracts, mistake, deceit, and duress, representation, assignment, contracts for the benefit of third parties; the performance of contracts - claims to performance and their enforcement, breach of contract, the effect of supervening events; Part II B Unjustified enrichment: unjustified enrichment in general; unjustified enrichment specific topics; Part II C Tort: tort in general; liability for others; strict liability; invasions of the right of personality.