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Glenn H Patrick

Legal traditions of the world : Sustainable diversity in law - 2nd - Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 - 401p xxiv

Contents:
List of abbreviations of periodicals and law reports;
List of biblical abbreviations;
Preface to the second edition;
Preface to the first edition;
1: A theory of tradition? The changing presence of the past 1;
2: Between traditions: identity, persuasion and survival 32;
3: A chthonic legal tradition: to recycle the world 59;
4: A Talmudic legal tradition: the perfect author 92;
5: A civil law tradition: the centrality of the person 125;
6: An Islamic legal tradition: the law of the later revelation 170;
7: A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication 222;
8: A Hindu legal tradition: the law as king, but which law? 271;
9: A Confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?) 301;
10: Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law 343;
Index 367.


ISBN: 9780199260881 0199260885

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