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Glenn H Patrick

Legal traditions of the world : Sustainable diversity in law - 3rd - Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 - 395p 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 31;
3: A chthonic legal tradition: to recycle the world 58;
4: A Talmudic legal tradition: the perfect author 93;
5: A civil law tradition: the centrality of the person 125;
6: An Islamic legal tradition: the law of the later revelation 171;
7: A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication 224;
8: A Hindu legal tradition: the law as king, but which law? 273;
9: A Confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?) 303;
10: Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law 344;
Index 367.



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