American Comparative Law

A History

David S. Clark (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

584 Seiten

2022
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-536992-2 (ISBN)

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This book details both the intellectual and social history of American legal rules, institutions, ideology, and culture that had a foreign component, either by import or after 1900 also by export from the United States to other legal systems. Combining legal history and comparative law, the volume proceeds chronologically through seven historical periods. These begin with the religious and cultural diversity that existed in the 13 British colonies and its relevance for legal development, especially involving Roman and natural law.

The legal foundation for the new republic established a golden age for comparative law, followed by the formative era for American law, characterized by a shift from public to private law, territorial expansion, resistance to English law, and interest in codification. German historical jurisprudence and learned law then took hold in the United States after the Civil War.

The twentieth century saw sustained scholarly comparative law. Motivated by idealistic as well as practical concerns, U.S. jurists began to export American legal ideas about law and government, an effort that re-emerged after World War II. Comparatists established a scholarly organization that considered a variety of issues ranging from private international law to comparative legal sociology. The 1990s, a decade of opportunities for comparative law, reflected accelerated globalization following the collapse of the Soviet Union. This, and the later return of nationalism, presented jurists with new challenges in understanding the place for rule of law and other legal transplants among the world's nations. Interest in legal cultures and interdisciplinary methodology aided the inquiry.

David S. Clark is the Maynard and Bertha Wilson Professor of Law Emeritus at Willamette University. Previously the Max Kade Visiting Professor at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Inns of Court Fellow (Inner Temple, London), Fulbright Chair in Comparative Law (Trento), and Wing Tat Lee Chair in International and Comparative Law (Loyola, Chicago), he lectured widely in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. Clark published 15 books and over 50 articles on comparative law, procedure, courts, and law and society and was active in the American Society of Comparative Law, having served as president and honorary president, and in the International Academy of Comparative Law (titular member).

Preface
Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Legal History and Comparative Law
Chapter 2: British Colonization in North America
Chapter 3: Legal Foundation for the New Republic: 1776 to 1791
Chapter 4: The Formative Era: 1791-1865
Chapter 5: Historical Jurisprudence and Learned Law: 1865-1900
Chapter 6: The Modern Development: 1900-1945
Chapter 7: Postwar Legal Transplants and Growth of the Academic Discipline: 1945-1990
Chapter 8: Between Globalization and Nationalism: A History of the Future after 1990

Erscheinungsdatum	19.08.2022
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	237 x 163 mm
Gewicht	971 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-536992-0 / 0195369920
ISBN-13	978-0-19-536992-2 / 9780195369922
Zustand	Neuware