The Civil Law Tradition

An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition

John Henry Merryman, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2018 | 4th edition
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5036-0754-5 (ISBN)

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Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The fourth edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and to correct and update historical details gleaned from newly-published research on Roman and Medieval law. In the past ten years, the legal profession has changed radically, with the growing international ubiquity of large law firms operating across borders (which was previously a uniquely American phenomenon). This new edition updates the book from the post-Soviet era to ongoing current issues, including Brexit and the status of the European Union. It discusses how civil law codes have shifted in some countries to adapt to modern and changing ideologies and also includes brand-new material on legal education, which is of central importance to the legal profession today.

John Henry Merryman (1920–2015) was the Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of Law, Emeritus at Stanford University. Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo is a law professor at the Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas.

1. Two Legal Traditions

2. Roman Civil Law, Canon Law, and Commercial Law

3. The Revolution

4. The Sources of Law

5. Codes and Codification

6. Judges

7. The Interpretation of Statutes

8. Certainty and Equity

9. Scholars and Legal Education

10. Legal Science

11. The General Part

12. The Legal Process

13. The Division of Jurisdiction

14. Legal Categories

15. The Legal Professions

16. Civil Procedure

17. Criminal Procedure

18. Constitutional Review

19. Perspectives

20. The Future of the Civil Law Tradition

Erscheinungsdatum	21.11.2018
Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-5036-0754-2 / 1503607542
ISBN-13	978-1-5036-0754-5 / 9781503607545
Zustand	Neuware