Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable diversity in law
H. Patrick Glenn
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Paperback. Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: LAM; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The concept of legal tradition is explained as non-conflictual in character and compatible with new and inclusive forms of logic.
Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The concept of legal tradition is explained as non-conflictual in character and compatible with new and inclusive forms of logic.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199669837
SKU
V9780199669837
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About H. Patrick Glenn
The late Professor Glenn taught and had research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. He was a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and had been a ... Read more
Reviews for Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable diversity in law
firmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating
Times Higher Education
Illuminating and ground breaking work
Stellenbosch Law Review
Glenn has succeeded magnificently
Cambridge Law Journal
An opus extra ordinem
European Review of Private Law
dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied
Maastricht ... Read more
Times Higher Education
Illuminating and ground breaking work
Stellenbosch Law Review
Glenn has succeeded magnificently
Cambridge Law Journal
An opus extra ordinem
European Review of Private Law
dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied
Maastricht ... Read more