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Glendon, Carozza, and Picker's Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell, 4th

Imprint
Â鶹ӰÒô Publishing
ISBN-13
9781634602235
Primary Subject
Comparative Law
Format
eBook
Copyright
2016
Series
Nutshells
Publication Date
11/20/2015
eBook - Digital access to the eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes.

Description

This nutshell offers a general introduction to comparative law that includes both an overview of the methods of comparative law as well as of the two most widespread legal traditions in the world: civil (or Romano-Germanic) law and common law. For both legal traditions, this expert discussion covers their history; legal structures, including constitutional systems, courts, and judicial review; the roles of central legal actors, including lawyers, judges, and scholars; an overview of civil and criminal procedure; the principal sources of law and divisions of substantive law; and the judicial process. Throughout, the discussion also includes references to the place and the importance of supranational law and institutions and their impact on the civil law and common law traditions in Europe.