The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Western Europe and Latin America

Author(s)

• Merryman, John Henry

Bibliographic Information

The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Western Europe and Latin America

John Henry Merryman

Stanford University Press, 1985

2nd ed

• : pbk
• : hard

Note

Bibliography: p. 161-164

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9780804712477

Description

Designed for the general reader, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Western Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The second edition describes changes in civil law procedures since the book was first published in 1969, and includes a new chapter on the future of the civil law tradition.

Table of Contents

• 1. Three 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
• 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. Public law
• 19. Perspectives
• 20. The future of the civil law tradition.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780804712484

Description

Designed for the general reader, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Western Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The second edition describes changes in civil law procedures sine the book was first published in 1969, and includes a new chapter on the future of civil law tradition.

Table of Contents

• 1. Three 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
• 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. Public law
• 19. Perspectives
• 20. The future of the civil law tradition.

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Details

• NCID: BA0075677X
• ISBN:
  • 0804712484
  • 0804712476
• LCCN: 84050153
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Stanford, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 168 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : K585
  • DC19 : 340.5/6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civil law systems