Book(print)2015

The contemporary civil law tradition: Europe, Latin America, and East Asia

Merryman, John Henry; Clark, David Scott; Haley, John Owen

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Abstract

Introduction to comparative law and the civil law tradition -- Legal structures of lawmaking -- Administrative organization and administrative law -- Legal pluralism -- Federalism and subnational legal systems -- Courts, judges, and prosecutors -- Constitutional courts and constitutional review -- Judicial review of administrative acts -- Legal education -- The legal professions -- The sources of law, its interpretation, and judicial precedent -- Civil procedure -- Criminal justice -- Legal science and the private law codes -- Substantive private law : property and contract -- The future of the civil law tradition.

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