Major Legal Systems in the World Today: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of LawA significant introduction to the study of comparative law and a notable scholarly work, Major Legal Systems in the World Today analyzes the general characteristics which lie behind the development of the four principal legal systems of the world: the Civil law, the Common law, the Socialist law (primarily Soviet), and those based on religious or philosophical principles (Muslim, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and African). Providing unique insights into the spirt of each legal family, the book presents a total view of the historical foundation and the sources and structure of the law in each system. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Section II | 17 |
PART | 31 |
Section I | 38 |
Section II | 46 |
Chapter II | 59 |
Chapter III | 69 |
Chapter II | 86 |
Sources of English Law | 339 |
TITLE II | 368 |
Structure of American Law | 377 |
Other Structural Differences | 390 |
OTHER CONCEPTIONS OF | 419 |
Adaptation of Muslim Law to | 431 |
Law of Muslim Countries | 437 |
TITLE II | 447 |
Sources of Law | 94 |
Custom | 118 |
Legal Writing | 134 |
PART | 143 |
MarxismLeninism | 155 |
The New Order | 166 |
TITLE II | 208 |
Decided Cases | 225 |
Custom and Rules of Socialist Human | 254 |
TITLE III | 260 |
Socialist Legal Concepts | 267 |
PART THREE | 285 |
Structure of English Law | 308 |
National Law of India | 462 |
TITLE III | 477 |
Japanese Law | 492 |
TITLE IV | 505 |
Colonial Period | 512 |
The Independent Nations | 520 |
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION | 533 |
Miscellanies | 543 |
Section VI | 550 |
Section VIII | 556 |
Section IX | 562 |
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