Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The fourth edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and to correct and update historical details gleaned from newly-published research on Roman and Medieval law. In the past ten years, the legal profession has changed radically, with the growing international ubiquity of large law firms operating across borders (which was previously a uniquely American phenomenon). This new edition updates the book from the post-Soviet era to ongoing current issues, including Brexit and the status of the European Union. It discusses how civil law codes have shifted in some countries to adapt to modern and changing ideologies and also includes brand-new material on legal education, which is of central importance to the legal profession today.
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The Civil Law Tradition
An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition
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The Civil Law Tradition
An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition
The
Legal
Process
87
a
revaluation
of
the
role
of
judge
in
society,
for
questioning
many
of
the
assumptions
of
the
civil
law
tradition.
But
the
scholars
who
promote
them
discover
that
law
schools
are
difficult
fortresses,
and
traditionally
minded
lawyers
are
stubborn
and
a
little
deaf.
Never-
theless,
the
civil
law
tradition
is
full
of
innovative
people
and
no
definitive
battle
has
been
lost.
We
will
revisit
this
topic
in
the
final
two
chapters.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Preface to the Original Edition
- I: Two Legal Traditions
- II: Roman Civil Law, Canon Law, and Commercial Law
- III: The Revolution
- IV: The Sources of Law
- V: Codes and Codification
- VI: Judges
- VII: The Interpretation of Statutes
- VIII: Certainty and Equity
- IX: Scholars and Legal Education
- X: Legal Science
- XI: The General Part
- XII: The Legal Process
- XIII: The Division of Jurisdiction
- XIV: Legal Categories
- XV: The Legal Professions
- XVI: Civil Procedure
- XVII: Criminal Procedure
- XVIII: Constitutional Review
- XIX: Perspectives
- XX: The Future of the Civil Law Tradition
- Recommended Readings
- Index
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