The Civil Law Tradition
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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

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781503607545, 9781503606814
eBook ISBN
9781503607552
Edition
4
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Civil Law
Index
Law
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

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to the Fourth Edition
  4. Preface to the Original Edition
  5. I: Two Legal Traditions
  6. II: Roman Civil Law, Canon Law, and Commercial Law
  7. III: The Revolution
  8. IV: The Sources of Law
  9. V: Codes and Codification
  10. VI: Judges
  11. VII: The Interpretation of Statutes
  12. VIII: Certainty and Equity
  13. IX: Scholars and Legal Education
  14. X: Legal Science
  15. XI: The General Part
  16. XII: The Legal Process
  17. XIII: The Division of Jurisdiction
  18. XIV: Legal Categories
  19. XV: The Legal Professions
  20. XVI: Civil Procedure
  21. XVII: Criminal Procedure
  22. XVIII: Constitutional Review
  23. XIX: Perspectives
  24. XX: The Future of the Civil Law Tradition
  25. Recommended Readings
  26. Index