Comparative Law

NOTE EDITORE

Uwe Kischel's comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the central tenets of comparative legal scholarship. The first part of the book is dedicated to general aspects of comparative law. The controversial question of methods, in particular, is addressed by explaining and discussing different approaches, and by developing a contextual approach that seeks to engage with real-world issues and takes a practical perspective on contemporary comparative legal scholarship. The second part of the book offers a detailed treatment of the major legal contexts across the globe, including common law, civil law systems (based on Germany and France, and extended to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Latin America, among others), the African context (with an emphasis on customary law), different contexts in Asia, Islamic law and law in Islamic countries (plus a brief treatment of Jewish law and canon law), and transnational contexts (public international law, European Union law, and lex mercatoria). The book offers a coherent treatment of global legal systems that aims not only to describe their varying norms and legal institutions but to propose a better way of seeking to understand how the overall context of legal systems influences legal thinking and legal practice.

SOMMARIO

1 - Introduction: What Is Comparative Law?2 - Aims of Comparative Law3 - The Comparative Method4 - Legal Families, Legal Culture, and Context5 - The Context of Common Law6 - The Basic Context of Civil Law7 - Variety of the Civil Law Context8 - The Context of African Law9 - Contexts in Asia10 - The Context of Islamic Law11 - Contexts of Transnational Law

AUTORE

Uwe Kischel is Mercator Professor of Public Law, European Law, and Comparative Law at the University of Greifswald. Translated by Andrew Hammel.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198791362
• Dimensioni: 246 x 171 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 960