Overview
This is the English version of the third (1996) German edition. It is fully revised and updated, some chapters being added and others dropped, but the familiar structure and easy style remain much the same. Firstly, the book discusses the nature of comparative law, its functions, aims, methods and history, then it surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world. In the second part the book provides a model of comparative law in action, comparing, contrasting and evaluating the different approaches (and the less different solutions) to problems of the law of obligations in the major systems of private law. In addition to offering a grounding in comparative private law, the book may also be used as a base for further research.
Full Product Details
Author: Konrad Zweigert (Late Director, Late Director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg) ,
Hein Kötz (Director, Director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg) ,
Tony Weir (Fellow, Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.70cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.122kg
ISBN: 9780198268598
ISBN 10: 0198268599
Pages: 744
Publication Date: 30 July 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
This is an excellent guide to legal systems of the world, for both students and lawyers ... because of its rich content and its ability to shrink a rather large body of information into a succinct one-volume publication. --American Society of International Law Newsletter<br> The third edition of IAn Introduction to Comparative Law continues to enrich the perspectives of a new generation of readers. -Susan Millns, International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol.48 October 1999.<br> This... standard classroom text for courses in Comparative Law in both common law and civil law countries... succinctly collates a vast array of information for presentation in a seminar course... an excellent guide to legal systems of the world, for both students and lawyers concerned with key differences and similarities, both because of its rich content and its ability to shrink a rather large body of information into a succinct one-volume publication. --American Society of International Law<br>
Author Information
Hein Kötz is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, he is also sometime Goodhart Professor of Law at Cambridge University and occasional professor at many Universities, including Chicago and Tel Aviv. Konrad Zweigert is the Late Director of the Max-Planck Institute. Tony Weir is a Fellow of Trinity College and Reader in Law in the University of Cambridge. He has translated a large number of legal texts into English to considerable acclaim.
