Overview

The concept of legal culture, Roger Cotterrell; the concept of legal culture - a reply, Lawrence Friedman; civil litigation as indicators for legal cultures, Erhard Blankenburg; puzzling out legal culture - a comment on Blankenburg, David Nelken; comparative criminal law for criminologists - comparing for what purpose?, Malcolm Feeley; for a sociological use of the concept of legal culture, Carlo Pennisi; comparing legal cultures and the quest for law's identity, Michael King.

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Author:   David Nelken ,  Professor Philip Thomas
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Dartmouth Publishing Co Ltd
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781855218987

ISBN 10:   1855218984
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   09 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction, David Nelken; Invoking Legal Culture: Debates and Dissents: The Concept of Legal Culture, Roger Cotterrell; The Concept of Legal Culture: a Reply, Lawrence Friedman; Civil Litigation as Indicators for Legal Cultures, Erhard Blankenburg; Puzzling Out Legal Culture: A Comment on Blankenburg, David Nelken; Comparative Criminal Law for Criminologists: Comparing For What Purpose?, Malcolm Feeley; For a Sociological Use of the Concept of Legal Culture, Carlo Pennisi; Comparing Legal Cultures and the Quest for Law's Identity, Michael King; Gender and Nature in Comparative Legal Cultures, Hanne Peterson. Disclosing Legal Culture: The Production of Difference: An Entrepreneurial Conception of the Law? The American Model through Italian Eyes, Maria Rosaria Ferrarese; Prosecution in Two Civil Law Countries: France and Italy, Carlo Guarnieri; The Enigma of Japan as a Testing Ground for Cross Cultural Criminological Studies, Setsuo Miyazawa; Patient's Rights, Citizen's Movements, and Japanese Legal Culture, Eric A. Feldman; Remembering and Forgetting: the Birth of Modern Copyright Law, Brad Sherman.

Reviews

'Comparing Legal Cultures is a welcome contribution to the debate on how to analyse legal systems...there is food for thought and a range of potential answers among the more thought-provoking pieces which dominate this work.' International and Comparative Law Quarterly '...the collection has a little bit of something for everyone. I would highly recommend this book to anyone conducting comparative judicial or political studies.' Law and Politics 'Comparing Legal Cultures is a work of immense research and reflection based on profound experience - a real boon for scholars of comparative law and comparative legal cultures.' Netherlands International Law Review

'Comparing Legal Cultures is a welcome contribution to the debate on how to analyse legal systems...there is food for thought and a range of potential answers among the more thought-provoking pieces which dominate this work.' International and Comparative Law Quarterly '...the collection has a little bit of something for everyone. I would highly recommend this book to anyone conducting comparative judicial or political studies.' Law and Politics 'Comparing Legal Cultures is a work of immense research and reflection based on profound experience - a real boon for scholars of comparative law and comparative legal cultures.' Netherlands International Law Review

Author Information

Dr Nelken is the recipient of the ISA-RCSL Adam Podgorecki Prize 2011, for outstanding achievements in socio-legal research, in the form of distinguished and outstanding lifetime achievement. David Nelken, Roger Cotterrell, Lawrence Friedman, Erhard Blankenburg, Malcolm Feeley, Carlo Pennisi, Michael King,, Hanne Peterson, Maria Rosaria Ferrarese, Carlo Guarnieri, Setsuo Miyazawa, Eric A. Feldman Brad Sherman.

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