Overview
Accessible and clearly structured, this is the first book to include examinations of public and private law in the discussion about access to foreign laws. With commentaries by an international collection of leading judges in the field, it looks at the practice in a range of countries spread across the globe. In jurisprudence an exchange of ideas is essential, as there is no monopoly of wisdom. Legal convergence is particularly beneficial to both public law, as constitution building is done in so many parts of the world, and to commercial law, where enhanced communication, trade and information mean that people have to work more closely together. This book: examines the theme of judicial mentality and how it helps or hinders recourse to foreign ideas raises and addresses the dangers that accompany comparative law and judicial creativity looks at the practice in America, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, South Africa and at the European Court of Justice. Ideal for practitioners and academics, it is an essential read for those working in or studying jurisprudence at undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Full Product Details
Author: Basil Markesinis (University College London, University of London, UK) ,
Jorg Fedtke
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.970kg
ISBN: 9781844721597
ISBN 10: 1844721590
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 06 July 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Sir Basil Markesinis, QC held senior teaching positions in Cambridge and Oxford before being elected to the Chair of Comon and Civil Law of University College London, a post he holds jointly with the Jamail Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the world's best known and prolific scholars in comparative law and legal integration, and has received high honours for his work in this field from the presidents of Italy, Germany, France and Greece. In 2005 he was made Knight Bachelor for 'Services to International Legal Relations'. Dr Jorg Fedtke is Reader in Laws at University College London, where he is Director of the Institute of Global Law and is also currently Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2005 he was invited to act as an external advisor to the constitutional negotiations in Iraq. His research interests are in constitutional law, administrative law, comparative law and tort law.
