Legal Traditions of the World
Author:   Patrick Glenn
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   4th edition
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9780199580804


Pages:   450
Publication Date:   20 May 2010
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Patrick Glenn
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.732kg
ISBN:  

9780199580804


ISBN 10:   0199580804
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   20 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past2: Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival3: A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World4: A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author5: A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person6: An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of the Later Revelation7: A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication8: A Hindu Legal Tradition: the Law of King, but which Law?9: A Confucian Legal Tradition: Make it new (with Marx?)10: Reconciling Legal Traditions: Sustainable Diversity in Law

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Review(s) from previous edition Review(s) from previous edition the book that needed to be written - American Journal of Comparative Law an effective antidote to the clash of civilizations - Recht und Verfassung Ubersee Illuminating and ground breaking work - Stellenbosch Law Review Glenn has succeeded magnificently - Cambridge Law Journal An opus extra ordinem - European Review of Private Law sheer academic brilliance - Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law


<br>Reviews From The Previous Edition: <br><br> The book that needed to be written. <br>--American Journal of Comparative Law <br><p><br> An effective antidote to the clash of civilizations. <br>--Recht und Verfassung Ubersee <br><p><br> Illuminating and ground breaking work. <br>--Stellenbosch Law Review <br><p><br> Glenn has succeeded magnificently. <br>--Cambridge Law Journal <br><p><br> An opus extra ordinem. <br>--European Review of Private Law <br><p><br> Sheer academic brilliance. <br>--Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law <br><p><br> This text is learned (with amazing footnotes and a bibliography after almost every chapter) and very thought provoking. <br>--Penny Booth, Times Higher Education Supplement <br><p><br>


Author Information

H. Patrick Glenn is the Peter M. Laing Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and a Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Professor Glenn teaches and has research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. The first edition of Legal Traditions of the World (Oxford University Press, 2000) received the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He is a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University, and in that capacity worked on projects on the reform of the Russian Civil Code and judicial education in China. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and has been a Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Law, a Killam Research Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

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