Comparative Law in a Changing World

De Cruz, Peter

ISBN 10: 1859419364 / ISBN 13: 9781859419366

Published by Routledge-Cavendish, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Law in a Changing World
• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1859419364
• ISBN 13: 9781859419366
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the legal approach to key areas of law within different legal systems, this book offers a blueprint for comparative legal study by evaluating the current epistemological debate on comparative law and comparative legal research methods.

Substantive law, the law of obligations, commercial and corporate law within the major legal systems of the world are all examined and compared. While France and Germany are generally used as the archetypal civil law jurisdictions and English law as the main common law comparator, this third edition also examines the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet era and socialist legal influences as well as non-Western legal traditions. Fully updated and revised to include all recent developments, this edition also includes a broad historical introduction and outlines changes in EC Law.

It assesses the possibility of Europeanization of national legal systems and certain legal topics, the impact of the globalization of legal institutions and the evolving 'new world order' in the early twenty-first century.

Written in a clear, user-friendly style, Comparative Law in a Changing World is an accessible source for undergraduates and postgraduates wishing to trace the influence of common law and civil law legal traditions on jurisdictions across the world.

About the Author

Peter de Cruz is Professor of Law at Liverpool John Moores University.