The Making of the Civil Codes: A Twenty-First Century Perspective (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 104)

ISBN 10: 9811949921 / ISBN 13: 9789811949920

Published by Springer, 2022

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1st ed. 2023 edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the Civil Codes: A Twenty-First Century Perspective (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 104)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811949921
• ISBN 13: 9789811949920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The book provides in-depth analysis of the new perspectives on codifications, and of the related reforms, that give recognition to new ideas, new needs, and new techniques. The contributions from several jurisdictions collected in this book provide a much needed evaluation of the current impact of codification on the law and are a first, essential reference for assessing the importance of civil law codifications in the contemporary world.

About the Author

​Michele Graziadei is Professor of Comparative Private Law at the University of Torino. His research focuses on the methodology of comparative law, legal pluralism, law and language, and other theoretical problems involving the comparison of laws. He is President of the Italian society for Research of comparative Law (SIRD), Collegio Carlo Alberto fellow, and Past president of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA); He is the author of over 100 publications in several languages; his recent publications include Comparative Property Law: Global Perspectives (edited with L. Smith), and Personal Autonomy in Plural societies (edited with M.-C. Foblets and A.D. Renteln).

Lihong Zhang is Professor of Civil Law, Roman Law, and Comparative Law at the East University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai. He is Director of the Research Center on Roman Law and European Law and Vice Director of the  Civil Law Research Center of the same university. Prof. Zhang is Vice General Secretary of China’s National Society of Civil Law, Director of China’s National Society of Comparative Law, and Standing Director of China’s National Society of European Law. He is  Member of the International Academy Comparative Law and Member of the International Editorial Board of European Society for Comparative Legal History (ESCLH). He has published widely on Civil Law and Roman law in comparative perspectives.