The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America
John Henry Merryman (Author), Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo (Author)
"Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events-such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist legal tradition-and their significance for the civil law tradition. The book also incorporates the findings of recent important literature on the legal cultures of civil law countries." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007003956-d.html
Print Book, English, 2007
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, 2007
Legal treatises
x, 173 pages ; 22 cm
9780804755689, 9780804755696, 080475568X, 0804755698
81252739
Two legal traditions
Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law
The revolution
The sources of law
Codes and codification
Judges
The interpretation of statutes
Certainty and equity
Scholars
Legal science
The general part
The legal process
The division of jurisdiction
Legal categories
The legal professions
Civil procedure
Criminal procedure
Constitutional review
Perspectives
The future of the civil law tradition