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Mixed Jurisdictions Worldwide : the Third Legal Family.
The leading text in the field, this indispensable guide to understanding the mixed jurisdictions is now fully updated and expanded.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; MIXED JURISDICTIONS WORLDWIDE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECT ABBREVIATIONS; Law reviews; Case reports; Other abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and comparative overview; Introduction to the mixed jurisdictions; I A glimpse at the extended family; II The mixed jurisdiction in profile: three characteristics; III The question of a third legal family; IV Research methods and country reports; 1: A descriptive and comparative overview; I The mixed jurisdiction as an historical idea.
- II Upon an invisible foundation: The claims of culture to the civil law sphereIII The cultural voices of judge and jurist: purists, pragmatists, and pollutionists; IV The system builders and their edifice; V The linguistic factor: The demands of dualism; VI The place of precedent in legal reasoning and in the scheme of legal sources; VII The two receptions of common law: pattern and process; VIII "Original law": the process of creating autonomous law; IX The broad assimilation of Anglo-American procedure and evidence; X Commercial law: the role of the dominant economy; Interim conclusions.
- Part II: The comparative evidence2: The Republic of South Africa; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select report bibliography; 3: Scotland; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence.
- VII Judicial reception of common lawVIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select report bibliography; 4: Louisiana; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select Report bibliography; 5: Quebec; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts.
- III Judicial methodologyIV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select Report bibliography; 6: Puerto Rico; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor.