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The boundaries of meaning and the formation of law : legal concepts and reasoning in the English, Arabic, and Chinese traditions /
Different legal systems share some basic developmental tendencies that are rooted in the historical evolution of language and culture. In this comparative history of English common law, Islamic law, and Chinese imperialist law Sharron Gu describes the formation of three diverse legal systems in term...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Different legal systems share some basic developmental tendencies that are rooted in the historical evolution of language and culture. In this comparative history of English common law, Islamic law, and Chinese imperialist law Sharron Gu describes the formation of three diverse legal systems in terms of their unique linguistic environments. She argues that the characteristics of each language define the nature of the common, statute, administrative, and religious laws associated with it and set the boundaries for its legal imagination. |
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| Notas: | Limited edition of 450 copies. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 293 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773560024 0773560025 9780773578333 0773578331 1282849999 9781282849990 9786612849992 6612849991 |