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Introduction to comparative law / by Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kötz ; translated from the German by Tony Weir.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998Edition: Third revised editionDescription: xxvi, 714 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0198268602
  • 9780198268604
  • 0198268599
  • 9780198268598
Uniform titles:
  • Einführung in die Rechtsvergleichung auf dem Gebiete des Privatrechts. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.2 21
LOC classification:
  • K583 .Z813 1998
Contents:
Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- A. General Considerations -- 1. The Concept of Comparative Law -- 2. The Functions and Aims of Comparative Law -- 3. The Method of Comparative Law -- 4. The History of Comparative Law -- B. The Legal Families of the World -- 5. The Style of Legal Families -- I. The Romanistic Legal Family -- 6. The History of French Law -- 7. The Spirit and Essential Features of the Code Civil -- 8. The Reception of the Code Civil -- 9. Courts and Lawyers in France and Italy -- 10. [The Legal Position of Illegitimate Children - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Romanistic Legal Family] -- II. The Germanic Legal Family -- 11. The History of German Law -- 12. The German Civil Code -- 13. The General Civil Code of Austria -- 14. The Swiss Civil Code -- 15. [The Doctrine of the Abstract Real Contract - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Germanic Legal Family] -- III. The Anglo-American Legal Family -- 16. The Development of the English Common Law -- 17. Courts and Lawyers in England -- 18. The Spread of the Common Law Throughout the World -- 19. The Law of the United States of America -- 20. Law-Finding and Procedure in Common Law and Civil Law -- 21. [The Trust - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Anglo-American Legal Family] -- IV. The Nordic Legal Family -- 22. Scandinavian Law, Past and Present -- V. The Socialist Legal Family -- 23. The Marxist-Leninist View of Law -- 24. The Development of the Socialist Legal Family -- 25. The Administration of Law in the Socialist States -- 26. Ownership in the Socialist Legal Family -- 27. Contract in the Socialist Planned Economy -- VI. Other Legal Families -- 28. The Far Eastern Legal Family -- 29. Islamic Law -- 30. Hindu Law -- A. Contract -- I. The Formation of Contracts -- 31. Juristic Act, Contract, and General Conditions of Business -- 32. Contractual Capacity -- 33. Offer and Acceptance -- 34. Formal Requirements -- 35. Illegality and Immorality -- 36. Indicia of Seriousness -- 37. The Construction of Contracts -- 38. Mistake, Deceit, and Duress -- 39. Representation -- 40. Assignment -- 41. Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties -- II. The Performance of Contracts -- 42. Claims to Performance and Their Enforcement -- 43. Breach of Contract -- 44. The Effect of Supervening Events -- B. Unjustified Enrichment -- 45. Unjustified Enrichment in General -- 46. Unjustified Enrichment - Specific Topics -- C. Tort -- 47. Tort in General -- 48. Liability for Others -- 49. Strict Liability -- 50. Invasions of the Right of Personality -- Index.
Summary: "The book first discusses the nature of Comparative Law, its functions, aims, methods and history, then it surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- A. General Considerations -- 1. The Concept of Comparative Law -- 2. The Functions and Aims of Comparative Law -- 3. The Method of Comparative Law -- 4. The History of Comparative Law -- B. The Legal Families of the World -- 5. The Style of Legal Families -- I. The Romanistic Legal Family -- 6. The History of French Law -- 7. The Spirit and Essential Features of the Code Civil -- 8. The Reception of the Code Civil -- 9. Courts and Lawyers in France and Italy -- 10. [The Legal Position of Illegitimate Children - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Romanistic Legal Family] -- II. The Germanic Legal Family -- 11. The History of German Law -- 12. The German Civil Code -- 13. The General Civil Code of Austria -- 14. The Swiss Civil Code -- 15. [The Doctrine of the Abstract Real Contract - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Germanic Legal Family] -- III. The Anglo-American Legal Family -- 16. The Development of the English Common Law -- 17. Courts and Lawyers in England -- 18. The Spread of the Common Law Throughout the World -- 19. The Law of the United States of America -- 20. Law-Finding and Procedure in Common Law and Civil Law -- 21. [The Trust - A Distinctive Feature of the Style of the Anglo-American Legal Family] -- IV. The Nordic Legal Family -- 22. Scandinavian Law, Past and Present -- V. The Socialist Legal Family -- 23. The Marxist-Leninist View of Law -- 24. The Development of the Socialist Legal Family -- 25. The Administration of Law in the Socialist States -- 26. Ownership in the Socialist Legal Family -- 27. Contract in the Socialist Planned Economy -- VI. Other Legal Families -- 28. The Far Eastern Legal Family -- 29. Islamic Law -- 30. Hindu Law -- A. Contract -- I. The Formation of Contracts -- 31. Juristic Act, Contract, and General Conditions of Business -- 32. Contractual Capacity -- 33. Offer and Acceptance -- 34. Formal Requirements -- 35. Illegality and Immorality -- 36. Indicia of Seriousness -- 37. The Construction of Contracts -- 38. Mistake, Deceit, and Duress -- 39. Representation -- 40. Assignment -- 41. Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties -- II. The Performance of Contracts -- 42. Claims to Performance and Their Enforcement -- 43. Breach of Contract -- 44. The Effect of Supervening Events -- B. Unjustified Enrichment -- 45. Unjustified Enrichment in General -- 46. Unjustified Enrichment - Specific Topics -- C. Tort -- 47. Tort in General -- 48. Liability for Others -- 49. Strict Liability -- 50. Invasions of the Right of Personality -- Index.

"The book first discusses the nature of Comparative Law, its functions, aims, methods and history, then it surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world."--Publisher description.

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