TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zweigert,Konrad
AU  - Kötz,Hein
TI  - Introduction to comparative law
SN  - 0198268602
AV  - K583 .Z813 1998
U1  - 340.2 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
KW  - Comparative law
KW  - Civil law
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -