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Bederman, David J.
Title
Custom as a source of law / David J. Bederman.
Published
Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Call Number
K282 .B43 2010
ISBN
9780521897044 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0521897041 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780521721820 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521721822 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780511902437 (e-book)
0511902433 (e-book)
0521897041 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780521721820 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521721822 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780511902437 (e-book)
0511902433 (e-book)
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[xv], 266 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)637038616
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Abbreviations
xiii
pt. One
Customary Law in Perspective
1.
Anthropology: Custom in Preliterate Societies
3
2.
Culture: The Western Legal Tradition of Positivism
16
3.
History: The Common Law and Custom
27
4.
Economics, Sociobiology, and Psychology: The Human Impulse of Custom
42
pt. Two
Custom in Domestic Legal Systems
5.
Family Law
57
6.
Property
68
7.
Contracts
80
8.
Torts
91
9.
Constitutional Law
101
pt. Three
Custom in International Law
10.
Private International Law: International Commercial Usage
117
11.
Public International Law: Custom Among Nations
135
Conclusion: How and Why Custom Endures
168
Notes
183
Index
257