Comparative law : historical development of the civil law tradition in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia / John Henry Merryman, David S. Clark, John Owen Haley.
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Comparative law : historical development of the civil law tradition in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia / John Henry Merryman, David S. Clark, John Owen Haley.
Published
New Providence, N.J. : LexisNexis, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
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K585 .M47 2010
Former Call Number
Comp 300 M55 2010
ISBN
9781422474785 (hardbound)
142247478X (hardbound)
142247478X (hardbound)
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xxiii, 632 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)610206740
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Szladits Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction to Comparative Law
1
Note on Comparative Law
1
A
Major Legal Traditions in the Contemporary World
3
1
Legal Traditions
3
The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America / Rogelio Perez-Perdomo
3
2
Origins and Spread of the Civil Law Tradition
6
The Idea of the Civil Law Tradition / David S. Clark
6
Note on the Civil Law Tradition in East Asia
7
Notes and Questions
8
3
The Islamic Legal Tradition
11
Note on Shari'a
11
The Spirit of Islamic Law / Bernard G. Weiss
11
4
The Hindu Legal Tradition
14
Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa / Werner Menski
14
5
The Variety of African Legal Systems
16
Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa / Werner Menski
16
Notes and Questions
19
6
A Theory of Legal Tradition
21
Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable Diversity in Law / H. Patrick Glenn
21
Notes and Questions
24
7
Further Reading about the Major Religious and Non-Western Legal Traditions
25
Bibliographic Note
25
Note
27
B
Comparison of the Common Law and the Civil Law
27
1
The Comparative Studies of Sir William Blackstone
27
The Mysterious Science of the Law / Daniel J. Boorstin
27
2
Comparative Study of Law in the United States
28
What May We Expect from Comparative Law? / Roscoe Pound
28
Notes and Questions
30
3
Convergence and Divergence of the Civil Law and the Common Law
30
On the Convergence (and Divergence) of the Civil Law and the Common Law / John Henry Merryman
30
4
The Western Legal Tradition
39
The Idea of the Civil Law Tradition / David S. Clark
39
Notes and Questions
40
5
Harmonization or Diversity
42
Comparative Law in a Global Context: The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa / Werner Menski
42
I The Common European Law of Torts / Christian Von Bar
42
The Common Core of European Private Law: The Project and Its Books / David J. Gerber
43
European Legal Systems Are Not Converging / Pierre Legrand
45
Doubts about Convergence: Political Economy as an Impediment to Globalization / John C. Reitz
47
Notes and Questions
48
C
Origins and Objectives of Comparative Law
50
1
Origins
50
Comparative Legal Systems / David S. Clark
50
2
Objectives and Uses
52
Note
52
3
Comparative Legal Practice
53
Comparative Law and Legal Practice: On Removing the Borders / H. Patrick Glenn
53
4
Scientific Explanation in Comparative Law
55
Comparative Law and Scientific Explanation / John Henry Merryman
55
5
The Comparison of Japanese Law
58
The Japanese Law in English: Some Thoughts on Scope and Method / Dan Fenno Henderson
58
Notes and Questions
60
D
Law and Development
63
1
Exporting the Rule of Law
63
Introduction / Yves Dezalay
63
2
The Role of Law in Asia
65
Does Law Matter for Economic Development? Evidence from East Asia / Tom Ginsburg
65
3
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Rule of Law
67
Varieties of Rule of Law / Randall Peerenboom
67
Notes and Questions
68
E
Methods of Comparative Law
72
1
Functionalism
72
Introduction to Comparative Law / Hein Kotz
2
The Functional Method of Comparative Law / Ralf Michaels
73
2
Legal Transplants
74
Society and Legal Change / Alan Watson
74
3
Ideal Types
76
Note on Weber's Method of Ideal Types
76
A Typology of Legal Transplants: Using Sociology, Legal History and Argentine Examples to Explain the Transplant Process / Jonathan M. Miller
76
4
Rhetoric and Culture
79
Abortion and Divorce in Western Law / Mary Ann Glendon
79
5
Law and Economics
82
Introduction / Roger Van Den Bergh
82
Comparative Law and Economic Analysis of Law / Florian Faust
82
6
Law as Legal Systems
84
Note
84
Notes and Questions
87
F
A First Look at the Civil Law Tradition
89
1
Roman Tort Law: Delict and Quasi-Delict
89
Moral Damages in Mexican Law: A Comparative Approach / Edith Friedler
89
2
A Louisiana Case
90
Williams v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp
90
Notes and Questions
98
G
Research in Foreign and Comparative Law
99
Note
99
Chapter 2
Litigating Cases With Foreign Parties or Foreign Law Issues in American Courts
103
Note on Transnational Litigation
103
A
Pleading or Judicial Notice: Approaches to Recognition of Foreign Law Issues
105
Note on the Common Law Fact Approach
105
1
The Fact Approach in Practice
106
Foreign Rules As "Sources of Law" / Albert Ehrenzweig
106
Wisconsin Statutes: § 902.02
106
Griffin v. Mark Travel Corp
107
Note
110
Notes and Questions
111
2
Treating Foreign Law As "Law"
111
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
111
Advisory Committee's Note
112
California Evidence Code
113
New York Civil Practice Law and Rules
115
Oregon Revised Statutes
116
Notes and Questions
116
3
Failure to Plead or Prove Foreign Law
118
Bel-ray Co., Inc. v. Chemrite Ltd
118
Note on the Use of Lex Fori
118
4
Federal Practice
119
Rationis Enterprises Inc. of Panama v. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd.
119
Strauss v. Credit Lyonnais, S.A.
124
Notes and Questions
129
B
Proving Foreign Law: Expert Witnesses and Other Sources
131
Note
131
1
The Use of Experts and Documents
131
Pleading and Proof of Foreign Law in American Courts / George R. Lanyi
131
Mastercard International Inc. v. Federation Internationale de Football Association
133
Notes and Questions
140
2
Lesion Corporelle in French Law
143
Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
143
3
Shubun in Japanese Law
150
The Japanese Law in English: Some Thoughts on Scope and Method / Dan Fenno Henderson
150
Notes and Questions
152
4
The Court Appointed Expert or Special Master
154
Federal Rules of Evidence
154
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
155
Foreign Law as a Problem / John Henry Merryman
157
United States v. One Lucite Ball Containing Lunar Material
158
Notes and Questions
165
5
Resolution on Appeal
166
Note
166
Pleading and Proof of Foreign Law in American Courts / George R. Lanyi
167
Universe Sales Co., Ltd. v. Silver Castle, Ltd
167
Notes and Questions
171
Chapter 3
Roman Law In The Civil Law Tradition
173
Note
173
A
The Roman Civil Law, Canon Law, and Commercial Law Subtraditions
174
The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America / Rogelio Perez-Perdomo
174
Notes and Questions
180
B
The Roman Civil Law Legacy
181
Note on Dates in Roman Legal History
181
1
Constitutional History
183
An Introduction to Roman Law / Barry Nicholas
183
Note on Administration during the Principate
189
Roman Law in European History / Peter Stein
190
Notes and Questions
191
2
Sources of Law: Substance and Procedure
193
The Institutes of Gaius
193
1 The Digest of Justinian
194
An Introduction to Roman Law / Barry Nicholas
195
Notes and Questions
203
3
Familia and Patria Potestas
207
1 The Civil Law / Samuel P. Scott
207
Under Roman Roofs: Family, House, and Household / Karl J. Holkeskamp
208
Roman Law & Comparative Law / Alan Watson
213
The Spirit of Roman Law / Alan Watson
214
Notes and Questions
215
4
Property
216
The Spirit of Roman Law / Alan Watson
216
Notes and Questions
218
5
Civil Litigation
219
Caecina v. Aebutius
219
Autonomy of Law and the Origins of the Legal Profession / Bruce W. Frier
219
Litigation in Roman Law / Ernest Metzger
221
Textbook on Roman Law / Paul Du Plessis
223
Notes and Questions
227
6
Justinian and the Corpus Juris Civilis
228
A Legal History of Rome / George Mousourakis
228
An Introduction to Roman Law / Barry Nicholas
230
Book Review, On Translating the Digest / Charles Donahue, Jr.
232
Notes and Questions
232
7
Patria Potestas Revisited I
233
Justinian's Institutes
233
14 The Civil Law / Samuel P. Scott
236
1 The Digest of Justinian
237
Notes and Questions
239
8
Torts and Lex Aquilia
240
1 The Digest of Justinian
240
A Casebook on the Roman Law of Delict / Bruce W. Frier
241
A Casebook on Roman Family Law / Thomas A.J. McGinn
242
Notes and Questions
243
9
Contracts
244
The Law of Obligations: Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition / Reinhard Zimmermann
244
Roman Law in Context / David Johnston
247
Notes and Questions
248
10
Inheritance Law and the Legitima Portio
249
Justinian's Institutes
249
1 The Digest of Justinian
250
Roman Law in Context / David Johnston
251
Notes and Questions
252
11
Criminal Law and Procedure
253
Crime and Punishment in Ancient Rome / Richard A. Bauman
253
Penal Practice and Penal Policy in Ancient Rome / O.F. Robinson
255
Notes and Questions
256
C
Law and Government in Medieval Europe
257
Note on Dates in European Medieval Legal History
257
Note on Early West European Law
258
1
The Decay of Roman Law
261
Roman Law in Medieval Europe / Paul Vinogradoff
261
2
Law in the Early West European Kingdoms
264
Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition / Harold J. Berman
264
3
The Germanic Roman Empire and the Roman Church
269
The Medieval Origins of Modern Legal Education: Between Church and State / David S. Clark
269
Notes and Questions
272
D
Revival of Roman Law
275
Note on Dates for Revival of Roman Law
275
1
The Role of the University
275
The Medieval Origins of Modern Legal Education: Between Church and State / David S. Clark
275
2
Legal Humanism
285
John Henry Merryman & Joseph M. Perillo, The Italian Legal System: An Introduction / Mauro Cappelletti
285
Notes and Questions
287
Chapter 4
Canon Law, Commercial Law, and the Reception of the Jus Commune in Europe Before the Revolution
291
Note
291
A
Canon Law
291
Note on Dates for Canon Law
291
1
The Church, Universities, and Canon Law
293
The Medieval Origins of Modern Legal Education: Between Church and State / David S. Clark
293
2
Gratian's Decretum
296
Gratian, The Treatise on Laws (Decretum DD. 1-20) with the Ordinary Gloss
296
3
Jurisdiction over Persons and over Subject Matter
298
Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition / Harold J. Berman
298
Notes and Questions
307
4
Papal Government
310
Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition / Harold J. Berman
310
Note on the Longevity of the Roman Catholic Church
311
5
Codex luris Canonici
312
Code of Canon Law: Latin-English Edition
312
6
A Canon Law Case
315
M v. E
315
Notes and Questions
317
7
Natural Law
318
On Law and Justice / Alf Ross
318
Jurisprudence; The Philosophy and Method of the Law / Edgar Bodenheimer
318
Law, Resistance, and the State: The Opposition to Roman Law in Reformation Germany / Gerald Strauss
323
Notes and Questions
324
B
Commercial Law
324
Note on Dates for Commercial Law
324
1
The Law Merchant
326
Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition / Harold J. Berman
326
A Revolution in Commerce: The Parisian Merchant Court and the Rise of Commercial Society in Eighteenth-Century France / Amalia D. Kessler
331
Note on the Distinctiveness of Commercial Law
333
2
Partnerships and Contracts
334
European Legal History: Sources and Institutions / W.M. Gordon
334
Notes and Questions
336
C
Reception of the Jus Commune in Europe
337
Note on Italy and the Jus Commune
337
1
Demand for Academic Lawyers
338
The Medieval Origins of Modern Legal Education: Between Church and State / David S. Clark
338
2
A Jus Commune Case
341
Fabronis v. Marradi Ball Players
341
A Decision of the Rota Fiorentina of 1780 on Liability for Damages Caused by the "Ball Game" / Gino Gorla
341
Notes and Questions
346
3
Processes of Reception
347
An Historical Introduction to Private Law / R.C. Van Caenegem
347
Gifts and Promises: Continental and American Laws Compared / John P. Dawson
351
The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law / George Mousourakis
352
Notes and Questions
353
4
Reception in Iberia
354
Foundations of Governance and Law: An Essay on Law's Evolution in Colonial Spanish America / John O. Haley
354
The Italian Legal System: An Introduction / Joseph M. Perillo
358
5
Patria Potestas Revisited II
359
Las Siete Partidas / Samuel P. Scott
359
Notes and Questions
362
6
Resistance to Roman Law in England
364
Judges, Legislators and Professors: Chapters in European Legal History / R.C. Van Caenegem
364
Notes and Questions
366
Note on Complexity within the Civil Law Tradition
367
Chapter 5
The Legal Traditions of Latin America
369
Note
369
A
Law in Precolonial Latin America
369
Note on the Original American Inhabitants
369
1
The Incas and Their Legal System
371
Note on the Inca Legal System
371
Rivers, Revenue and Rice: Law's Political Evolutions / John O. Haley
374
Power and Property in Inca Peru / Sally F. Moore
375
2
The Aztecs and Their Legal System
382
Mexican Law / Stephen Zamora
382
Latin American Law: A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America / M.C. Mirow
383
Note on the Aztec Legal System
386
3
Legal Pluralism and Indigenous Law
390