Comparative law : law, reality and society / by Alan Watson.
2010
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Author
Title
Comparative law : law, reality and society / by Alan Watson.
Published
Lake Mary, FL : Vandeplas Pub., [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K559 .W38 2010
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9781600421068
1600421067
1600421067
Description
x, 322 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)643102429
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Record Appears in
Gift
Purchased from the income of the Szladits Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Szladits Fund
Table of Contents
Preface
ix
ch. 1
Law In Books, Law And Reality: A Comparative Law Perspective
1
ch. 2
Law Out Of Context
13
ch. 3
Moses And The Ten Commandments
41
ch. 4
Two Gospel Vignettes: Jesus And The Samaritan Woman; Jesus And The Adulteress
57
ch. 5
Private Law, Religion, And International Law In Early Rome
83
ch. 6
Artificiality, Reality And Roman Contract Law
101
ch. 7
Justinian's Corpus Iuris Civilis: Oddities Of Legal Development; And Human Civilization
117
ch. 8
Justinian's Natural Law And Its Spanish Legacy
125
ch. 9
Haining's Case
135
ch. 10
The Failure Of Scottish Legal Education In The 17Th Century, And The American Civil War
145
ch. 11
Lord Mansfield: Judicial Integrity Or Its Lack; Somerset's Case
169
ch. 12
Chancellor Kent's Use Of Foreign Law
185
ch. 13
Foreign Legal Thinking
209
ch. 14
The Culture Of Judges
233
ch. 15
The Law Of Delict And Quasi Delict In The French Civil Code
271
ch. 16
The Justice Of The U.S. Constitution
299
Epilogue: Julius Caesar; Descendant Of A Slave?
311