The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America / John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo.
2007
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Author
Merryman, John Henry.
Title
The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America / John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo.
Published
Stanford, Calif : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Call Number
K585 .M467 2007
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9780804755689 (cloth : alk. paper)
080475568X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804755696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804755698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
080475568X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804755696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804755698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
x, 173 pages ; 22 cm
System Control No.
OCoLC)148705995
(OCoLC)81252739
(OCoLC)81252739
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166) and index.
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Pérez-Perdomo, Rogelio.
Table of Contents
I
Two legal traditions
1
II
Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law
6
III
The revolution
15
IV
The sources of law
20
V
Codes and codification
27
VI
Judges
34
VII
The interpretation of statutes
39
VIII
Certainty and equity
48
IX
Scholars
56
X
Legal science
61
XI
The general part
68
XII
The legal process
80
XIII
The division of jurisdiction
86
XIV
Legal categories
91
XV
The legal professions
102
XVI
Civil procedure
112
XVII
Criminal procedure
125
XVIII
Constitutional review
134
XIX
Perspectives
143
XX
The future of the civil law tradition
152