Legal Traditions of the World
Sustainable diversity in law
H. Patrick Glenn
ISBN: | 9780199669837 |
Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
Published: | 1 May, 2014 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Legal Traditions of the World
Sustainable diversity in law
H. Patrick Glenn
Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The fifth edition covers increasing recognition of chthonic legal tradition and features new discussion on the notion of collective memory. New to this editionFeatures new discussion on the notion of collective memoryCovers increasing recognition of chthonic legal traditionIncludes new coverage of the notions of Big Data, Big History and private cloudsIncreased coverage of treatment of animals in each of the legal traditions
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