Search results for: “common law legal traditions”
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Law Merchant
A body of customary law arising from mercantile practices and usages over centuries. Many of the practices have origins in Roman, or even pre-Roman, times. During the Middle Ages merchants, courts, or guilds employed locally recognized commercial rules to resolve disputes. Significant […]
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English Common Law
The Legal History of Ecclesiastical Law in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Ecclesiastical Law in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Ecclesiastical Law in English Common Law in the Oxford […]
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Civil Law Legal System
Civil Law Legal System Introduction A civil law country, typically, has a civil law legal system as opposed to common law system. Civil law stems from the Roman law of Justinian’s Corpus Juris Civilis, proceeding from broad legal principles and the interpretation of doctrinal writings. Researching a civil law country law, therefore, follows a different…
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Encyclopedia of Islamic Law: a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools
Encyclopedia of Islamic Law : a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of Islamic Law : a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools Author: adapted by Laleh Bakhtiar; introduction by Kevin Reinhart. Publisher: ABC International Group; Chicago, Illinois: Distributed by Kazi Publications Copyright: 1996. Pages: 624 ISBN:…
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Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Bibliographic Details Title: Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History ISBN: 9780195134056 Author: Katz, Stanley N. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Subject: Legal History, Historical jurisprudence. Series Volume: 6 Volume-set Publication Date: 2009-04-17 Language: English Pages: 3072 Review of Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Publisher Comments The Oxford International…
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law This legal Encyclopedia offers chapters on legal topics, such as statutory interpretation or insurance, as well as chapters on a few countries. The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law provides a very useful overview to legal research in civil law and commonwealth jurisdictions. The articles (based in areas of law and…
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Legal Pluralism
Legal Pluralism Legal Pluralism Hooker (1975: 1) highlighted that ‘[l]egal systems typically combine in themselves ideas, principles, rules, and procedures originating from a variety of sources’, adding that ‘[b]oth in the contemporary world and historically the law manifests itself in a variety of forms and a variety of levels’ (p. 1). Studying legal pluralism clearly…
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Socialist Legal Systems
Socialist Legal Systems Socialist law is the legal system used in most Communist states. It is based on the civil law system and Marxist-Leninist ideology. During the cold war period, it was incorporated into the legal systems of the Soviet Union and its former satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe. These systems were built…
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Code Law Systems
Code Law Systems The term “code-law systems” is usually employed, as a legal term of art, with two different, if related, meanings. First, “code” refers to the reduction of the laws customarily observed by a particular people to a more or less permanent, organized, and written form through a comprehensive piece of legislation or codification.…
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List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World
List of Legal Systems in Countries Around the World This guide identifies selected print and online sources describing the legal systems of foreign countries and their constitutions and constitutional courts. It is an essential database offering relevant information on sources of foreign law, including complete bibliographic citations to legislation, the existence of English translations and…
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Comparative Law Contents
Comparative Law Contents Introduction to Comparative Law Comparative Law Definition Comparative Law and Foreign Law Comparative Law Method Mixed Legal Systems Influence on National Legal Systems of comparative law Uses of Comparative Law Law Globalization Comparative Law and Language Comparative Law and Legal Culture Comparative Law and Religion Comparative Law and Legal History Comparative Law…
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Trade law Part 67
Trade law Part 67 709 Panel #1: The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Context: Economics, Politics, Law and Health Wisconsin International Law Journal Volume 20, Number 3, Fall 2002 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 710 DON QUIXOTE’S ADVICE RINGS TRUE: THIS CHICKEN SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. REVIEWING…
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Trade law Part 14
Trade law Part 14 142 Recent Cases Flesh Out Chine’s Standards for Domain Name Arbitration YANG XUN Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Volume 15, Issue 6, 2009 p.134 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center of China international Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission is one of the major arbitration institutes…
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Trade law Part 3
Trade law Part 3 22 HOME GROWN LAWS IN A GLOBAL NEIGHBOURHOOD: AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST Chief Justice Robert French Australian Law Journal Volume 85, Number 3, March 2011 p.147 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The differences between legal systems sometimes generate controversy about the use of comparative legal materials. That…
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International Family Law
International Family Law Introduction to international family law International Family Law describes all family law matters with an international element. People are residing internationally and experiencing international relationships more frequently. The closest link to determine which national family law rules are applicable to specific family matters is the residence (domicilie) of the parties concerned. Family…