Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell by Glendon, Mary Ann -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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OUTLINE INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LAW

1. WHAT IS “COMPARATIVE LAW”? 2. AIMS AND USES OF COMPARATIVE LAW 3. METHODS OF COMPARATIVE LAW 4. THE CONCEPT OF LEGAL TRADITION

PART 1 THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION CHAPTER 1 HISTORY, CULTURE AND DISTRIBUTION

1. WHAT IS THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION? 2. ROMAN LAW 3. ROMAN LAW SURVIVAL AMIDST MEDIEVAL CUSTOMS 4. CANON LAW 5. REVIVAL OF ROMAN LAW 6. COMMERCIAL LAW 7. RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW 8. NATION STATES AND NATIONAL LAW 9. CODIFICATION 10. GERMAN LEGAL SCIENCE 11. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CIVIL LAW 12. EUROPEANIZATION OF CIVIL LAW 13. CONTEMPORARY CIVIL LAW

CHAPTER 2 LEGAL STRUCTURES IN CIVIL LAW NATIONS

1. PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT 2. SEPARATION OF POWERS 3. CONSTITUTIONS 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW 5. PUBLIC LAW COURTS 6. ORDINARY COURTS 7. SUPRANATIONAL LEGAL REGIMES OF EUROPE

CHAPTER 3 LEGAL ACTORS IN THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION

1. LEGAL EDUCATION 2. LEGAL PROFESSIONS 3. PRIVATE PRACTICE 4. GOVERNMENT LAWYERS 5. JUDICIARY 6. LEGAL SCHOLARS

CHAPTER 4 PROCEDURE IN CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS

1. CIVIL PROCEDURE 2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3. APPELLATE REVIEW

CHAPTER 5 FIELDS OF SUBSTANTIVE LAW IN CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS

1. DIVISIONS OF LAW 2. PUBLIC LAW 3. PRIVATE LAW

A. CIVIL LAW B. COMMERCIAL LAW C. LABOR LAW

4. MERGER OR DESUETUDE OF DIVISIONS

CHAPTER 6 SOURCES OF LAW AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IN CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS

1. IN GENERAL 2. PRIMARY SOURCES

A. ENACTED LAW B. CUSTOM C. GENERAL PRINCIPLES D. SUPRANATIONAL SOURCES

3. AUTHORITIES

A. CASE LAW B. DOCTRINE

4. INTERPRETATION 5. STABILITY AND GROWTH SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGS

PART 2 THE COMMON LAW TRADITION CHAPTER 7 HISTORY, CULTURE AND DISTRIBUTION

1. INTRODUCTION 2. ROMAN OCCUPATION 3. ROMAN-NORMAN HIATUS: THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD 4. THE NORMAN CONQUEST 5. ROYAL COURTS 6. WRIT SYSTEM 7. MAGNA CARTA 8. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS 9. EQUITY 10. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE 11. WARS OF THE ROSES 12. THE TUDORS 13. THE STUARTS 14. NINETEENTH CENTURY REFORMS 15. THE MODERN PERIOD 16. “ENGLISH” LAW 17. DEVOLUTION 18. DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER 8 LEGAL STRUCTURES

1. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT 2. PARLIAMENT—HOUSE OF COMMONS 3. PARLIAMENT—HOUSE OF LORDS 4. THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE SOVEREIGN 5. DEVOLUTION 6. THE JUDICIAL STRUCTURE 7. COUNTY COURTS 8. MAGISTRATES’ COURTS 9. HIGH COURT 10. CROWN COURTS 11. COURT OF APPEAL 12. THE HOUSE OF LORDS & THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 13. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL 14. TRIBUNALS 15. THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 16. THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CHAPTER 9 ROLES AND ACTORS

1. LEGAL EDUCATION 2. SOLICITORS 3. BARRISTERS 4. THE LAWYER IN PUBLIC SERVICE 5. THE JUDICIARY

CHAPTER 10 PROCEDURE

1. CIVIL PROCEDURE 2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3. APPELLATE REVIEW

CHAPTER 11 RULES

1. SOURCES OF LAW 2. PRECEDENT 3. CUSTOM 4. CONVENTIONS 5. ROYAL PREROGATIVE 6. LEGISLATION 7. THE CONSTITUTION 8. HUMAN RIGHTS 9. THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 10. RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW 11. DIVISIONS OF LAW—LAW AND EQUITY 12. DIVISIONS OF LAW—PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAW 13. DIVISIONS OF LAW—THE LAW MERCHANT/COMMERCIAL LAW SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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