Advancing legal scholarship in the area of mixed legal systems, as well as comparative law more generally, this book expands the comparative study of the world's legal families to those of jurisdictions containing not only mixtures of common and civil law, but also to those mixi…
Mixed legal systems, East and West
by Palmer, Vernon V., Maṭar, Muḥammad Yaḥyá, Koppel, Anna
fromJuris diversitas
Mixed legal systems, east and west
by Palmer, Vernon V., Maṭar, Muḥammad Yaḥyá, Koppel, Anna
fromJuris diversitas
This book takes us far beyond the usual focus of comparative law with analysis of a broad range of jurisdictions, including mixtures of common and civil law, and also those mixing Islamic and/or traditional legal systems with those derived from common and/or civil law traditions…
This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretica…
This investigation of the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality argues that theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. The book develops a robust theory of law that increases our grasp on global legal pluralism and th…
Proposes a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to grapple with the pluralist reality rather than ignoring it.
Proposes a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to grapple with the pluralist reality rather than ignoring it.