Comparative Law in a Global Context

Comparative Law in a Global Context
Author: Werner F. Menski
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139452711

Now in its second edition, this textbook presents a critical rethinking of the study of comparative law and legal theory in a globalising world, and proposes an alternative model. It highlights the inadequacies of current Western theoretical approaches in comparative law, international law, legal theory and jurisprudence, especially for studying Asian and African laws, arguing that they are too parochial and eurocentric to meet global challenges. Menski argues for combining modern natural law theories with positivist and socio-legal traditions, building an interactive, triangular concept of legal pluralism. Advocated as the fourth major approach to legal theory, this model is applied in analysing the historical and conceptual development of Hindu law, Muslim law, African laws and Chinese law.

American Law in a Global Context

American Law in a Global Context
Author: George P. Fletcher
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780195167238

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Comparative Law

Comparative Law
Author: Mathias Siems
Publisher: Law in Context
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2018-04-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107182417

The most up-to-date and contextualised offering for comparative law students and scholars, referencing the newest research in the field.

American Law in a Global Context

American Law in a Global Context
Author: George P. Fletcher
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2005-02-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199883270

American Law in a Global Context is an elegant and erudite introduction to the American legal system from a global perspective. It covers the law and lawyering tools taught in the first year of law school, explaining the underlying concepts and techniques of the common law used in U.S. legal practice. The ideas central to the development and practice of American law, as well as constitutional law, contracts, property, criminal law, and courtroom procedure, are all presented in their historical and intellectual contexts, accessible to the novice but with insight that will inform the expert. Actual cases illuminate each major subject, engaging readers in the legal process and the arguments between real people that make American law an ever-evolving system.

Comparative Law in a Changing World

Comparative Law in a Changing World
Author: Peter De Cruz
Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781859419366

Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the legal approach to key areas of law within different legal systems, this book offers a blueprint for comparative legal study by evaluating the current epistemological debate on comparative law and comparative legal research methods. Substantive law, the law of obligations, commercial and corporate law within the major legal systems of the world are all examined and compared. While France and Germany are generally used as the archetypal civil law jurisdictions and English law as the main common law comparator, this third edition also examines the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet era and socialist legal influences as well as non-Western legal traditions. Fully updated and revised to include all recent developments, this edition also includes a broad historical introduction and outlines changes in EC Law. It assesses the possibility of Europeanization of national legal systems and certain legal topics, the impact of the globalization of legal institutions and the evolving 'new world order' in the early twenty-first century. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, Comparative Law in a Changing World is an accessible source for undergraduates and postgraduates wishing to trace the influence of common law and civil law legal traditions on jurisdictions across the world.

Legal Education in the Global Context

Legal Education in the Global Context
Author: Christopher Gane
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134804741

This book discusses the opportunities and challenges facing legal education in the era of globalization. It identifies the knowledge and skills that law students will require in order to prepare for the practice of tomorrow, and explores pedagogical shifts legal education needs to make inside and outside of the classroom. With contributions from leading experts on legal education from various jurisdictions across the globe, the work combines theoretical depth with practical insights. Seeking to understand the changing landscape of legal education in the era of globalization, the contributions find that law schools can, and must, adopt educational strategies that at least present students with different understandings of what studying and practicing law is meant to be about. They find that law schools need to offer their students choices, a vision of practice that is not driven entirely by the demands of the marketplace or the needs of major international law firms. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the impact of globalization on legal education, and how students and law schools need to adapt for the future. It will be of great interest to academics and students of comparative legal studies and legal education, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law

The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law
Author: Mauro Bussani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2012-08-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521895707

The book delves into the 'deeper structures' of the world's legal systems, where law meets culture, politics and socio-economic factors.

Operating Law in a Global Context

Operating Law in a Global Context
Author: Jean-Sylvestre Bergé
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2017-06-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1785367331

Lawyers have to adapt their reasoning to the increasingly global nature of the situations they deal with. Often, rules formulated in a national, international or European environment must all be jointly applied to a given case. This book maps the analysis lawyers require when confronted by the operation of several laws in different contexts, and demonstrates how this enhances legal reasoning.

Comparative Constitutional Law

Comparative Constitutional Law
Author: Mark S. Kende
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN: 9781611634853

Harvard Law Professor Cass Sunstein has said that South Africa has "the most admirable constitution in the history of the world." This comparative constitutional law casebook is unique because it allows students and experts in U.S. constitutional law (or other nations) to compare their approach with modern South African constitutionalism. The transformative and progressive South African Constitution adopts the most successful parts of existing parliamentary constitutions, while honoring the nation's African heritage. Further, it incorporates numerous international human rights such as socio-economic and environmental rights. The book's South African focus guarantees readers will grasp the contingency and social context of a foreign constitutional court's decisions, rather than primarily surveying cases from numerous other nations. Yet the introductory chapter also provides background on South Africa, and then exposes readers to key theoretical questions about comparativism. Moreover, that chapter briefly describes seven other constitutional democracies where the courts play important but different roles than in South Africa. These nations provide further context for the strong judicial review exercised by the South African Constitutional Court. Indeed, excerpts from that Court's decisions make up most of the core second chapter. The core chapter also contains questions about the reasoning of each South African case, as well as how that case compares to a single foreign case on the same topic. The book is suitable for law students, as well as other graduate and undergraduate students. In addition, the book is the first condensed version of South African constitutional case law published in the U.S. Thus, it functions as a research collection for experts, as well as a casebook.

Climate Change and Human Rights

Climate Change and Human Rights
Author: Ottavio Quirico
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2015-09-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317662687

Do anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions affect human rights? Should fundamental rights constrain climate policies? Scientific evidence demonstrates that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions contribute to increasing atmospheric temperatures, soon passing the compromising threshold of 2° C. Consequences such as Typhoon Haiyan prove that climate alteration has the potential to significantly impair basic human needs. Although the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and human rights regulatory regimes have so far proceeded separately, awareness is arising about their reciprocal implications. Based on tripartite fundamental obligations, this volume explores the relationship between climate change and interdependent human rights, through the lens of an international and comparative perspective. Along the lines of the metaphor of the ‘wall’, the research ultimately investigates the possibility of overcoming the divide between universal rights and climate change, and underlying barriers. This book aims to be a useful resource not only for practitioners, policymakers, academics, and students in international, comparative, environmental law and politics and human rights, but also for the wider public.