Congrès International de Droit Comparé

Congrès International de Droit Comparé
Author: Tiziano Treu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1997-03-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Labour relations in the public service are undergoing a transformation, possibly more profound than the public sector. The concurrent effect of economic, technological and social pressures are challenging the very concept of public service and consequently the position of employees" --from the author's general report. This important work brings together in one volume the author's general report and ten of the national reports presented by the panel on employees' collective rights in the public sector which convened at the XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law in Athens. It focuses on recent developments and trends in employees collective rights and on collective labour relations in the public sector over the last decade, the most significant of which is a general move towards some kind of privatization and deregulation. The general report compares and contrasts common themes relating to employees' collective rights. National reports from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom follow. Each appears in the language of the originating country. The contributors to this work are specialist lawyers and expert scholars in the field. The book will interest and inform practitioners and academics concerned with employment law and public law.

General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law

General Reports of the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
Author: Katharina Boele-Woelki
Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
Total Pages: 1057
Release: 2007
Genre: Comparative law
ISBN: 9077596194

This work contains the General Reports presented at the XVIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), which was held in July 2006 in Utrecht. A wide variety of topics is covered in this collection, ranging from liability of judges to competition law. The book provides an interesting assessment of the development of comparative law in recent decades and shows the growing importance of comparative law in various disciplines of law.

Major Legal Systems in the World Today

Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Author: René David
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1978
Genre: Comparative law
ISBN: 0029076102

A significant introduction to the study of comparative law and a notable scholarly work, Major Legal Systems in the World Today analyzes the general characteristics which lie behind the development of the four principal legal systems of the world: the Civil law, the Common law, the Socialist law (primarily Soviet), and those based on religious or philosophical principles (Muslim, Hindu, Chinese, Japanese, and African). Providing unique insights into the spirt of each legal family, the book presents a total view of the historical foundation and the sources and structure of the law in each system.

Trusts and Patrimonies

Trusts and Patrimonies
Author: Remus Valsan
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2015-06-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1474403530

Focusing on the private law of England, Scotland, France, Quebec and the Netherlands, this volume explores how the private law concepts of trust and patrimony interact in various jurisdictions, with a view to advancing the understanding of the trust as a fundamental legal concept. It comprises new and previously published papers written by distinguished comparative law scholars. The authors investigate whether the common law trust could be understood as a civil law patrimony by appropriation, and whether civil law and mixed traditions could create local versions of the common law trust using patrimony as the main conceptual building block.

Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law

Paradigms in Modern European Comparative Law
Author: Balázs Fekete
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-04-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509946934

This book uses the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn to provide a new vision of the development of European comparative law that will challenge and inspire scholars in the field. With the 'empathic' use of some ideas from Kuhn's theories on the history of science – paradigm, paradigm-shift, puzzle-solving research and incommensurability – the book rethinks the modern history of European comparative law from the late 19th century to the modern day. It argues that three major paradigms determine modern comparative law: - historical and comparative jurisprudence, - droit comparé, and - post-World War II comparative law. It concludes that contemporary methodological trends are not signs of a paradigm-shift toward a postmodern and culturalist understanding of comparative law, but that the new approach spreads the idea of methodological plurality.

Comparative Legal History

Comparative Legal History
Author: Olivier Moréteau
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 513
Release:
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1781955220

The specially commissioned papers in this book lay a solid theoretical foundation for comparative legal history as a distinct academic discipline. While facilitating a much needed dialogue between comparatists and legal historians, this research handbook examines methodologies in this emerging field and reconsiders legal concepts and institutions like custom, civil procedure, and codification from a comparative legal history perspective.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Second Edition

Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Second Edition
Author: J. M. Smits
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 1025
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1781006105

Acclaim for the first edition: ïThis is a very important and immense book. . . The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law is a treasure-trove of honed knowledge of the laws of many countries. It is a reference book for dipping into, time and time again. It is worth every penny and there is not another as comprehensive in its coverage as ElgarÍs. I highly recommend the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law to all English chambers. This is a very important book that should be sitting in every university law school library.Í _ Sally Ramage, The Criminal Lawyer Containing newly updated versions of existing entries and adding several important new entries, this second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by leading authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover and combine not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countriesÍ legal systems and, as a whole, presents an overview of the current state of affairs. Providing its readers with a unique point of reference, as well as stimulus for further research, this volume is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in comparative law, especially academics, students and practitioners.