3rd Edition

Comparative Law in a Changing World

By Peter De Cruz Copyright 2007
544 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

544 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

544 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

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... Read more
Introducing Comparative Law.  Classification of Legal Systems into Legal Families.  The Civil Law System.  The English Common Law System.  European Community Law and Europeanization.  Socialist Law and other Types of Legal System.  Techniques of Comparative Law.  A Comparative Study of Judicial Styles and Case Law.  A Comparative Study of Statutory Interpretation.  The Law of Obligations: A Comparative Study.  Corporate and Commercial Law.  Sale of Goods.  Labour Law.  Comparative Law, Globalization and the New World Order

Biography

Peter de Cruz is Professor of Law at Liverpool John Moores University.