1st Edition

Law in a World of Multiple Legal Orders A Global Introduction to Law

By Jean-Yves Gontier Copyright 2027
510 Pages
by Routledge

510 Pages
by Routledge

Law in a World of Multiple Legal Orders offers a foundational understanding of what law is and how it operates, while acknowledging that contemporary law is unavoidably cross-border. Starting with the basic idea of law and its relationship with justice, the book introduces the main legal traditions, courts and constitutions, before moving on to civil procedure and litigation, legal borrowing... Read more

Introduction. Chapter 1 What is Law? What Forms Does Law Take? Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Law and Justice. Chapter 3 The Civil Law Tradition. Chapter 4 The Common Law Tradition. Chapter 5 Constitutionalism and Judicial Review. Chapter 6 Civil Procedure: The Judiciary and the Unfolding of Civil Litigation. Chapter 7 When and Why Do Courts Apply the Law of Other Countries? Chapter 8 The Transplant Debate. Chapter 9 What is International Law and How is it Made? Chapter 10 The Interface of National and International Law. Chapter 11 Supranationalism: The European Union. Chapter 12 International Arbitration: Privatized Justice.

 

Biography

Jean-Yves Gontier is a French-Canadian lawyer at the Paris Bar and a legal scholar with extensive experience in transnational practice and legal education. He holds a PhD in law and has taught law at Sciences Po Paris, where he served as Academic Coordinator and Head of Law at the Undergraduate College and oversaw Dual BA programs with leading French and U.S. universities.