An Introduction to Comparative Law

Konrad Zweigert

ISBN 10: 0198268599 / ISBN 13: 9780198268598

Editore: Oxford University Press Jul 1998, 1998

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Neuware -This third edition of the modern classic Zweigert & Kötz's Introduction to Comparative Law is fully revised and updated, but its familiar structure and easy style remain the same. The book first discusses the nature of Comparative Law, its functions, aims, methods and history, and then it surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world. In the second part it provides a model of comparative law in action, comparing, contrasting and evaluating the different approaches and solutions of the major legal systems. As well as offering an excellent grounding in comparative private law, this book is an essential base for further research. 714 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: An Introduction to Comparative Law
• Editore: Oxford University Press Jul 1998
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198268599
• ISBN 13: 9780198268598
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Edizione: terza edizione
• Condizione: Neu

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Riassunto

This book first discusses the nature of Comparative Law, its functions, aims, methods and history, then surveys the main features of the major legal families of the world. Extremely well written, this text outlines all the major legal systems of the world and details individual areas of law within these systems. Its prior edition has been highly regarded world-wide since its publication and was translated into many languages including Italian, Japanese and Russian. This third edition has been updated and contains useful new material including a chapter on Japanese Law. It has been skillfully translated from the German by Tony Weir. A key resource, this text provides the framework for a study of comparative law.

Informazioni sull?autore

Hein Kötz is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, he is also sometime Goodhart Professor of Law at Cambridge University and occasional professor at many Universities, including Chicago and Tel Aviv.

Konrad Zweigert is the Late Director of the Max-Planck Institute.

Tony Weir is a Fellow of Trinity College and Reader in Law in the University of Cambridge. He has translated a large number of legal texts into English to considerable acclaim.