Great Legal Traditions: Civil Law, Common Law, and Chinese Law in Historical and Operational Perspective

by John W. Head

Great Legal Traditions: Civil Law, Common Law, and Chinese Law in Historical and Operational Perspective draws on the nearly thirty years of experience that the author has accumulated from working in and writing about a variety of legal systems around the world. After an introduction to the underlying concepts and values of comparative legal studies, Head embarks on a brisk six-chapter survey of European civil law, English and American common law,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594609578
• ISBN13: 9781594609572
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.