Introduction to the Comparative Study of Law
1.What is "Comparative Law"
2.Aims and Uses of Comparative Law
3.Methods of Comparative Law
4.The Concept of Legal Tradition
PART. THE CIVIL LAW TRADITION
Chapter 1.History,Culture and Distribution
1.What is the Civil Law Tradition?
2.Roman Law
3.Roman Law Survival Amidst medieval Customs
4.Canon Law
5.Revival of Roman Law
6.Commercial Law
7.Reception of Roman Law
8.Nation States and National Law
9.Codification
10.German Legal Science
11.Distribution of the Civil Law
12.Contemporary Civil Law
Chapter 2.Legal Structures in Civil Law Nations
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Chapter 3.legal Sctors in the Civil Law Tradition
Chapter 4.Procedure in Civil Law Systems
Chapter 5.Fields of Substantive Law in Civil Law Dyatems
Chapter 6.Sources of Law and the Judicial Process in Civil Law Systems
Selected Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading
PART TWO.THE COMMON LAW TRADITION
Chapter 7.History,Culture and Distribution
Chapter 8.Legal Structures
Chapter 9.Roles and Sctors
Chapter 10.Procedure
Chapter 11.Rules
Selected Bibliography
PART3.SUPRANATIONAL EUROPEAN LAW AND INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 12.The European Union
Chapter 13.The European Human Rights System
Slected Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading
Index