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2nd ed. |
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1 online resource (728 pages) |
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| Contents |
Cover; MIXED JURISDICTIONS WORLDWIDE; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECT ABBREVIATIONS; Law reviews; Case reports; Other abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and comparative overview; Introduction to the mixed jurisdictions; I A glimpse at the extended family; II The mixed jurisdiction in profile: three characteristics; III The question of a third legal family; IV Research methods and country reports; 1: A descriptive and comparative overview; I The mixed jurisdiction as an historical idea. |
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II Upon an invisible foundation: The claims of culture to the civil law sphereIII The cultural voices of judge and jurist: purists, pragmatists, and pollutionists; IV The system builders and their edifice; V The linguistic factor: The demands of dualism; VI The place of precedent in legal reasoning and in the scheme of legal sources; VII The two receptions of common law: pattern and process; VIII "Original law": the process of creating autonomous law; IX The broad assimilation of Anglo-American procedure and evidence; X Commercial law: the role of the dominant economy; Interim conclusions. |
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Part II: The comparative evidence2: The Republic of South Africa; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select report bibliography; 3: Scotland; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence. |
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VII Judicial reception of common lawVIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select report bibliography; 4: Louisiana; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select Report bibliography; 5: Quebec; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts. |
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III Judicial methodologyIV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor; XI Select Report bibliography; 6: Puerto Rico; I Founding of the system; II The magistrates and the courts; III Judicial methodology; IV Statutory interpretation; V Mercantile law; VI Procedure and evidence; VII Judicial reception of common law; VIII Emergence of new legal creations; IX Purists, pollutionists, and pragmatists; X The linguistic factor. |
| Summary |
The leading text in the field, this indispensable guide to understanding the mixed jurisdictions is now fully updated and expanded. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Civil law systems.
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Civil law systems. |
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Common law.
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Common law. |
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Legal polycentricity.
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Legal polycentricity. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Palmer, Vernon Valentine. Mixed Jurisdictions Worldwide : The Third Legal Family. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9780521768573 |
| ISBN |
9781139516501 |
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1139516507 |
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9781139518352 (electronic book) |
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1139518356 (electronic book) |
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9781139028424 (electronic book) |
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1139028421 (electronic book) |
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9780521768573 |
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0521768578 |
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