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1|Preface|6
1|Contents|9
1|Chapter 1: Introducing Comparative Law|13
2|1.1 Nature and Scope of Comparative Law|13
3|1.1.1 Comparative Law: Method or Science?|15
2|1.2 Forms of Comparative Legal Inquiry|18
2|1.3 Relationship of Comparative Law to Other Fields of Legal Study|23
3|1.3.1 Comparative Law and Legal History|24
3|1.3.2 Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy|25
3|1.3.3 Comparative Law and Legal Sociology|28
2|References|29
1|Chapter 2: Assessing the Potential of Comparative Law in Expanding Legal Frontiers|31
2|2.1 Introduction|31
2|2.2 Comparative Law in Legal Education|32
2|2.3 Uses and Limits of Comparative Law in Lawmaking and Adjudication|35
3|2.3.1 Comparative Law as an Aid to Legislation and the Reform of Law|35
3|2.3.2 Comparative Law as a Tool of Judicial Interpretation|38
4|2.3.2.1 The Role of Comparative Law in International Courts|42
4|2.3.2.2 Comparative Law and Private International Law|44
2|2.4 Comparative Law and the Unification or Harmonization of Laws|45
2|2.5 Comparative Law and Comparative Lawyering|53
2|2.6 Comparative Law and the Challenges of Globalization|55
2|References|57
1|Chapter 3: Tracing the Early Origins of Comparative Law|60
2|3.1 Introduction|60
2|3.2 Legal Comparatism in Classical Antiquity|60
3|3.2.1 Ancient Greece|60
3|3.2.2 Ancient Rome|63
2|3.3 Legal Comparatism in the Middle Ages|66
2|3.4 Pioneers of Comparative Law in the Renaissance and Enlightenment Eras|70
3|3.4.1 Pothier|73
3|3.4.2 Vico|74
3|3.4.3 Montesquieu|76
2|References|79
1|Chapter 4: The Rise of Modern Comparative Law|81
2|4.1 Introduction|81
2|4.2 Pioneers of Comparative Law in Germany|85
3|4.2.1 Ernst Rabel|92
2|4.3 The Origins of Comparative Law in England|96
3|4.3.1 Henry Maine|97
2|4.4 Legal Thinking and the Growth of Comparative Law in France|100
3|4.4.1 The Paris International Congress of Comparative Law of 1900|104
2|4.5 Concluding Remarks|110
2|References|111
1|Chapter 5: Some Methodological Issues in Comparative Law|114
2|5.1 The Comparative Method|114
2|5.2 The Normative-Dogmatic Approach to the Comparability Issue|122
2|5.3 The Functional Method of Comparative Law|124
2|5.4 Combining the Functional and Normative-Dogmatic Perspectives|129
2|5.5 Comparing Legal Institutions of Countries with Different Socio-Economic and Political Systems|134
2|5.6 Concluding Remarks|137
2|References|138
1|Chapter 6: Legal Traditions, Legal Cultures and Families of Law|140
2|6.1 Introduction|140
2|6.2 The Concept of Legal Tradition|142
2|6.3 Law as Culture|146
2|6.4 Grouping Legal Systems into Families of Law|151
2|6.5 Western Law|162
2|6.6 Concluding Remarks|171
2|References|173
1|Chapter 7: Comparative Law, Legal Transplants and Legal Change|177
2|7.1 Introduction|177
2|7.2 Divergence and Convergence of Legal Systems|178
3|7.2.1 Factors Accounting for the Divergence and Convergence of Legal Systems|182
2|7.3 Legal Transplants and Reception of Laws|186
2|7.4 Legal Transplants and Legal Change: Watson´s Theory Revisited|192
2|7.5 Concluding Remarks|202
2|References|202
1|Chapter 8: Roman Law, Medieval Legal Science and the Rise of the Civil Law Tradition|205
2|8.1 Introduction|205
2|8.2 The Heritage of Roman Law|206
2|8.3 The Revival of Roman Law in Western Europe|211
3|8.3.1 The School of the Glossators|214
3|8.3.2 The Commentators or Post-Glossators|219
2|8.4 The Reception of Roman Law|222
3|8.4.1 The Reception of Roman law in France|224
3|8.4.2 The Reception of Roman law in Germany|227
3|8.4.3 The Ius Commune in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and the Netherlands|230
2|8.5 The Humanists and the School of Natural Law|234
2|8.6 The Codification Movement|241
2|8.7 The Civil Law Tradition|246
3|8.7.1 Geographic Distribution of the Civil Law|246
3|8.7.2 Defining Features of Civil Law Systems|249
2|8.8 Concluding Remarks|255
2|References|256
1|Chapter 9: The Development and Function of Equity in the English Common Law Tradition|258
2|9.1 Introduction|258
2|9.2 Tracing the Historical Origins of the English Common Law: An Overview|260
2|9.3 The Rise and Development of Equity|271
3|9.3.1 The Relationship Between Common Law and Equity|275
3|9.3.2 The Judicature Acts of 1873 and 1875 and the Administrative Fusion of Law and Equity|278
2|9.4 Equitable Principles and Remedies|281
2|9.5 Concluding Remarks|286
2|References|287
1|Chapter 10: African Legal Traditions|288
2|10.1 The Struggle for Recognition|288
2|10.2 The Biases of Comparative Law|290
2|10.3 Ranking African Legal Systems|293
2|10.4 Stratification and Evolution of African Law|294
2|10.5 From African Law to African Legal Traditions|297
2|10.6 Pluralism in African Legal Systems|300
2|References|301
1|Bibliography|305
1|Index|314
1|Contents|9
1|Chapter 1: Introducing Comparative Law|13
2|1.1 Nature and Scope of Comparative Law|13
3|1.1.1 Comparative Law: Method or Science?|15
2|1.2 Forms of Comparative Legal Inquiry|18
2|1.3 Relationship of Comparative Law to Other Fields of Legal Study|23
3|1.3.1 Comparative Law and Legal History|24
3|1.3.2 Comparative Law and Legal Philosophy|25
3|1.3.3 Comparative Law and Legal Sociology|28
2|References|29
1|Chapter 2: Assessing the Potential of Comparative Law in Expanding Legal Frontiers|31
2|2.1 Introduction|31
2|2.2 Comparative Law in Legal Education|32
2|2.3 Uses and Limits of Comparative Law in Lawmaking and Adjudication|35
3|2.3.1 Comparative Law as an Aid to Legislation and the Reform of Law|35
3|2.3.2 Comparative Law as a Tool of Judicial Interpretation|38
4|2.3.2.1 The Role of Comparative Law in International Courts|42
4|2.3.2.2 Comparative Law and Private International Law|44
2|2.4 Comparative Law and the Unification or Harmonization of Laws|45
2|2.5 Comparative Law and Comparative Lawyering|53
2|2.6 Comparative Law and the Challenges of Globalization|55
2|References|57
1|Chapter 3: Tracing the Early Origins of Comparative Law|60
2|3.1 Introduction|60
2|3.2 Legal Comparatism in Classical Antiquity|60
3|3.2.1 Ancient Greece|60
3|3.2.2 Ancient Rome|63
2|3.3 Legal Comparatism in the Middle Ages|66
2|3.4 Pioneers of Comparative Law in the Renaissance and Enlightenment Eras|70
3|3.4.1 Pothier|73
3|3.4.2 Vico|74
3|3.4.3 Montesquieu|76
2|References|79
1|Chapter 4: The Rise of Modern Comparative Law|81
2|4.1 Introduction|81
2|4.2 Pioneers of Comparative Law in Germany|85
3|4.2.1 Ernst Rabel|92
2|4.3 The Origins of Comparative Law in England|96
3|4.3.1 Henry Maine|97
2|4.4 Legal Thinking and the Growth of Comparative Law in France|100
3|4.4.1 The Paris International Congress of Comparative Law of 1900|104
2|4.5 Concluding Remarks|110
2|References|111
1|Chapter 5: Some Methodological Issues in Comparative Law|114
2|5.1 The Comparative Method|114
2|5.2 The Normative-Dogmatic Approach to the Comparability Issue|122
2|5.3 The Functional Method of Comparative Law|124
2|5.4 Combining the Functional and Normative-Dogmatic Perspectives|129
2|5.5 Comparing Legal Institutions of Countries with Different Socio-Economic and Political Systems|134
2|5.6 Concluding Remarks|137
2|References|138
1|Chapter 6: Legal Traditions, Legal Cultures and Families of Law|140
2|6.1 Introduction|140
2|6.2 The Concept of Legal Tradition|142
2|6.3 Law as Culture|146
2|6.4 Grouping Legal Systems into Families of Law|151
2|6.5 Western Law|162
2|6.6 Concluding Remarks|171
2|References|173
1|Chapter 7: Comparative Law, Legal Transplants and Legal Change|177
2|7.1 Introduction|177
2|7.2 Divergence and Convergence of Legal Systems|178
3|7.2.1 Factors Accounting for the Divergence and Convergence of Legal Systems|182
2|7.3 Legal Transplants and Reception of Laws|186
2|7.4 Legal Transplants and Legal Change: Watson´s Theory Revisited|192
2|7.5 Concluding Remarks|202
2|References|202
1|Chapter 8: Roman Law, Medieval Legal Science and the Rise of the Civil Law Tradition|205
2|8.1 Introduction|205
2|8.2 The Heritage of Roman Law|206
2|8.3 The Revival of Roman Law in Western Europe|211
3|8.3.1 The School of the Glossators|214
3|8.3.2 The Commentators or Post-Glossators|219
2|8.4 The Reception of Roman Law|222
3|8.4.1 The Reception of Roman law in France|224
3|8.4.2 The Reception of Roman law in Germany|227
3|8.4.3 The Ius Commune in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and the Netherlands|230
2|8.5 The Humanists and the School of Natural Law|234
2|8.6 The Codification Movement|241
2|8.7 The Civil Law Tradition|246
3|8.7.1 Geographic Distribution of the Civil Law|246
3|8.7.2 Defining Features of Civil Law Systems|249
2|8.8 Concluding Remarks|255
2|References|256
1|Chapter 9: The Development and Function of Equity in the English Common Law Tradition|258
2|9.1 Introduction|258
2|9.2 Tracing the Historical Origins of the English Common Law: An Overview|260
2|9.3 The Rise and Development of Equity|271
3|9.3.1 The Relationship Between Common Law and Equity|275
3|9.3.2 The Judicature Acts of 1873 and 1875 and the Administrative Fusion of Law and Equity|278
2|9.4 Equitable Principles and Remedies|281
2|9.5 Concluding Remarks|286
2|References|287
1|Chapter 10: African Legal Traditions|288
2|10.1 The Struggle for Recognition|288
2|10.2 The Biases of Comparative Law|290
2|10.3 Ranking African Legal Systems|293
2|10.4 Stratification and Evolution of African Law|294
2|10.5 From African Law to African Legal Traditions|297
2|10.6 Pluralism in African Legal Systems|300
2|References|301
1|Bibliography|305
1|Index|314