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An Introduction to Comparative Law

Konrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz

Translated by Tony Weir

Price: £38.99 (paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-826859-8
Publication date: 30 July 1998
744 pages, 234x156 mm

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'This is an excellent guide to legal systems of the world, for both students and lawyers ... because of its rich content and its ability to shrink a rather large body of information into a succinct one-volume publication.' - American Society of International Law Newsletter
'The third edition of An Introduction to Comparative Law continue to enrich the perspectives of a new generation of readers./Susan Millns/International and Comparative Law Quaterly Vol.48 October 1999.' -
'This... standard classroom text for courses in Comparative Law in both common law and civil law countries... succinctly collates a vast array of information for presentation in a seminar course... an excellent guide to legal systems of the world, for both students and lawyers concerned with key differences and similarities, both because of its rich content and its ability to shrink a rather large body of information into a succinct one-volume publication.' - American Society of International Law

Description

New edition is updated and contains much useful new material, including a chapter on Japanese law
Contains overview of Comparative law as a subject, its function and methodology
Outlines all the major legal systems of the world and details individual areas of law within these systems
It is extremely well written, and skilfully translated from the German by Tony Weir
The second edition of this volume is highly regarded world-wide and was translated into many languages including Italian, Japanese and Russian

New to this edition

Includes a chapter on Japanese Law
Contains overview of comparative law as a subject, its function and methodology
Outlines all the major legal systems of the world and details individual areas of law within these systems

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.

Contents

PART I

Abbreviations

Table of Cases

A. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

1. The Concept of Comparative Law

2. The Functions and Aims of Comparative Law

3. The Method of Comparative Law

4. The History of Comparative Law

B. THE LEGAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD

5. The Style of Legal Families

I. The Romanistic Legal Family

6. The History of French Law

7. The Spirit and Essential Features of the Code Civil

8. The Reception of the Code Civil

9. Courts and Lawyers in France and Italy

II. The Germanic Legal Family

10. The History of German Law

11. The German Civil Code

12. The General Civil Code of Austria

13. The Swiss Civil Code

III. The Anglo-American Legal Family

14. The Development of the English Common Law

15. Courts and Lawyers in England

16. The Spread of the Common Law Throughout the World

17. The Law of the United States of America

18. Law-Finding and Procedure in Common Law and Civil Law

IV. The Nordic Legal Family

19. Scandinavian Law, Past and Present

V. Law in the Far East

20. Chinese Law

21. Japanese Law

VI. Religious Legal Systems

22. Islamic Law

23. Hindu Law

PART II

A. CONTRACT

I. The Formation of Contracts

24. Juristic Act, Contract, and General Conditions of Business

25. Contractual Capacity

26. Offer and Acceptance

27. Illegality and Immorality

28. Indicia of Seriousness

29. The Construction of Contracts

30. Mistake, Deceit, and Duress

31. Representation

32. Assignment

33. Contracts for the Benefit of Third Parties

II. The Performance of Contracts

34. Claims to Performance and Their Enforcement

35. Breach of Contract

36. The Effect of Supervening Events

B. UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT

37. Unjustified Enrichment in General

38. Unjustified Enrichment Specific Topics

C. TORT

39. Tort in General

40. Liability for others

41. Strict Liability

42. Invasions of the Right of Personality

Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Konrad Zweigert, Late Director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg and
Hein Koetz, Director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg
Translated by Tony Weir, Fellow of Trinity College

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