On Common Laws

by H. Patrick Glenn

Book Overview

The term "common law" is typically taken to refer to the system of judge-made law emanating from England. This new study, from the author of Legal Traditions of the World the leading comparative law textbook, examines the influence of different and more widespread forms of common law. These common laws existed as parallel sources of law and legal interpretation alongside the particular laws of European nations (including England, Germany, France and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199287546
• ISBN13: 9780199287543
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"