The civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Western Europe and Latin America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Merryman, John Henry
Format:	Book
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 1985.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Teoría legal Derecho. Europa. América Latina.

Table of Contents:

1. Three legal traditions
2. Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law
3. The Revolution
4. The Sources of law
5. Codes and codification
6. Judges
7. The interpretation of statutes
8. Certainty and equity
9. Scholars
10. Legal science
11. The general part
12. The legal process
13. The division of jurisdiction
14. Legal categories
15. The legal professions
16. Civil procedure
17. Criminal procedure 18. Public law
19. Perspectives
20. The future of the civil law tradition.