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Different Legal Systems

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9781908979513_0024Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      The following sections are included:

      • Case — Exact to specification, but not fit for purpose

      • English terminology and international construction contracts

      • The human need for rules

      • Families of legal systems

      • The Roman civil law system

      • Codification of laws on the continent — law review in selected countries

      • Common law — the English legal system

      • A short comparison between common law and continental law

        • Strong points of the common law system

        • Weak points of the common law system

      • Various other families of legal systems

        • Religious legal systems

        • Customary legal systems

        • Asiatic legal systems

        • US law

        • Socialist legal systems

        • EU law

      • Conclusions