Comparative Legal Traditions: Text, Materials and Cases on Western Law

by Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo Carozza, Colin Picker

This new edition includes some significant revisions since the last edition was published in 1994. The new edition includes: A greater emphasis on Public Law in the Continental and Common law traditions; More coverage of the impact of the regional European law (EC/EU and ECHR) on the legal traditions; Some updated "Problems" (including one concerning Mixed Jurisdictions); and Numerous updates to the Common Law Tradition materials in light of the many significant reforms in England over the last ten years.

1028 pages, Hardcover

First published December 27, 2006

About the author

Mary Ann Glendon is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She teaches and writes on bioethics, comparative constitutional law, property, and human rights in international law.