Comparative Legal Traditions in a Nutshell

by Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo Carozza, Colin Picker

The purpose of this Nutshell is to provide, in a comparatively brief format, a discussion of several important areas in each of the three major legal traditions of the West; civil, common and socialist. This approach has been undertaken recently by several European writers. Their works, however, have tended to focus on elements of the three legal traditions viewed from the perspective of a civil law scholar. Our attempt, contrastingly, has been to write from the viewpoint of the American trained lawyer, resulting in a concentration on elements of the three traditions notable from the viewpoint of the American lawyer, rather than the European civil law lawyer.

Genres: Law

356 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

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.

Reviews

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was really poorly edited. The authors seemed to strive to make concepts more difficult to understand by being overly verbose and jumping around in context. And, the prevalence of typographical and grammatical errors throughout made it even more difficult to understand. The subject matter may have been compelling and interesting, but not in the hands of these authors.

[Asta VM · Rating 5 out of 5]

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