The Civil law tradition : an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America / John Henry Merryman and Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo.

Palo Alto, CA : Stanford University Press, 2007.

3rd ed.

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Civil law -- Europe.

Civil law -- Latin America.

I. Two legal traditions

II. Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law

III. The revolution

IV. The sources of law

V. Codes and codification

VI. Judges

VII. The interpretation of statutes

VIII. Certainty and equity

IX. Scholars

X. Legal science

XI. The general part

XII. The legal process

XIII. The division of jurisdiction

XIV Legal categories

XV. The legal professions

XVI. Civil procedure

XVII. Criminal procedure

XVIII. Constitutional review

XIX. Perspectives

XX. The future of the civil law tradition.

This is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events - such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist legal tradition - and their significance for the civil law tradition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780804755696

[xi], 173 p.