Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable diversity in law

H. Patrick Glenn (Peter M Laing Professor of Law at McGill University, Montreal)

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Oxford University Press
20 May 2014

Comparative law; International law

Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The fifth edition covers increasing recognition of chthonic legal tradition and features new discussion on the notion of collective memory. New to this editionFeatures new discussion on the notion of collective memoryCovers increasing recognition of chthonic legal traditionIncludes new coverage of the notions of Big Data, Big History and private cloudsIncreased coverage of treatment of animals in each of the legal traditionsThis title is available as an eBook. Visit VitalSource for more information or to purchase.

By: H. Patrick Glenn (Peter M Laing Professor of Law at McGill University Montreal)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 765g
ISBN: 9780199669837
ISBN 10: 019966983X
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 20 May 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The late Professor Glenn taught and had research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. He was a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and had been a Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Law, a Killam Research Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Reviews for Legal Traditions of the World: Sustainable diversity in law

firmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating Times Higher Education Illuminating and ground breaking work Stellenbosch Law Review Glenn has succeeded magnificently Cambridge Law Journal An opus extra ordinem European Review of Private Law dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law