| Description |
282 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Oñati international series in law and society |
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Oñati international series in law and society.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Theorising Legal Adaptation -- 1. Towards a Sociology of Legal Adaptation / David Nelken -- 2. What "Legal Transplants"? / Pierre Legrand -- 3. Is There a Logic of Legal Transplants? / Roger Cotterrell -- 4. Some Comments on Cotterrell and Legal Transplants / Lawrence Friedman -- 5. State Formation and Legal Change: On the Impact of International Politics / Alex Jettinghoff -- 6. From Globalisation of Law to Law under Globalisation / Wolf Heydebrand -- Pt. 2. Case-Studies of Legal Adaptation -- 7. The Still-Birth and Re-birth of Product Liability in Japan / Luke Nottage -- 8. The Empty Space of the Modern in Japanese Law Discourse / Takao Tanase -- 9. Comparative Law and Legal Transplantation in South East Asia / Andrew Harding -- 10. Marketisation, Public Service and Universal Service / Tony Prosser -- 11. The Import and Export of Law and Legal Institutions: International Strategies in National Palace Wars / Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth |
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12. The Vultures Fly East: The Creation and Globalisation of the Distressed Debt Market / John Flood |
| Summary |
Looking at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world, this volume discusses legal transplants, the role of the state in producing socio-legal change and the effects of globalization |
| Analysis |
International economics |
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Comparative law |
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Globalisation |
| Notes |
Papers from a workshop held at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Oñati, Spain, with a commissioned chapter on globalisation and law |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Comparative law.
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Sociological jurisprudence.
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Law -- History.
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Law -- Interpretation and construction.
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Law -- Foreign influences.
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Law -- Mobility.
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Culture and law.
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| Author |
Nelken, David.
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Feest, Johannes.
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Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
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| LC no. |
2002279734 |
| ISBN |
1841132926 paperback |
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1841132918 |
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