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1 online resource (294 pages) |
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Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History - 25/1 |
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Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History - 25/1
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Laurens Winkel: Ratio Decidendi -- Legal Reasoning in Roman Law; I. Introduction; II. Hierarchy of Legal Sources; III. Short History of Earlier Research; IV. Rationes Decidendi in Pre-Classical Roman Law; V. Ratio Decidendi in Classical Roman Law; VI. Some Remarks on Medieval Roman Law and Ratio Decidendi; VII. Conclusions; Jean Hilaire: Ratio decidendi au Parlement de Paris d'après les registres d'Olim (1254-1318); I. L'influence du cadre institutionnel sur le processus de décision; 1. La curia regis sous le règne de saint Louis; 2. La transition vers la cour de Parlement |
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II. La nature des motifs de la décision1. La grâce et l'équité; 2. Le jugement en droit; Summary; Paul Brand: Reasoned Judgments in the English Medieval Common Law 1270 to 1307; I.; II.; III.; IV.; V.; Richard H. Helmholz: The Ratio Decidendi in England: Evidence from the Civilian Tradition; I. Introduction; II. Medieval Practice; III. Later Medieval Developments; IV. English Developments; V. Conclusion; Véronique Demars-Sion et Serge Dauchy: La non motivation des décisions judiciaires dans l'ancien droit français: un usage controversé; I. La lente affirmation de l'usage |
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1. Le silence des textes2. Les hésitations de la doctrine; II. Les nécessaires dérogations à l'usage; 1. Les exceptions à l'usage; 2. Le contournement de l'usage: l'oeuvre des arrêtistes; Summary; John Finlay: Ratio Decidendi in Scotland 1650 to 1800; The Theoretical Importance of Rationes; The Preservation and Presentation of Rationes; The Importance of Rationes in Legal Practice; Precedent and Natural Law; James Oldham: Lord Mansfield, Stare Decisis, and the Ratio Decidendi 1756 to 1788; Stare Decisis; Legislation; Secondary Authorities; Conclusion |
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J. Thomas Wren: The Common Law of England in Virginia 1776 to 1830Charles F. Hobson: Precedent, Statute, and Law in John Marshall's Jurisprudence 1801 to 1835; I. Precedent; II. Statutory Construction; Jean-Louis Halpérin: The Court of Cassation in Nineteenth-Century France and the Binding Effect of Rationes Decidendi; Georges Martyn: The Judge and the Formal Sources of Law in the Low Countries (19th-20th Centuries): From 'Slave' to 'Master'?; I. The Legal Culture of the Low Countries in the Nineteenth Century: a French Heritage |
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II. Scientific Research on Ratio Decidendi in the Low Countries: State of the ArtIII. The Judge's (Formal) Style; IV. The Use of the Formal Sources of Law; 1. The Netherlands; 2. Belgium; a) The Formal Sources of the Law in the Nineteenth Century; b) The Formal Sources of the Law Today; V. Evaluation by Way of Conclusion; Matthew C. Mirow: Case Law in Mexico 1861 to 1919: The Work of Ignacio Luis Vallarta; I. Jurisprudencia Today; II. Sources of Nineteenth-century Jurisprudencia; III. Jurisprudencia Criticized; IV. Vallarta and Jurisprudencia |
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HauptbeschreibungAlthough the problem of ratio decidendi concerns the essence of law and justice, very little comparative work between the Continental and Anglo-American legal systems has been done on the topic. Legal literature often repeats that it is one of the sharpest points of contrast between the two legal cultures. Within the English speaking legal system, multiple opinions, both concurring and dissenting, prevail where dissent among Continental judges only occurs behind closed doors: the published decision indeed is always presented as the single and incontestable opinion of the whole |
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Print version record |
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Judicial opinions.
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Judgments.
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decisions (judicial records)
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LAW / Legal History
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Judgments
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Judicial opinions
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Dauchy, Serge
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| ISBN |
9783428522163 |
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3428522168 |
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