| Description |
x, 205 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Goodhart lectures ; 1984-1985 |
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Goodhart lectures ; 1984-1985
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. The Common Law is Different: Ten Illustrations: 1. The ambiguity of the term 'law' -- 2. Appeal: a recent development -- 3. English law is a 'seamless web' -- 4. The rule of exclusion -- 5. A land without a constitution? -- 6. The consequences of parliamentary absolutism -- 7. The haphazard development of criminal law -- 8. Prosecution and verdict in criminal trials -- 9. A law uncodified -- Jurists are dispensable -- Part II. The Mastery of the Law: Judges, Legislators and Professors: 10. Some facts -- 11. Explanations: the 'national spirit'? -- 12. Explanations: authoritarian Roman law and democratic England? -- 13. Explanations: political history -- Part III. The Divergent Paths of Common Law and Civil Law: 14. Common law and civil law: the parting of the ways -- 15. The ways remain separate -- 16. Which diverged from which? -- Part VI. Which is Best, Case Law, Statute Law, Or Book Law: 17. The judges: amateurs and professionals -- 18. The courts and their creators -- 19. Codification: a weapon against the judiciary -- 20. Law professors serve the powers that be -- 21. Eight criteria of good law |
| Analysis |
Law - Comparative studies |
| Notes |
"Based on a series of lectures given in the academic year 1984-85 at Cambridge"--Pref |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 169-188 |
| Subject |
Civil law -- Europe -- History.
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Common law -- Great Britain -- History.
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| LC no. |
86033353 |
| ISBN |
0521340772 |
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0521438179 |
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