History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions

2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7355-6290-5
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 1184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 201 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 2722 g

Reihe: Aspen Casebook

This introductory text explores the historical origins of the main legal institutions that came to characterize the Anglo-American legal tradition, and to distinguish it from European legal systems. The book contains both text and extracts from historical sources and literature. The book is published in color, and contains over 250 illustrations, many in color, including medieval illuminated manuscripts, paintings, books and manuscripts, caricatures, and photographs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langbein, John H.

Lerner, Renee Lettow

Smith, Bruce P.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Common Knowledge
3. Serial Transfer
4. Near Transfer
5. Far Transfer
6. Strategic Transfer
7. Expert Transfer
8. Changing How We Think about Knowledge
9. Building an Integrated System for Knowledge Transfer
Notes
Index
About the Author