Charting the divide between common and civil law /
5. Judges and Judiciaries; A. Historical Development; B. Court Structure; C. The Selection, Training, and Tasks of Judges; Summary; 6. Lay Judges and Juries; A. Historical Development; B. Selection and Training; C. Justifications for Lay Judges and Juries; Summary; PART THREE: Legal Rules; 7. Legal...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 5. Judges and Judiciaries; A. Historical Development; B. Court Structure; C. The Selection, Training, and Tasks of Judges; Summary; 6. Lay Judges and Juries; A. Historical Development; B. Selection and Training; C. Justifications for Lay Judges and Juries; Summary; PART THREE: Legal Rules; 7. Legal Reasoning; A. Law, Rules, Norms, Making Law, and Finding Law; B. Four Steps in Making and Applying the Law; C. The Thinking Processes in Making Law; D. Logic and Legal Reasoning; E. Mischaracterizations of Common Law Reasoning; Summary; 8. Statutes and their Construction. What does it mean when civil lawyers and common lawyers think differently? In Charting the Divide between Common and Civil Law, Thomas Lundmark provides a comprehensive introduction to the uses, purposes, and approaches to studying civil and common law in a comparative legal framework. Superbly organized and exhaustively written, this volume covers the jurisdictions of Germany, Sweden, England and Wales, and the United States, and includes a discussion of each country's legal issues, structure, and their general rules. Professor Lundmark also explores the discipline of comparative legal studie. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 465 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-453) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199876365 0199876363 1299940269 9781299940260 9780190259914 0190259914 |