Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable Diversity in Law

Fifth Edition

Patrick Glenn

• Winner of the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law
• Provides an overview of major legal institutions and principles in each tradition facilitating understanding of law in a broader context
• Provides a comprehensive treatment of major legal traditions of the world and incorporates a superb level of scholarship and analysis
• Adopts a genuinely global perspective making it an invaluable resource for courses worldwide
• Includes extensive references and web links at the end of each chapter, to aid and encourage further research

New to this Edition:

• Includes use of legal tradition as explanatory device in different areas of law
• Covers increasing recognition of chthonic legal tradition
• Reflects increasing anti-corruption activity
• Includes recent writing on neuroscience and law
• Rejects the concept of nation-state in favor of that of the cosmopolitan state

Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable Diversity in Law

Fifth Edition

Patrick Glenn

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Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable Diversity in Law

Fifth Edition

Patrick Glenn

Table of Contents

Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable Diversity in Law

Fifth Edition

Patrick Glenn

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Legal Traditions of the World

Sustainable Diversity in Law

Fifth Edition

Patrick Glenn

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