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Title

The gradual convergence : foreign ideas, foreign influences, and English law on the eve of the 21st century / edited by B.S. Markesinis.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Markesinis, Basil, 1944-

Description

xliv, 275 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This is a unique collection of papers written by five of the United Kingdom's most distinguished judges (in alphabetical order, Sir Robin Auld, Sir Thomas Bingham, Master of the Rolls, Lord Browne-Wilkinson, Judge Edward of the Court of the European Communities, and Lord Goff), and eleven professors of international repute representing some of the major legal systems of Europe (von Bar and Lorenz - Germany; Delmas Marty and Tallon - France; Bonell and Francioni - Italy; Schermers - The Netherlands; Bocken - Belgium; Markesinis, Spencer, and Wyatt - England) and a leading practitioner in the field of environmental law (Tromans). Using mostly comparative methods they discuss topical issues from the areas of contract and torts, crime and criminal procedure, international conventions, human rights, and environmental law, and suggest that the move towards European unity, despite its ups and downs, is proceeding apace, even though unity does not (and need not) imply uniformity. Noticeable too is the marked convergence of solutions and techniques, prompted by the similarity of the problems which confront members states, and the growing influence, direct and indirect, of the two European Courts upon their national law. This book, both in its descriptive and prescriptive aspects, will provide much food for thought for both students and practitioners interested in foreign law, comparative law and methodology, law reform, and European law in general.

Subject

• Europäische Gemeinschaften
• Law > Great Britain > European influences
• UE/CE Etats membres
• Droit national
• Law > European influences
• Recht
• Rechtsfortbildung
• Rechtsvereinheitlichung
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Recht
• Buitenlandse invloeden
• Europese integratie
• Droit > Grande-Bretagne > Influence étrangère
• Droit
• Droit comparé
• Influence européenne
• Royaume-Uni
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien
• Europe
• Grande-Bretagne

Note

• Erratum slip laid in.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Learning from Europe and learning in Europe / B.S. Markesinis--French and English criminal procedure: a brief comparison / J.R.S. Spencer--The juge d'instruction: do the English really need him? / M. Delmas-Marty--Some comparative reflections / Mr. Justice Auld--Contract beneficiaries in German law / Werner Lorenz--Liability for information and opinions causing pure economic loss to third parties: a comparison of English and German case law / C. Von Bar--Some comparative reflections / Lord Goff of Chieveley--International conventions and domestic law: the impact of international conventions on municipal law / D. Tallon--The 1968 Brussels civil jurisdiction and judgments convention and the 1980 Rome convention on applicable law / M.J. Bonell--Some comparative reflections / Thomas Bingham--The European community and the European convention on human rights: their effect on national law learning from Europe, with emphasis on the European convention on human rights / H.G. Schermers.
• European community law and public law in the United Kingdom / D. Wyatt--Some comparative reflections / Lord Browne-Wilkinson--Developments in environmental law from sovereignty to common governance: the EC environmental policy / F. Francioni--Developments with respect to compensation for damage caused by pollution / H. Bocken--Some comparative reflections / Stephen Tromans--The Scottish reactions: an epilogue / David A.O. Edward.

ISBN

• 0198258283
• 9780198258285

LCCN

93002565

OCLC

• ocm28374332
• 28374332
• SCSB-8870776

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library