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Introduction to foreign legal systems

Title
Introduction to foreign legal systems / sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries ; edited by Richard A. Danner, Marie-Louise H. Bernal.
Publication
New York : Oceana Publications, ©1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Danner, Richard A. (Richard Allen), 1947-2018.
  • Bernal, Marie-Louise H.
  • American Association of Law Libraries.
Description
xxvi, 423 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
Introduction to legal systems. Chapters include: The common law from a civil lawyer's perspective, by Philippo Bruno; Comparative law: academic perspectives and practical legal realities, by Daniel L. Wade; Introduction to civil law systems, by George A. Zaphiriou; The French legal system, by Claire M. Germain; The Mexican legal system, by Rubens Medina; Introduction to Asian law systems, by James V. Feinerman; The Japanese legal system, by Sung Yoon Cho; The Chinese legal system, by Constance A. Johnson; The Republic of China (Taiwan) legal sytem, by Wendy I. Zeldin; Customary law and western legal influences in modern-day Africa (case studies from Ghana and Nigeria), by Victor Essien; Building a medium-to-large foreign law collection, by Daniel L. Wade; Acquiring foreign legal materials : focus on Europe, by Margareta Horiba; Acquiring material from difficult jurisdictions : Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, by Nicholas Thormer; Foreign law in translation : problems and sources, by Amber Lee Smith; Beyond books and libraries : providing foreign, comparative and international legal information in the 1990s and beyond, by M. Kathleen Price; International Legal Information Network (ILIN), by Rubens Medina; Library of Congress Class K for law, by Jolande E. Goldberg; LC classification in the USMARC format, by Rebecca S. Guenther; The Library of Congress legal bibliographic database on CD-ROM, by Elizabeth A. Leahy; Sources of assistance.
Subject
  • American Association of Law Libraries
  • Comparative law
  • Comparative law > Bibliography
  • Analyse comparative
  • Aspects juridiques
  • Systèmes juridiques
  • Ausländisches Recht
  • Bibliografie
  • Fachliteratur
  • Recherche
  • Rechtsvergleich
  • Übersetzung
  • Rechtsstelsels
  • Collectievorming
  • Juridische bibliotheken
Genre/Form
  • Bibliography
  • bibliographies.
  • Bibliographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The common law from a civil lawyer's perspective / Philippe Bruno -- Comparative law: academic perspectives and practical legal realities / Daniel L. Wade -- Introduction to civil law systems / George A. Zaphiriou -- The French legal system / Claire M. Germain -- The Mexican legal system / Rubens Medina -- Introduction to Asian law systems / James V. Feinerman -- The Japanese legal system / Sung Yoon Cho -- The Chinese legal system / Constance A. Johnson -- The Republic of China (Taiwan) legal system / Wendy I. Zeldin -- Customary law and western legal influences in modern-day Africa: case studies from Ghana and Nigeria / Victor Essien -- Building a medium-to-large foreign law collection / Daniel L. Wade -- Acquiring foreign legal materials: focus on Europe / Margareta Horiba -- Acquiring material from difficult jurisdictions: Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Nicholas Thorner -- Foreign law in translation: problems and sources / Amber Lee Smith -- Beyond books and libraries: providing foreign, comparative and international legal information in the 1990s and beyond / M. Kathleen Price -- International legal information network (ILIN) / Rubens Medina -- Library of Congress class K for law / Jolande E. Goldberg -- LC classification in the USMARC format / Rebecca S. Guenther -- The Library of Congress Legal Bibliography Database on CD-ROM / Elizabeth A. Leahy.
ISBN
  • 0379213508
  • 9780379213508
  • 0397213508 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
94193720
OCLC
  • ocm30882124
  • 30882124
  • SCSB-2044341
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library