null

Recently Viewed

New

American Comparative Law: A History by David Scott Clark

No reviews yet Write a Review
RRP: £117.50
£106.51
Booksplease saves you

  Delivery: We ship to over 200 countries from the UK
  Range: Millions of books available
  Reviews: Booksplease rated "Excellent" on Trustpilot

  FREE UK DELIVERY: When you buy 3 or more books on Booksplease - Use code: FREEUKDELIVERY in your cart!

SKU:
9780195369922
MPN:
9780195369922
Available from Booksplease!
Availability: Usually dispatched within 3 working days

Frequently Bought Together:

Total: Inc. VAT
Total: Ex. VAT

Description

This book details both the intellectual and social history of American legal rules, institutions, ideology, and culture that had a foreign component, either by import or after 1900 also by export from the United States to other legal systems. Combining legal history and comparative law, the volume proceeds chronologically through seven historical periods. These begin with the religious and cultural diversity that existed in the 13 British colonies and its relevance for legal development, especially involving Roman and natural law. The legal foundation for the new republic established a golden age for comparative law, followed by the formative era for American law, characterized by a shift from public to private law, territorial expansion, resistance to English law, and interest in codification. German historical jurisprudence and learned law then took hold in the United States after the Civil War. The twentieth century saw sustained scholarly comparative law. Motivated by idealistic as well as practical concerns, U.S. jurists began to export American legal ideas about law and government, an effort that re-emerged after World War II. Comparatists established a scholarly organization that considered a variety of issues ranging from private international law to comparative legal sociology. The 1990s, a decade of opportunities for comparative law, reflected accelerated globalization following the collapse of the Soviet Union. This, and the later return of nationalism, presented jurists with new challenges in understanding the place for rule of law and other legal transplants among the world's nations. Interest in legal cultures and interdisciplinary methodology aided the inquiry.

About the Author
David S. Clark is the Maynard and Bertha Wilson Professor of Law Emeritus at Willamette University. Previously the Max Kade Visiting Professor at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Inns of Court Fellow (Inner Temple, London), Fulbright Chair in Comparative Law (Trento), and Wing Tat Lee Chair in International and Comparative Law (Loyola, Chicago), he lectured widely in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia. Clark published 15 books and over 50 articles on comparative law, procedure, courts, and law and society and was active in the American Society of Comparative Law, having served as president and honorary president, and in the International Academy of Comparative Law (titular member).

Reviews
Clark's history covers the ideas underpinning American law from the early Colonial period to the present, and this volume will be useful to anyone who wants to know the foundations of American law and how law was used...his study is far ranging, covering law schools, the influence of US law on foreign laws and constitutions, and a long list of scholars. It also provides a detailed historiography of how legal figures and ideas developed... this is a far-reaching, worthwhile book. * Choice *



Book Information
ISBN 9780195369922
Author David S. Clark
Format Hardback
Page Count 584
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 163mm * 237mm * 40mm

Reviews

No reviews yet Write a Review

Booksplease  Reviews


J - United Kingdom

Fast and efficient way to choose and receive books

This is my second experience using Booksplease. Both orders dealt with very quickly and despatched. Now waiting for my next read to drop through the letterbox.

J - United Kingdom

T - United States

Will definitely use again!

Great experience and I have zero concerns. They communicated through the shipping process and if there was any hiccups in it, they let me know. Books arrived in perfect condition as well as being fairly priced. 10/10 recommend. I will definitely shop here again!

T - United States

R - Spain

The shipping was just superior

The shipping was just superior; not even one of the books was in contact with the shipping box -anywhere-, not even a corner or the bottom, so all the books arrived in perfect condition. The international shipping took around 2 weeks, so pretty great too.

R - Spain

J - United Kingdom

Found a hard to get book…

Finding a hard to get book on Booksplease and with it not being an over inflated price was great. Ordering was really easy with updates on despatch. The book was packaged well and in great condition. I will certainly use them again.

J - United Kingdom