Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The concept of legal tradition is explained as non-conflictual in character and compatible with new and inclusive forms of logic.

About the Author
The late Professor Glenn taught and had research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. He was a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and had been a Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Law, a Killam Research Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Reviews
firmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating * Times Higher Education *
Illuminating and ground breaking work * Stellenbosch Law Review *
Glenn has succeeded magnificently * Cambridge Law Journal *
An opus extra ordinem * European Review of Private Law *
dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied * Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law *


Awards
Winner of Winner of the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law.



Book Information
ISBN 9780199669837
Author H. Patrick Glenn
Format Paperback
Page Count 456
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 765g
Dimensions(mm) 247mm * 171mm * 23mm