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Legal Families of the World

Civil, common, religious, customary and mixed traditions explained

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Edition
2026 Edition
Extent
460 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-0000-402-4

About this book

Where the world's legal traditions came from, how they spread, and what actually differs in practice — precedent versus codification, adversarial versus inquisitorial procedure, and the many systems that refuse to sit in one category.

What is inside

  • Every proposition cited to primary law
  • Checklists and tables designed for working use
  • Cross-references into the LawLegiance country portals

Table of contents

3 parts · 4 chapters

Part I

  1. 01Framing the problem
  2. 02The comparative method used

Part II

  1. 01Substantive chapters

Part III

  1. 01Tables, checklists and source index

Who this is for

  • Practitioners
  • Advisers
  • Serious general readers

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