Comparative legal traditions in a nutshell

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History, culture and distribution of the civil law tradition -- Legal structures in civil law nations -- Legal actors in the civil law tradition -- Procedure in civil law systems -- Sources of law in civil law systems -- Fields of substantive law in civil law systems -- History, culture and distribution of the common law tradition -- Legal structures in England -- Legal actors in England -- Procedure in England -- Legal sources in England -- Fields of English law -- Comparative exercises : the role of courts in policing contracts for unfairness -- Comparative exercises : abortion and judicial review -- Comparative exercises : the question of convergence between civil law and common law traditions, and the role of supranational law -- Comparative exercises : hybridization of adversarial and inquisitorial criminal procedures and the problem of plea bargaining -- Comparative exercises : mixed jurisdictions.