02859nam 2200601 a 450 991081039350332120230607230039.01-4399-0591-6(CKB)2560000000015159(EBL)547495(OCoLC)646066542(SSID)ssj0000428409(PQKBManifestationID)11274742(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428409(PQKBWorkID)10414636(PQKB)11001666(MiAaPQ)EBC547495(MdBmJHUP)muse15763(Au-PeEL)EBL547495(CaPaEBR)ebr10397361(CaONFJC)MIL514616(EXLCZ)99256000000001515920010503e20011977 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSociety and legal change /Alan Watson ; foreword by Paul Finkelman2nd ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20011 online resource (169 p.)Originally published: Edinburgh : Scottish Academic Press, 1977. With new preface by the author.1-56639-920-3 1-56639-919-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword by Paul Finkelman; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Roman Law: the System of Contracts; Chapter 3: Roman Law: Patria Potestas; Chapter 4: Roman Law: Further Points; Chapter 5: English Law: Real Property; Tenure and Registration; Chapter 6: English Law: Libel and Slander; Chapter 7: Wider Perspectives; Chapter 8: Legal Scaffolding; Chapter 9: Legal Transplants; Chapter 10: Causes of Divergence; Chapter 11: Some Conclusions; Chapter 12: Study of Legal Development; IndexIn this first U.S. edition of a classic work of comparative legal scholarship, Alan Watson argues that law fails to keep step with social change, even when that change is massive. To illustrate the ways in which law is dysfunctional, he draws on the two most innovative western systems, of Rome and England, to show that harmful rules continue for centuries. To make his case, he uses examples where, in the main, ""the law benefits no recognizable group or class within the society (except possibly lawyers who benefit from confusion) and is generally inconvenient or positively harmful to sSociological jurisprudenceLawGreat BritainRoman lawSociological jurisprudence.LawRoman law.340/.115Watson Alan205488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810393503321Society and legal change12899UNINA