02920nam 2200613 a 450 991045822060332120200520144314.01-4399-0591-6(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[electronic resource] /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 lawElectronic books.Sociological jurisprudence.LawRoman law.340/.115Watson Alan205488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458220603321Society and legal change12899UNINA02154nam0 2200385 i 450 VAN010134720221125105740.325978-08-218-2968-420150409d2002 |0itac50 baengUS|||| |||||ˆA ‰course in convexityAlexander BarvinokProvidenceAmerican mathematical society2002X, 366 pill.26 cm.001VAN00446342001 Graduate studies in mathematics210 ProvidenceAmerican mathematical society1993-.5452-XXConvex and discrete geometry [MSC 2020]VANC019811MF47N10Applications of operator theory in optimization, convex analysis, mathematical programming, economics [MSC 2020]VANC020313MF90C05Linear programming [MSC 2020]VANC021350MF49N15Duality theory (optimization) [MSC 2020]VANC021538MF90C08Special problems of linear programming (transportation, multi-index, data envelopment analysis, etc.) [MSC 2020]VANC023186MF52C07Lattices and convex bodies in $n$ dimensions (aspects of discrete geometry) [MSC 2020]VANC023690MF52B45Dissections and valuations (Hilbert's third problem, etc.) [MSC 2020]VANC023738MF46A20Duality theory for topological vector spaces [MSC 2020]VANC028938MF90C22Semidefinite programming [MSC 2020]VANC030683MFUSProvidenceVANL000273BarvinokAlexanderVANV079217322075American mathematical societyVANV108732650ITSOL20221202RICA/sebina/repository/catalogazione/documenti/Barvinok - A Course in Convexity.pdfBarvinok - A Course in Convexity.pdfBIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICAIT-CE0120VAN08VAN0101347BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA E FISICA08PREST 52-XX 0270 08DMF55 I 20150715 BuonoCourse in convexity752791UNISOB