Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law / / edited by Jan M. Smits

• Pubblicazione: Cheltenham, U.K. ; ; Northampton, Mass., : Edward Elgar Pub., c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (840 p.)
• Disciplina: 340/.203
• Soggetto topico: Law; Comparative law
• Classificazione: 86.11
• Altri autori: SmitsJ. M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface; 1 Accident compensation*; 2 Administrative law*; 3 Agency and representation*; 4 Aims of comparative law*; 5 American law (United States)*; 6 Arbitration*; 7 Assignment*; 8 Australia; 9 Belgium; 10 Canada; 11 Civil procedure*; 12 Commercial regulation*; 13 Common law*; 14 Comparative law and economics*; 15 Competition law; 16 Consideration*; 17 Constitutional law*; 18 Consumer protection*; 19 Coordination of legal systems*; 20 Criminal law and criminal procedure*; 21 The Czech Republic; 22 Damages (in tort)*; 23 England and Wales ; 24 European Civil Code*25 Family law*; 26 German law; 27 Greece; 28 Insolvency law*; 29 Insurance law*; 30 Interpretation of contracts; 31 Israel; 32 Italy; 33 Japanese law*; 34 Legal culture*; 35 Legal families*; 36 Legal history and comparative law; 37 Legal reasoning*; 38 Legal translation; 39 Legal transplants*; 40 Lithuania; 41 Methodology of comparative law*; 42 Mistake*; 43 Mixed jurisdictions*; 44 Nationality law*; 45 The Netherlands; 46 Offer and acceptance inter absentes*; 47 Personal and real security*; 48 Personality rights*; 49 Poland; 50 Privacy*; 51 Private international law* ; 52 Product liability*53 Property and real rights*; 54 Public law*; 55 Remedies for breach of contract*; 56 Russian law; 57 Scots law*; 58 Social security*; 59 South Africa; 60 Spain; 61 Statutory interpretation*; 62 Supervening events and force majeure*; 62 Supervening events and force majeure*; 63 Sweden; 64 Switzerland; 65 Tax law*; 66 Tort law in general*; 67 Transfer of movable property*; 68 Transnational law*; 69 Trust law; 70 Unjustified enrichment; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first of its kind, this comprehensive Encyclopedia on comparative law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countries legal systems and as a whole presents an overview of the current state of affair
• Titolo autorizzato: Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law
• ISBN: 1-283-21849-6; 9786613218490; 1-84720-020-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910511505603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Elgar original reference.