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Abstract (AI)
This book offers a major new means of conceptualizing law and legal relations across the world. National laws are placed in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, Islamic law, common law, Hindu law, and Confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change, and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. Legal traditions are explained in terms of multivalent and non-conflictual forms of logic and thought.
Key Findings
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Each tradition is analyzed through its institutions, substantive rules, foundational concepts, methods, and attitudes toward legal change.
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It examines chthonic, talmudic, civil, Islamic, common, Hindu, and Confucian law as distinct traditions.
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Legal traditions are interpreted through multivalent and non-conflictual forms of logic and thought.
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The book conceptualizes global law by situating national legal systems within seven major legal traditions.
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The study compares how legal traditions understand relationships with other traditions and peoples.
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Major legal traditions worldwide, including chthonic (indigenous), talmudic, civil, Islamic, common, Hindu, and Confucian law
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The institutions, substantive laws, foundational concepts, methods, views on legal change, and relations with other traditions and peoples across major legal traditions
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2014-05-01
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