Suchergebnisse

I. Burmese Customary Law -- 1. Origin and Growth -- 2. Hindu Influence and the Dhammathats -- 3. Mirrors of Society -- 4. Administration of Justice -- II. Impact of British Law -- 1. The Rule of Law -- 2. Codes and Courts -- 3. Limited Role for Customary Law -- 4. International Law and Municipal Law -- III. The Burmese Family -- 1. The Individual -- 2. Husband and Wife -- 3. Parents and Children -- IV. Marriage -- 1. Celebration and Proof -- 2. Conflicts of Law -- 3. Special Marriage Acts -- 4. Divorce -- 5. Restitution of Conjugal Rights -- V. Children of the Family -- 1. Natural Children -- 2. Adopted Children -- VI. Property of the Family -- 1. Community of Property -- 2. Partition on Divorce -- 3. Maintenance -- 4. Inheritance and Succession -- 5. The Rights of Children -- VII. Buddhism and the State -- 1. Tradition and Change -- 2. Religious Usage -- VIII. The Legal Profession -- 1. The Bench -- 2. The Bar -- 3. Legal Education -- Appendices -- A list of Dhammathats -- Table of Statutes and Cases.

— a legal approach to the study of Communism -- I Soviet Philosophy of Law -- I. So Viet Law and the Legacy of the Past -- II. Soviet Ethics -- III. Soviet Concept of Law And State -- IV. Law does not Wither Away in the Soviet Union -- V. Four Stages in the Development of Soviet Law -- VI. Sources of Soviet Law -- II Soviet Economic Law -- VII. Legal Foundations of the Centralized Economy -- VIII. The Shpere of Economic Freedom -- III Civil Law -- IX. Property Rights -- X. Contracts -- XI. Inheritance Law -- IV Land Law and Labor Law -- XII. Kolkhozes -- XIII. Soviet Labor Law -- XIV. Penalties and Rewards as Incentives for Work -- V State Law -- XV. Foundations of Political Power in the U.S.S.R -- XVI. Soviet Centralism and National Problems -- XVII. Elections -- XVIII. The individual and the state -- XIX. Democracy of 'The Highest Type' -- VI Soviet Society -- XX. Social Stratification -- XXI. Organization of Social Life -- XXII. Family Law -- VII Soviet Justice -- XXIII. Crime and Punishment -- XXIV. The Judicial Administration -- VIII Principles and Practice of International Law -- XXV. Two Systems of International Law -- XXVI. Soviet Satellites -- Conclusion -- References and Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Index 1. Authors cited and quoted in References -- 2. Subjects and proper names in the text.

Introduction / by Dankwart A. Rustow and Robert E. Ward -- The nature of traditional society -- Environmental and foreign contributions -- Economic and political modernization -- Education -- The mass media -- The civil bureaucracy -- The military -- Political leadership and political parties -- Conclusion / by Robert E. Ward and Dankwart A. Rustow

The chronic dissatisfaction with representative institutions makes this chronicle of the development of the English parliament, from its beginnings in the thirteenth century to the outbreak of the civil wars in the seventeenth century, a most timely work for every student of history and government. In this book George L. Haskins is primarily interested in singling out the persistent currents in English society and government in order to show shy the representative feature of parliament became its significant feature. He emphasizes the influence of the Catholic Church, the importance of compulsory self-government, and the importance of judicial procedure in the evolution of parliament. Continental Europe has witnessed the repudiation of representative institutions in several countries. Elsewhere, particularly in England and the United States, there has been a growing conviction that the parliamentary system is ill suited to present world conditions. To many, as they look into the shadow of tomorrow, the vital question--brought to sharp focus in this book--is whether representative institutions can be adapted to the needs of these turbulent times