Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11980
THE TWO LEGAL TRADITIONS: ANTITHESIS OR SYNTHESIS?
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 18, Heft 3, S. 246-255
ISSN: 0021-9886
IN AN EXAMINATION OF THE TWO DOMINANT EUROPEAN (OR WESTERN) LEGAL TRADITIONS, THE ARTICLE ATTEMPTS TO DISCOVER SIGFICANT DIFFERENCES AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE. CIVIL LAW, THE FORM OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE, AND COMMON LAW, THAT OF ENGLAND, ARE COMPARED AS LEGAL SYSTEMS. THE AUTHOR THEN IDENTIFIES 'FACTORS OF CONVERGENCE' WHICH INCLUDE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION & COMMON CULTURES, AND DISCUSSES FUTURE PROSPECTS.