Globalisation and the Western Legal Tradition
Globalisation and the Western Legal Tradition

Author: David B. Goldman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-02-07

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1139467352

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What can 'globalisation' teach us about law in the Western tradition? This important new work seeks to explore that question by analysing key ideas and events in the Western legal tradition, including the Papal Revolution, the Protestant Reformations and the Enlightenment. Addressing the role of law, morality and politics, it looks at the creation of orders which offer the possibility for global harmony, in particular the United Nations and the European Union. It also considers the unification of international commercial laws in the attempt to understand Western law in a time of accelerating cultural interconnections. The title will appeal to scholars of legal history and globalisation as well as students of jurisprudence and all those trying to understand globalisation and the Western dynamic of law and authority.

Western Legal Traditions
Western Legal Traditions

Author: Martin Vranken

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9781760020293

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The rule of law constitutes the hallmark of contemporary Western society. However, public perceptions and attitudes to the law can vary in space and time. This book explores legal solutions to selected problem scenarios in their broader historical, economic, political and societal context. The focus is on the legal traditions of civil law and common law.The book is premised on the assumption - indeed, the conviction - that use of the comparative method both facilitates and promotes a deeper understanding of the society in which we live and the rules by which it is shaped. Major 'threads' that run through the book are the relationship between law and morality, the role of the state in regulating human interaction, as well as the relationship between the state and the individual.As a practical matter, the text is divided into 3 Parts. A first Part provides various building blocks for a discussion of 'the law in action' in the second and main Part of the book. A final Part addresses the issue of regional globalisation and its impact on the traditional divide between civil law and common law. An Appendix contains the full text of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

General Jurisprudence
General Jurisprudence

Author: William Twining

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-02-12

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 113947538X

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This book explores how globalisation influences the understanding of law. Adopting a broad concept of law and a global perspective, it critically reviews mainstream Western traditions of academic law and legal theory. Its central thesis is that most processes of so-called 'globalisation' take place at sub-global levels and that a healthy cosmopolitan discipline of law should encompass all levels of social relations and the legal ordering of these relations. It illustrates how the mainstream Western canon of jurisprudence needs to be critically reviewed and extended to take account of other legal traditions and cultures. Written by the one of the foremost scholars in the field, this important work presents an exciting alternative vision of jurisprudence. It challenges the traditional canon of legal theorists and guides the reader through a field undergoing seismic changes in the era of globalisation. This is essential reading for all students of jurisprudence and legal theory.

Globalisation and Legal Theory
Globalisation and Legal Theory

Author: William Twining

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-03

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780521605946

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The text makes the case for a revival of general jurisprudence in response to globalisation.

Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization
Legal Culture in the Age of Globalization

Author: Lawrence Friedman

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2003-09-09

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 0804766959

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This volume of essays examines how the legal systems of the chief countries of Latin America and Mediterranean Europe—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, France, Italy, and Spain—changed in the last quarter of the 20th century. Through essays that provide a wealth of data on the courts and the legal profession in these countries, the book attempts to relate changes in the operation of the legal systems to changes in the political and social history of the societies in which they are embedded. The details vary, in accordance with the particular history and structure of the countries, but there are also key commonalities that run through all of the stories: democratization, globalization, and changes in the legal order that seem to be worldwide; more power to courts; a growing legal profession; and the entry of women into what was once a masculine club.

A History of Western Public Law
A History of Western Public Law

Author: Bruno Aguilera-Barchet

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-31

Total Pages: 788

ISBN-13: 331911803X

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The book outlines the historical development of Public Law and the state from ancient times to the modern day, offering an account of relevant events in parallel with a general historical background, establishing and explaining the relationships between political, religious, and economic events.

Toward a New Legal Common Sense
Toward a New Legal Common Sense

Author: Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-10

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 1107157846

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In a period of paradigmatic transition, Toward a New Legal Common Sense aims to devolve to law its emancipatory potential.

Comparative Law in a Global Context
Comparative Law in a Global Context

Author: Werner F. Menski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 565

ISBN-13: 1139452711

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Now in its second edition, this textbook presents a critical rethinking of the study of comparative law and legal theory in a globalising world, and proposes an alternative model. It highlights the inadequacies of current Western theoretical approaches in comparative law, international law, legal theory and jurisprudence, especially for studying Asian and African laws, arguing that they are too parochial and eurocentric to meet global challenges. Menski argues for combining modern natural law theories with positivist and socio-legal traditions, building an interactive, triangular concept of legal pluralism. Advocated as the fourth major approach to legal theory, this model is applied in analysing the historical and conceptual development of Hindu law, Muslim law, African laws and Chinese law.

Globalization: A Very Short Introduction
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Manfred B. Steger

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0192589326

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We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence millions globally, in which humans are altering the climate and environment, and in which complex social forces intersect across continents. This is globalization. In the fifth edition of his bestselling Very Short Introduction Manfred B. Steger considers the major dimensions of globalization: economic, political, cultural, ideological, and ecological. He looks at its causes and effects, and engages with the hotly contested question of whether globalization is, ultimately, a good or a bad thing. From climate change to the Ebola virus, Donald Trump to Twitter, trade wars to China's growing global profile, Steger explores today's unprecedented levels of planetary integration as well as the recent challenges posed by resurgent national populism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence
A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence

Author: Helge Dedek

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-12-16

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1108841724

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Inspired by comparative law scholar Patrick Glenn's work, an international group of legal scholars explores the state of the discipline.