Glendon, Mary Ann, 1938-

Comparative legal traditions in a nutshell / Comparative legal traditions by Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo G. Carozza, Colin B. Picker. - 3rd ed. - St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2008. - viii, 366 p. ; 19 cm. - West nutshell series . - Nutshell series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The civil law tradition. History, culture and distribution ; Legal structures in civil law nations ; Legal actors in the civil law tradition ; Procedure in civil law systems ; Fields of substantive law in civil law systems ; Sources of law and the judicial process in civil law systems -- The common law tradition. History, culture and distribution ; Legal structures ; Roles and actors ; Procedure ; Rules -- Supranational European law and institutions. The European Union ; The European human rights system.

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