Werner Menski

Comparative Law in a Global Context

The Legal Systems of Asia and Africa

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Produktbeschreibung

The second edition of this textbook develops a new approach to understanding law as an internally plural, interactive phenomenon in a globalising world. 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. Menski combines the major schools of legal thought to develop a new pluralist approach to understanding law, based on his detailed yet concise examination of the history and concepts of Hindu law, Muslim law, African laws and Chinese law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 696
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1264g
• ISBN-13: 9780521858595
• ISBN-10: 0521858593
• Artikelnr.: 22726082

Autorenporträt

Professor of South Asian Laws, Department of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Comparative Theoretical Framework: Introduction: Globalisation and Asian and African Legal systems
1. Comparative law and legal theory from a global perspective
2. Legal pluralism in legal theory and comparative law
3. Comparative jurisprudence: images and reflections of law
Part II. Regional Comparisons in a Global Context: 4. Hindu law: The search for appropriateness
5. Muslim law: God's law or men's law?
6. African law: the search for law
7. Chinese law: code and conduct
Concluding analysis: Towards global legal realism.