| A Primer on the Civil-Law System |
| James G. Apple; Robert P. Deyling |
| 1995, 70 pages |
| (In Print: Available for Distribution) |
An overview for judges and lawyers who want to expand their knowledge of the civil-law tradition. The authors discuss the history of the civil-law system, beginning with the Roman Empire. References are made to the civil-law systems of France and Germany and Chile and Brazil because of their strong influence on many other systems. The authors review the basic features of the modern-day civil-law tradition and compare the civil-law and common-law systems.
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| International and Foreign Law |