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Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance: The Case for Common Law
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`. . . a well written, easily read book which casts light on many aspects of law and on questions which are or should be debated in our law schools. . . well laid out and presented. . . Its subject matter makes it essential reading for all those studying comparative law and of course law and economics and even for those studying legislation. It would be more than useful for those engaged in property law, the law of contract and administrative and public law. In ot… More >>
Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance: The Case for Common Law
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Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law
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Road rage threatens mental health and physical safety. People use cell phones in public places with blithe indifference for the tranquillity of others. Smokers, while fewer in numbers, still have a defiant look about them when they light up outside office buildings and are not especially careful where they blow their smoke. In these and similar incidents involving a lack of common courtesy or respect, individuals often turn to the legal system to resolve personal di… More >>
Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law
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The Common Law Mind: Medieval and Early Modern Conceptions
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Scholars of comparative law and English legal history have traditionally distinguished the civil law’s emphasis on legislation as the primary source of legal authority from the common law’s emphasis on custom and on case law. In The Common Law Mind, lawyer and political scientist James Tubbs finds little evidence to support this and other traditional understandings of English jurisprudence.Examining thousands of legal and judicial documents for references to the nat… More >>
The Common Law Mind: Medieval and Early Modern Conceptions
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