9780521681858 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 31, 2006, cover price $130.00 |
About this edition: This collection of readings sets out the two fundamental distinctions between common and civil law, namely that the former originated in the English courts, the latter in the Roman legal tradition, and that the common law is based on judicial decisions whereas codes form the basis of modern civil law.
9780521118576 | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, September 24, 2009), cover price $66.00 |
About this edition: This collection of readings sets out the two fundamental distinctions between common and civil law, namely that the former originated in the English courts, the latter in the Roman legal tradition, and that the common law is based on judicial decisions whereas codes form the basis of modern civil law.