Product Description: This new volume contains fourteen national reports and a General Report on the use of comparative law by courts, which were presented at the XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law in Athens. It provides a general survey of the frequency and methods of a comparative recourse to foreign law by courts, describing both the methods of such recourse and the typical fields in which it is undertaken...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Labour relations in the public service are undergoing a transformation, possibly more profound than the public sector. The concurrent effect of economic, technological and social pressures are challenging the very concept of public service and consequently the position of employees" --from the author's general report...read more

Product Description: La valeur du temoignage en droit civil / The Probative Value of Testimony in Private Law brings together in one volume the national reports and the general report of the panel on testimony in private law which convened at the XIVth Conference on Comparative Law 1994...read more