Western legal traditions: a comparison of civil law and common law
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PART A BUILDING BLOCKS
1 SYSTEM BUILDING IN LAW 2
2 CODES AND CODIFICATION IN THE CIVIL LAW 16
3 JUDGES AND PRECEDENT IN THE COMMON LAW 27
PART B LAW IN ACTION
4 THE BLAME GAME: WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF
ACCIDENTS? 40
5 DUTY TO RESCUE: TO ACT OR NOT TO ACT? (THAT S THE -
LEGAL - QUESTION!) 53
6 LAW AND MORALITY: WHERE IS THE HARM? 64
7 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: IN SEARCH OF UTOPIA? 79
8 COURT PROCEDURE 93
9 GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACT LAW 105
PART C GLOBALISATION AND THE LAW
10 LEGAL ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 120
11 THEORIES OF CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE 141
APPENDIX: CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION 155
FOR A MORE DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS, SEE OVER
CONTENTS
PREFACE XIII
ABBREVIATIONS XVI
PART A BUILDING BLOCKS
1 SYSTEM BUILDING IN LAW 2
INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS 2
STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK 4
COMPARATIVISM AND THE LEGACY OF KAHN-FREUND 5
SYSTEM BUILDING: PIONEERING ROLES OF ZWEIGERT AND KOTZ,
AND DAVID AND BRIERLEY 8
LAW IS NO SCIENCE BUT... 8
FROM LEGAL RULES TO LEGAL SYSTEMS 9
FROM LEGAL SYSTEMS TO LEGAL FAMILIES 10
THE STYLE OF LEGAL FAMILIES 12
POSTSCRIPT: LAW IS A LIVING ORGANISM 14
FURTHER READING 15
2 CODES AND CODIFICATION IN THE CIVIL LAW 16
FORMAL AND SUBSTANTIVE CODES DISTINGUISHED 16
SUBSTANTIVE CODES: FEATURES 17
CONTENTS: COMPLETE 18
DRAFTING STYLE: ABSTRACT 18
OVERALL LAYOUT: SYSTEMATIC 20
LIFE BEYOND THE CODE 22
JUDICIAL UPDATING 22
VIGILANT SCHOLARSHIP 23
ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE 24
FURTHER READING 26
CONTENTS
JUDGES AND PRECEDENT IN THE COMMON LAW 27
CONTRAST WITH THE CIVIL LAW 27
BLAME THE FRENCH? 28
PRECEDENT 29
FAIR AND EFFICIENT 29
LEGISLATIVE SAFEGUARDS 29
JUDICIAL SAFEGUARDS 31
PRECEDENT AND RATIO 33
IN SEARCH OF (THAT ELUSIVE) RATIO 35
BEYOND PRECEDENT 36
FURTHER READING 37
PART B LAW IN ACTION
THE BLAME GAME: WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF
ACCIDENTS? 40
BASIC TERMINOLOGY 40
RISK ALLOCATION AND LOSS SHIFTING 40
LEGAL WRONGS 41
HOW TO PROVE FAULT? 43
JUDICIAL MOVE AWAY FROM FAULT IN FRANCE 44
ARTICLES 1382-1386 OF THE CODE CIVIL 44
ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE COMMON LAW 48
ACCIDENT COMPENSATION 48
PERSONAL AUTONOMY (AND RESPONSIBILITY) OF THE VICTIM 50
IN CONCLUSION 51
FURTHER READING 52
DUTY TO RESCUE: TO ACT OR NOT TO ACT? (THAT S THE -
LEGAL - QUESTION!) 53
BEYOND THE BLAME GAME? 53
POSITION AT COMMON LAW 54
IF I DO NOTHING 54
EXCEPT WHERE I AM UNDER A DUTY TO ACT ^
POSITION AT CIVIL LAW 59
CONTENTS
DUTY TO RESCUE ENFORCED BY THE CRIMINAL CODE 59
DUTY TO RESCUE: A CIVIC DUTY OF THE CITIZEN 60
REJOINDER: ROLE OF THE LEGISLATURE IN THE COMMON LAW 61
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THE NO DUTY TO RESCUE RULE 61
LEGAL IMMUNITY FOR GOOD SAMARITANS, COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEERS AND FOOD DONORS 61
WE CAN BE HEROES 62
FURTHER READING 63
LAW AND MORALITY: WHERE IS THE HARM? 64
HARM: THE BROADER CONTEXT 64
CAUSATION IN FACT AND IN LAW 64
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE 66
HARM: THE (LEGAL) CONCEPT 68
TYPES OF LEGAL HARM 69
HARM: SPECIAL PROBLEMS 71
WRONGFUL DEATH 71
WRONGFUL BIRTH 72
WRONGFUL BIRTH: GREATER CLARITY IN THE CIVIL LAW? 75
WRONGFUL BIRTH: ROOM FOR A COMPROMISE? 76
WRONGFUL LIFE 77
FURTHER READING 78
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY: IN SEARCH OF UTOPIA? 79
THE BROADER CONTEXT 79
PROCEDURAL LAW AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW DISTINGUISHED 79
LABOUR LAW: A YOUNG DISCIPLINE 79
LABOUR LAW: AN AUTONOMOUS DISCIPLINE 80
LABOUR LAW: THE LAW OF WORK? 80
APPROACHES TO EMPLOYEE PROTECTION 81
CONTINENTAL EUROPE 81
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 83
EUROPEAN FORMS OF WORKPLACE PARTICIPATION 85
WORKS COUNCILS 86
SUPERVISORY BOARDS 88
SCOPE FOR LAW REFORM? 90
FURTHER READING 92
CONTENTS
COURT PROCEDURE 93
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN? 93
THE TRADITIONAL ADVERSARIAL/INQUISITORIAL DICHOTOMY 94
OVERVIEW 94
CRITIQUE 96
THE DAMASKA ALTERNATIVE: MODELS OF AUTHORITY 97
CRITERIA 97
LINK WITH THE TRADITIONAL DICHOTOMY? 98
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN (AFTER ALL)? 100
EXCURSUS: PROCEDURAL LAW IN GERMANY (BY ANNE KALLIES) 100
GERMAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 101
GERMAN CIVIL PROCEDURE 102
FURTHER READING 103
GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACT LAW 105
SETTING THE SCENE 105
CONTRACT AND TORT DISTINGUISHED 105
THE CONCEPT OF CONTRACT: PROMISE OR BARGAIN? 106
GOOD FAITH AND THE COMMON LAW 107
CONTRACTUALISM 107
REASONABLENESS AND FAIR DEALING 108
ROLE FOR THE LEGISLATURE? 110
GOOD FAITH AND THE CIVIL LAW 111
THE 19TH CENTURY CODIFIERS 111
THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR I 112
CREATIVE GERMAN SCHOLARSHIP 113
REJOINDER: DOES GOOD FAITH IN CONTRACT LAW MAKE
ECONOMIC SENSE? 116
FURTHER READING 117
PART C GLOBALISATION AND THE LAW
10 LEGAL ORDER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 120
SETTING THE SCENE 120
FROM HISTORICAL ACCIDENT TO GLOBALISATION IN ACTION? 121
CONTENTS
MODEST BEGINNINGS
THE SCHUMAN DECLARATION
THE EEC
FROM EEC TO EU
EXPANDING EU MEMBERSHIP
INSTITUTIONAL MAKE-UP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
THE COUNCIL OF THE EU
THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
LAW MAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
WRITTEN LAWS
UNWRITTEN LAWS
ONE BIG MELTING POT?
FURTHER READING
THEORIES OF CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE
A COMMON LAW OF EUROPE?
NIL NOVI SUB SOLE
121
123
124
125
127
128
128
129
130
131
132
132
134
136
139
141
141
141
AN EVER CLOSER UNION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE:
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT 143
AN EVER CLOSER UNION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE:
QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT 144
ARE EUROPEAN LEGAL SYSTEMS CONVERGING OR DIVERGING? 146
ENTER LEGRAND 146
LEGRAND: A PARTIAL REBUTTAL 147
EUROPE AND BEYOND 149
ROLE OF LEGAL EDUCATION 149
RELEVANCE FOR AUSTRALIA 149
CASE STUDY: FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS 151
SOURCES 151
OVERVIEW 152
ENFORCEABILITY 153
FURTHER READING 154
APPENDIX: CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION 155
PREAMBLE 155
CHAPTER I DIGNITY 156
CHAPTER II FREEDOMS 156
CHAPTER III EQUALITY 159
CHAPTER IV SOLIDARITY 160
CHAPTER V CITIZENS RIGHTS 161
CHAPTER VI JUSTICE 163
CHAPTER VII GENERAL PROVISIONS 164
INDEX 166
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