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Case Law in Roman, Anglosaxon and Continental Law
Author(s): María José Falcón y Tella (Author)
- Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
- Publication Date: 25 Aug. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004204164
- ISBN-13: 9789004204164
Book Description
There is no one definition of case law, but rather a plurality of meanings. In this respect, after an analysis of Roman iurisprudentia and Anglo-Saxon case law, this work considers the Spanish legal system, as an example of a Continental jurisdiction.
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About the Author
María José Falcón y Tella is Professor of Philosophy of Law (1991) at the Complutense University of Madrid. She is the author of 23 books, many of them translated into different languages, such as Civil Disobedience (Martinus Nijhoff, 2004), Punishment and Culture (Martinus Nijhoff, 2006), Equity and Law (Martinus Nijhoff, 2008), and A Three-Dimensional Theory of Law (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010). She was awarded The National Prize of Studies in Law in 1987.
