An Introduction to Comparative Law

Hein Kötz is Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, he is also sometime Goodhart Professor of Law at Cambridge University and occasional professor at many Universities, including Chicago and Tel Aviv.Konrad Zweigert is the Late Director of the Max-Planck Institute.Tony Weir is a Fellow of Trinity College and Reader in Law in the University of Cambridge. He has translated a large number of legal texts into English to considerable acclaim.

This is an excellent guide to legal systems of the world, for both students and lawyers ... because of its rich content and its ability to shrink a rather large body of information into a succinct one-volume publication.

• PART I; A. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; B. THE LEGAL FAMILIES OF THE WORLD; I. THE ROMANISTIC LEGAL FAMILY; BII. THE GERMANIC LEGAL FAMILY; III. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN LEGAL FAMILY; IV. THE NORDIC LEGAL FAMILY; V. LAW IN THE FAR EAST; VI. RELIGIOUS LEGAL SYSTEMS; PART II; A. CONTRACT; I. THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS; II. THE PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS; B. UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT; C. TORT