Jean-Yves Gontier is a French-Canadian lawyer at the Paris Bar and a legal scholar with extensive experience in transnational practice and legal education. He holds a PhD in law and has taught law at Sciences Po Paris, where he served as Academic Coordinator and Head of Law at the Undergraduate College and oversaw Dual BA programs with leading French and U.S. universities.

• Introduction. Part One: Law, Its Forms, and Its Families. Chapter 1 What is Law? What Forms Does Law Take? Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Law and Justice. Chapter 3 The Civil Law Tradition. Chapter 4 The Common Law Tradition. Part Two: Courts, Constitutions, and Legal Borrowing. Chapter 5 Constitutionalism and Judicial Review. Chapter 6 Civil Procedure: The Judiciary and the Unfolding of Civil Litigation. Chapter 7 When and Why Do Courts Apply the Law of Other Countries? Chapter 8 The Transplant Debate. Part Three: International Law in Its Many Aspects. Chapter 9 What is International Law and How is it Made? Chapter 10 The Interface of National and International Law. Chapter 11 Supranationalism: The European Union. Chapter 12 International Arbitration: Privatized Justice.

Jean-Yves Gontier is a French-Canadian lawyer at the Paris Bar and a legal scholar with extensive experience in transnational practice and legal education. He holds a PhD in law and has taught law at Sciences Po Paris, where he served as Academic Coordinator and Head of Law at the Undergraduate College and oversaw Dual BA programs with leading French and U.S. universities.

• Introduction. Part One: Law, Its Forms, and Its Families. Chapter 1 What is Law? What Forms Does Law Take? Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Law and Justice. Chapter 3 The Civil Law Tradition. Chapter 4 The Common Law Tradition. Part Two: Courts, Constitutions, and Legal Borrowing. Chapter 5 Constitutionalism and Judicial Review. Chapter 6 Civil Procedure: The Judiciary and the Unfolding of Civil Litigation. Chapter 7 When and Why Do Courts Apply the Law of Other Countries? Chapter 8 The Transplant Debate. Part Three: International Law in Its Many Aspects. Chapter 9 What is International Law and How is it Made? Chapter 10 The Interface of National and International Law. Chapter 11 Supranationalism: The European Union. Chapter 12 International Arbitration: Privatized Justice.

Jean-Yves Gontier is a French-Canadian lawyer at the Paris Bar and a legal scholar with extensive experience in transnational practice and legal education. He holds a PhD in law and has taught law at Sciences Po Paris, where he served as Academic Coordinator and Head of Law at the Undergraduate College and oversaw Dual BA programs with leading French and U.S. universities.

• Introduction. Part One: Law, Its Forms, and Its Families. Chapter 1 What is Law? What Forms Does Law Take? Chapter 2 The Historical Development of Law and Justice. Chapter 3 The Civil Law Tradition. Chapter 4 The Common Law Tradition. Part Two: Courts, Constitutions, and Legal Borrowing. Chapter 5 Constitutionalism and Judicial Review. Chapter 6 Civil Procedure: The Judiciary and the Unfolding of Civil Litigation. Chapter 7 When and Why Do Courts Apply the Law of Other Countries? Chapter 8 The Transplant Debate. Part Three: International Law in Its Many Aspects. Chapter 9 What is International Law and How is it Made? Chapter 10 The Interface of National and International Law. Chapter 11 Supranationalism: The European Union. Chapter 12 International Arbitration: Privatized Justice.