Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor of Law at Tulane University, New Orleans and Co-Director of the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law. A leading expert on comparative law, he has taught widely in Europe and is the founder and President of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists.

• Part I. Introduction and Comparative Overview: Introduction to the mixed jurisdictions; 1. A descriptive and comparative overview; Interim conclusions; Part II. The Comparative Evidence: 2. The Republic of South Africa; 3. Scotland; 4. Louisiana; 5. Quebec; 6. Puerto Rico; 7. The Philippines; 8. Botswana; 9. Malta; 10. Israel; Concluding thoughts; Appendix A: the questionnaire and instructions; Appendix B: other mixed jurisdictions of the world; Appendix C: a report on Cameroon.

Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor of Law at Tulane University, New Orleans and Co-Director of the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law. A leading expert on comparative law, he has taught widely in Europe and is the founder and President of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists.

• Part I. Introduction and Comparative Overview: Introduction to the mixed jurisdictions; 1. A descriptive and comparative overview; Interim conclusions; Part II. The Comparative Evidence: 2. The Republic of South Africa; 3. Scotland; 4. Louisiana; 5. Quebec; 6. Puerto Rico; 7. The Philippines; 8. Botswana; 9. Malta; 10. Israel; Concluding thoughts; Appendix A: the questionnaire and instructions; Appendix B: other mixed jurisdictions of the world; Appendix C: a report on Cameroon.

Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor of Law at Tulane University, New Orleans and Co-Director of the Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law. A leading expert on comparative law, he has taught widely in Europe and is the founder and President of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists.

• Part I. Introduction and Comparative Overview: Introduction to the mixed jurisdictions; 1. A descriptive and comparative overview; Interim conclusions; Part II. The Comparative Evidence: 2. The Republic of South Africa; 3. Scotland; 4. Louisiana; 5. Quebec; 6. Puerto Rico; 7. The Philippines; 8. Botswana; 9. Malta; 10. Israel; Concluding thoughts; Appendix A: the questionnaire and instructions; Appendix B: other mixed jurisdictions of the world; Appendix C: a report on Cameroon.