Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law: A Comparative Study in Legal Reasoning, Legal Theory, and Legal Institutions Revised Edition Contributor(s): Atiyah, P. S. (Author), Summers, Robert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198257341 ISBN-13: 9780198257349 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1991 Annotation: This book has a completely original theme, or set of themes. It offers first a new way of analyzing styles of legal reasoning--between more "formal" and more "substantive" styles--that is a major contribution to jurisprudence in its own right. The authors then go on to demonstrate in detail the differences in legal reasoning--and in the legal systems as a whole--between England and America, and suggest that the English is a much more "formal" system and the American a more "substantive." Finally, the book explores a wide range of cultural, institutional, and historical factors relating to the two legal systems. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Jurisprudence - Law | Constitutional - Law | Comparative |
Dewey: 342 |
LCCN: 91013959 |
Lexile Measure: 1700 |
Series: Comparative Study of Legal Reasoning, Legal Theory and Legal |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 458 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book has a completely original theme, or set of themes. It offers first a new way of analyzing styles of legal reasoning--between more formal and more substantive styles--that is a major contribution to jurisprudence in its own right. The authors then go on to demonstrate in detail the differences in legal reasoning--and in the legal systems as a whole--between England and America, and suggest that the English is a much more formal system and the American a more substantive. Finally, the book explores a wide range of cultural, institutional, and historical factors relating to the two legal systems. |