LEGAL

TRADITIONS OF
THE WORLD
SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY
IN LAW

H. Patrick Glenn

OXPORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS

Contents
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations of Periodicals and Law Reports
List of Biblical Abbreviations
Preface
1 A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past

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2 Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival

30

3 A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World

56

4 A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author

86

5 A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person

116

6 An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of a Later Revelation

157

7 A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication

205

8 A Hindu Legal Tradition: the Law as King, but which Law?

251

9 An Asian Legal Tradition: MAKE IT NEW (with Marx?)

279

10 Reconciling Legal Traditions: Sustainable Diversity in Law

318

Index

339