Mixed Jurisdictions Worldwide: The Third Legal Family

727 Pages·2012·3.446 MB·English

by  Vernon Valentine Palmer

MIXED JURISDICTIONS WORLDWIDE
second edition
Thisexaminationofthemixed-jurisdictionexperiencemakesuseofan
innovativecross-comparativemethodologytoprovideawealthofdetail
oneachoftheninecountriesstudied.Itidentifiesthedeepresemblances
andsalienttraitsofthislegalfamily,andthebroadanalyticaloverview
highlights the family links while providing a detailed individual treat-
mentofeachcountrywhichrevealstheirindividualpersonalities.
This updated second edition includes two new countries (Botswana
andMalta),andtheappendixesexploreallothermixedjurisdictionsand
containaspecialreportonCameroon.
vernon valentine palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor of Law at
Tulane University, New Orleans, and Co-Director of the Eason
WeinmannCenterforComparativeLaw.Aleadingexpertoncompara-
tivelaw,hehastaughtwidelyinEurope,andisthefounderandPresident
oftheWorldSocietyofMixedJurisdictionJurists.

MIXED JURISDICTIONS
WORLDWIDE
The Third Legal Family
second edition
Edited by
VERNON VALENTINE PALMER
ThomasPicklesProfessorofLawandCo-DirectoroftheEason
WeinmannCenterforComparativeLaw,TulaneUniversity
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CONTENTS
Prefacetothesecondedition pagexi
Prefacetothefirstedition xiii
Listofcontributors xvi
Listofselectabbreviations xviii
part i
Introductionandcomparativeoverview 1
Introductiontothemixedjurisdictions 3
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I Aglimpseattheextendedfamily 3
II Themixedjurisdictioninprofile:three
characteristics 7
III Thequestionofathirdlegalfamily 11
IV Researchmethodsandcountryreports 16
1 Adescriptiveandcomparativeoverview 19
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I Themixedjurisdictionasanhistoricalidea 19
II Uponaninvisiblefoundation:theclaimsofculturetothe
civillawsphere 24
III Theculturalvoicesofjudgeandjurist:purists,
pragmatists,andpollutionists 39
IV Thesystembuildersandtheiredifice 44
V Thelinguisticfactor:thedemandsofdualism 50
VI Theplaceofprecedentinlegalreasoningandinthe
schemeoflegalsources 54
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VII Thetworeceptionsofcommonlaw:patternand
process 64
VIII “Originallaw”:theprocessofcreatingautonomous
law 71
IX ThebroadassimilationofAnglo-Americanprocedure
andevidence 74
X Commerciallaw:theroleofthedominant
economy 79
Interimconclusions 89
part ii
Thecomparativeevidence 93
2 TheRepublicofSouthAfrica 95
c.g. van der merwe, jacques du plessis,
marius de waal, reinhard zimmermann, and
paul farlam
3 Scotland 216
elspeth reid
4 Louisiana 277
vernon valentine palmer and harry
borowski
5 Quebec 354
michael mcauley
6 PuertoRico 381
luis mun˜iz-argu¨elles
7 ThePhilippines 452
pacifico agabin
8 Botswana 481
charles fombad
9 Malta 528
biagio ando´, kevin aquilina,
j. scerri-diacono, and david zammit
10 Israel 577
tamar gidron
contents ix
Conclusions 611
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AppendixAQuestionnaire 614
AppendixBOthermixedjurisdictionsoftheworld 625
AppendixCSpecialreportonCameroon 632
Index 675