This book is the first comprehensive history of the intellectual training and social placement of lawyers in Latin America. Pérez-Perdomo examines the Roman legal roots of the Latin American tradition and traces the development of legal education and practice in Latin America from the 16th century to the present. The main themes in the book are the relationship between lawyers and power, the place of lawyers in social stratification, the role of law and lawyers in building nations and maintaining elite power, the role of law schools, and the main intellectual trends in legal thought.

Latin American Lawyers: A Historical Introduction

Pérez-Perdomo, Rogelio

Foreign & International Law

Stanford University Press

The Civil Law Tradition, 3rd Edition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events―such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist legal tradition―and their significance for the civil law tradition. The book also incorporates the findings of recent important literature on the legal cultures of civil law countries.

Merryman, John

Legal History

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This new edition deals with recent significant events—such as the fall of the Soviet empire and the resulting precipitous decline of the socialist legal tradition—and their significance for the civil law tradition. The book also incorporates the findings of recent important literature on the legal cultures of civil law countries.

History

The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The fourth edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and to correct and update historical details gleaned from newly-published research on Roman and Medieval law. In the past ten years, the legal profession has changed radically, with the growing international ubiquity of large law firms operating across borders (which was previously a uniquely American phenomenon). This new edition updates the book from the post-Soviet era to ongoing current issues, including Brexit and the status of the European Union. It discusses how civil law codes have shifted in some countries to adapt to modern and changing ideologies and also includes brand-new material on legal education, which is of central importance to the legal profession today.

Merryman, John Henry

Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The fourth edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and to correct and update historical details gleaned from newly-published research on Roman and Medieval law. In the past ten years, the legal profession has changed radically, with the growing international ubiquity of large law firms operating across borders (which was previously a uniquely American phenomenon). This new edition updates the book from the post-Soviet era to ongoing current issues, including Brexit and the status of the European Union. It discusses how civil law codes have shifted in some countries to adapt to modern and changing ideologies and also includes brand-new material on legal education, which is of central importance to the legal profession today.

Legal Education in the Western World: A Cultural and Comparative History

Legal Education

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Latin American Lawyers: A Historical Introduction

The Civil Law Tradition, 3rd Edition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America

The Civil Law Tradition, 3rd Edition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America

The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition

The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition

Legal Education in the Western World: A Cultural and Comparative History

Legal Education in the Western World: A Cultural and Comparative History