Major Legal Systems in the World Today, by the French comparatist Rene David together with John E.C. Brierley, is a foundational work of comparative law scholarship, originally published in French in 1964, that groups the world legal systems into families, including the Romano-Germanic (civil law), common law, socialist and other systems, a classification this atlas's own five-way system taxonomy draws on and adapts.
Facts
AuthorRene David and John E.C. Brierley
PublisherStevens and Sons
Publication Year1985
1985 is the publication year of the third English edition. The work was first published in French in 1964. Source Typecomparative-law-reference
Sources
Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985
Claims Backed By This Source (108 claims)
This source backs 108 claims across the atlas. As facts: 27 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 67 holds. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Regulations, 50 claims: 50 holds.
- Legal Systems, 25 claims: 13 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 7 general references.
- Codes, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
- Doctrines, 7 claims: 7 holds.
- Landmark Cases, 6 claims: 6 holds.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Courts, 2 claims: 2 holds.
Holds
67Showing 51 to 66 of 66 entities carrying this claim.
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