Home›Sources›An Introduction to Comparative LawSourcesAn Introduction to Comparative LawComparative Law Reference, Konrad Zweigert and Hein KoetzCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextLaw Atlas. "An Introduction to Comparative Law." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/zweigert-kotz-introduction-comparative-law.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextLaw Atlas. (n.d.). An Introduction to Comparative Law. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/zweigert-kotz-introduction-comparative-lawCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{lawatlas-an-introduction-to-comparative-law, author = {Law Atlas}, title = {An Introduction to Comparative Law}, year = {2026}, url = {https://law.interactiveatlas.org/sources/zweigert-kotz-introduction-comparative-law}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedAn Introduction to Comparative Law, by the German comparatists Konrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz, is one of the standard modern academic textbooks of comparative law, first published in German in 1971 and translated into English by Tony Weir. It is used throughout this atlas for the analytic comparison of legal systems and their primary sources of law.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (44 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedKonrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony WeirPublisherWell-attestedClarendon Press, OxfordPublication YearWell-attested19981998 is the publication year of the third English edition. The work was first published in German in 1971.Source TypeWell-attestedcomparative-law-referenceSourcesAn Introduction to Comparative LawKonrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony Weir, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998Claims Backed By This Source (44 claims)This source backs 44 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested. As cited relationships: 14 holds, 1 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicLegal Systems, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 general references.Codes, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.Landmark Cases, 7 claims: 7 holds.Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Courts, 2 claims: 2 holds.Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 holds.Well-attested22CodesBurgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB)Legal SystemsCivil LawCommon LawCustomary LawMixed SystemsReligious LawOpen QuestionsIs Socialist Law a Distinct Legal Family, or a Variant of the Civil Law Tradition?SourcesAn Introduction to Comparative LawHolds14CodesBurgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB)Magna CartaThe Twelve TablesUniform Commercial Code (UCC)CourtsBundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court)Supreme Court of the United KingdomDoctrinesNegligence and the Duty of CareLandmark CasesJehovah's Witnesses Extremism Case (Russia)Miranda v ArizonaPlessy v FergusonR v Dudley and StephensSouth Korea Conscientious Objection Case (2018)Tai Ji Men Case (Taiwan)Unification Church Dissolution Case (Japan)Connected1Open QuestionsIs Socialist Law a Distinct Legal Family, or a Variant of the Civil Law Tradition?General References7CodesBurgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB)Legal SystemsCivil LawCommon LawCustomary LawMixed SystemsReligious LawOpen QuestionsIs Socialist Law a Distinct Legal Family, or a Variant of the Civil Law Tradition?Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year