An 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.
Facts
AuthorKonrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony Weir
PublisherClarendon Press, Oxford
Publication Year1998
1998 is the publication year of the third English edition. The work was first published in German in 1971. Source Typecomparative-law-reference
Sources
An Introduction to Comparative Law
Konrad Zweigert and Hein Koetz; English translation by Tony Weir, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998
Claims Backed By This Source (45 claims)
This source backs 45 claims across the atlas. As facts: 23 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 Topic
- Legal Systems, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 general references.
- Codes, 11 claims: 6 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.
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