Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Literature (2nd edition)
Files
Description
Argues that laws are borrowed from pre-existing laws in other legal systems without any initial inherent relationship between these laws (transplants) and society. However, once brought over, the interpretation and impact of the law is adapted locally.
ISBN
9780820315324
Publication Date
1993
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
City
Athens, GA
Disciplines
Civil Law | Common Law | Comparative and Foreign Law
Repository Citation
Watson, Alan, "Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Literature (2nd edition)" (1993). Books. 24.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/books/24
Comments
Publisher's Citation
Watson, Alan. 1993. Legal transplants an approach to comparative law. Athens: University of Georgia Press.