LEGAL

TRADITIONS OF
THE WORLD
SUSTAINABLE DIVERSITY
IN LAW

H. Patrick Glenn

OXPORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
 Contents
Table of Contents xi
List of Abbreviations of Periodicals and Law Reports xvii
List of Biblical Abbreviations xx
Preface xxi

1 A Theory of Tradition? The Changing Presence of the Past 1

2 Between Traditions: Identity, Persuasion and Survival 30
3 A Chthonic Legal Tradition: to Recycle the World 56
4 A Talmudic Legal Tradition: the Perfect Author 86
5 A Civil Law Tradition: the Centrality of the Person 116
6 An Islamic Legal Tradition: the Law of a Later Revelation 157
7 A Common Law Tradition: the Ethic of Adjudication 205
8 A Hindu Legal Tradition: the Law as King, but which Law? 251
9 An Asian Legal Tradition: MAKE IT NEW (with Marx?) 279
10 Reconciling Legal Traditions: Sustainable Diversity in Law 318

Index 339