A panorama of the world's legal systems

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Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Xiuqing Li, Guangdong Guo, John Henry Wigmore, Qinhua He
Language: English
Publication Information: Saint Paul : West Publishing Company, [1928] ©1928
Publication Type (Medium): History
Type: Book
Other titles: World's legal systems
Permalink: http://books.lawi.us/a-panorama-of-the-world-s-legal-systems/ (Stable identifier)

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Online version: Wigmore, John Henry, 1863-1943. Panorama of the world's legal systems. Saint Paul: West Pub. Co., ©1928 (OCoLC)602773306 Online version: Wigmore, John Henry, 1863-1943. Panorama of the world's legal systems. Saint Paul: West Pub. Co., ©1928 (OCoLC)605154094

Short Description

3 volumes (XXXI, 1206 pages) : ILlustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, A panorama of the world's legal systems is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Publisher: West Publishing Company
Responsable Person: by John Henry Wigmore, Professor of Law in Northwestern University, in three volumes with five hundred illustrations.
Publication Date: 1928
Copyright Date: 1928
Location: Saint Paul, Minn.
Number of Editions: 29 editions
First edition Date: 1028
Last edition Date: 1992
General Notes: “The sixteen principal legal systems, past and present, form the subject–Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Chinese, Hindu, Greek, Roman, Japanese, Mohammedan, Keltic, Slavic, Germanic, maritime, ecclesiastical, Romanesque, Anglican.”–Author's note.
Languages: English, Chinese
Library of Congress Code: KF386
OCLC: 406932

A panorama of the world's legal systems

A panorama of the world's legal systems