Table of Contents

1. A theory of tradition? The changing presence of the past2. Between traditions: identity, persuasion and survival3. A chthonic legal tradition: to recycle the world4. A Talmudic legal tradition: the perfect author5. A civil law tradition: the centrality of the person6. An Islamic legal tradition: the law of the later revelation7. A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication8. A Hindu legal tradition: the law of king, but which law?9. A Confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?)10. Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law

About the Author

The late Professor Glenn taught and had research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. He was a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University. He was also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and had been a Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Law, a Killam Research Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Reviews

firmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating
*Times Higher Education*

Illuminating and ground breaking work
*Stellenbosch Law Review*

Glenn has succeeded magnificently
*Cambridge Law Journal*

An opus extra ordinem
*European Review of Private Law*

dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied
*Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law*