TY - BOOK AU - Merryman,John Henry AU - PĂ©rez-Perdomo,Rogelio TI - The civil law tradition: an introduction to the legal systems of Europe and Latin America SN - 9781503606814 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - K585 .M467 2019 U1 - 340.5/6 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Civil law systems N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Two legal traditions -- Roman civil law, canon law, and commercial law -- The revolution -- The sources of law -- Codes and codification -- Judges -- The interpretation of statutes -- Certainty and equity -- Scholars and legal education -- Legal science -- The general part -- The legal process -- The division of jurisdiction -- Legal categories -- The legal professions -- Procedure -- Civil procedure -- Criminal procedure -- Constitutional review -- Perspectives -- The future of the civil law tradition ER -