Comparative Legal System

Author: Basil C. Bitas
Publisher: LexisNexis Singapore
ISBN: 9789814608374
Published In: January 2016
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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This book takes a novel approach to the area of comparative legal study by identifying eight orienting propositions that together inform the study of "comparative law", or as this book tends to prefer, “comparative legal systems." Thus, this book is not so much a recitation and summary of comparative law concepts, but rather an operational road map for approaching the area. Taken together, the eight propositions reflect certain, central themes that define the area for scholars while offering practitioners and informed observers a guide for understanding and navigating the forces shaping the evolving international environment.

A book tailored to provide a basis for understanding the role of comparative legal study in an increasingly interconnected world.

Chapter 1 Comparative LegalSystems as a legal lens through which to examine patterns of continuity and change in the international legal environment

Chapter 2 Legal and normative pluralism

Chapter 3 The classical inquiry focusing on the civil law-common law divide

Chapter 4 Mixed legal systems -Definition and relevance to legal convergence

Chapter 5 Legal transplants as a vehicle for legal evolution

Chapter 6 Rule of law, legal systems and economic development

Chapter 7 The role of international arbitration in "denationalising" legal systems

Chapter 8 A revised approach to comparative law

Basil C.Bitas has substantial practice experience in international legal and business matters, having been in-house counsel to a major multinational corporation in Lausanne, Switzerland and subsequently the Managing Partner of the Geneva office of a US law firm. The nature of his practice has involved intensive interaction with the legal systems of North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The latter region became a sub-specialty of his practice, with particular focus on certain countries in both Northeast and Southeast Asia, including Japan, Korea, China and the Philippines. Mr. Bitas is currently an Associate Professor of Law (Practice) at the Singapore Management University, where he teaches Comparative Legal Systems, the Economic Analysis of Law, and Ethics and Social Responsibility. He has increasingly focused his research on legal convergence in general and its implications for ASEAN integration in particular, setting these issues within a broader political and economic frame. Mr. Bitas holds Bachelor's degrees in History and Economics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, having graduated Magna cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1981. He also holds a Juris Doctor degree (1987) from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. and maintains active bar memberships in the State of New York and Washington, D.C.