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European Legal Cultures in Transition

Name: European Legal Cultures in Transition
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107050358
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Author: Ase B. Grodeland; William L. Miller
ISBN: 9781107050358

Edited by Ase B. Grodeland · William L. Miller

Cambridge University Press September 2015

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781107050358
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Are national legal cultures in Europe converging or diverging as a result of the pressures of European legal integration? Ase B. Grodeland and William L. Miller address this question by exploring the attitudes and perceptions of the general public and law professionals in five European countries: England, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland and the Ukraine.

Presenting new findings, they challenge the established view that ordinary citizens and people working professionally with the law have different legal cultures. Their research in fact reveals that the attitudes of citizens in Eastern and Western Europe towards 'law-in-principle' are remarkably similar, whereas perceptions of 'law-in-practice' differ by country and often correlate with GDP per capita and country ranking in rule of law indices.

Grodeland and Miller's innovative methodological approach will appeal to both experts and non-experts with an interest in legal culture, European integration, or European elite and public opinion.

Preface

1. One European legal culture or several?

2. Concept/meaning of 'law'

3. Law in principle

4. Law in action

5. Perceptions of legal outsiders

6. Perceptions of legal insiders

7. Legal change and legal transfers

8. Muslims and Euro-migrants as carriers of legal culture

9. Balancing civil rights against a 'war on terror'

10. The role of religiosity in European popular legal cultures

11. A European legal culture?