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Il Diritto Comparato in Italia e nel “Mondo Occidentale” e una Introduzione al “Dialogo Civil Law — Common Law”

Il Diritto Comparato in Italia e nel “Mondo Occidentale” e una Introduzione al “Dialogo Civil Law... 1985] BOOK REVIEWS IL DlRITTO COMPARATO IN ITALIA E NEL "MONDO OCCIDENTALE" E UNA INTRODUZIONE AL "DlALOGO CIVIL LAW—COMMON LAW". By Gino Gorla. Milan: Giuffre, 1983. Pp. 468-628. Reviewed by Luigi Moccia* Civil law and Common law systems still remain at the very center of comparative law as practiced in the Western world. From tha t assumption Gino Gorla investigates th e historical background of this field in order to ascertain and evaluate (indeed "to compare") its old and new trends and related attitudes. Two main epochs can properly be distinguished in the relations between Civil law and Common law. TTie Origins of Comparative Law (16th-19th Century) The origins of comparative law are to be found first in England. They can be traced (notwithstanding the influence of Bracton and other English medieval writers) to th e 16th-17th century and may be seen as a by-product of th e opposition between English Civil law and Common law. These origins are made apparent in a series of works by English Civilians of the 17th-18th century, all well acquainted with Continental sources and intended to show (as demonstrated in works by Duck, Wood, and Ayliffe) the extent to which English law corresponded http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

Il Diritto Comparato in Italia e nel “Mondo Occidentale” e una Introduzione al “Dialogo Civil Law — Common Law”

Moccia, Luigi
American Journal of Comparative Law , Volume 33 (3) – Jul 1, 1985
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Oxford University Press
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© 1985 by The American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
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1985] BOOK REVIEWS IL DlRITTO COMPARATO IN ITALIA E NEL "MONDO OCCIDENTALE" E UNA INTRODUZIONE AL "DlALOGO CIVIL LAW—COMMON LAW". By Gino Gorla. Milan: Giuffre, 1983. Pp. 468-628. Reviewed by Luigi Moccia* Civil law and Common law systems still remain at the very center of comparative law as practiced in the Western world. From tha t assumption Gino Gorla investigates th e historical background of this field in order to ascertain and evaluate (indeed "to compare") its old and new trends and related attitudes. Two main epochs can properly be distinguished in the relations between Civil law and Common law. TTie Origins of Comparative Law (16th-19th Century) The origins of comparative law are to be found first in England. They can be traced (notwithstanding the influence of Bracton and other English medieval writers) to th e 16th-17th century and may be seen as a by-product of th e opposition between English Civil law and Common law. These origins are made apparent in a series of works by English Civilians of the 17th-18th century, all well acquainted with Continental sources and intended to show (as demonstrated in works by Duck, Wood, and Ayliffe) the extent to which English law corresponded

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Published: Jul 1, 1985

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