Legal transplants, comparative law, comparative legal history, roman law, codifications
Disciplines :
Metalaw, Roman law, history of law & comparative law
Author, co-author :
Gerkens, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de droit > Droit romain et droit privé comparé
Language :
English
Title :
50 Years of Alan Watson’s Legal Transplants: A look from across the Channel/Ocean
Publication date :
25 March 2024
Number of pages :
17
Event name :
Iustoria
Event organizer :
University of Belgrade, Law Faculty
Event place :
Belgrade, Serbia
Event date :
25-27 March 2024
Event number :
5th
By request :
Yes
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
Alan Watson’s book on Legal Transplants has had quite a success within the Anglo-American Academy, but is far less known outside of it. In a conference paying tribute to the great scholar, it is important to evaluate how much it is still valuable, especially outside the Common Law Legal Systems.
In this keynote Lecture, I offer to go through the main issues discussed by Alan Watson, trying to transpose to the legal systems of the Western European Continent.
