Panorama of the World's Legal Systems

John Henry Wigmore (March 4, 1863 – April 20, 1943) was a U.S. jurist and expert in the law of evidence. After teaching law at Keio University in Tokyo (1889–1892), he was the dean of Northwestern Law School (1901 to 1929). He is most known for his Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law (1904) and a graphical analysis method known as a Wigmore chart.

出版者:Gaunt Inc.

作者:John Henry Wigmore

页数:1206 pages

出版时间:1992

价格:GBP 184.25

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781561690039

图书标签:law

本书宏观描述了世界法系的演进过程，对法学发展脉络进行了梳理与总结。随着人类的演化，民族和部落数以千计，而世界法系只大致为16种，它们是：埃及法系、美索不达米亚法系、希伯来法系、中华法系、印度法系、希腊法系、罗马法系、海事法系、日本法系、伊斯兰法系、凯尔特法系、德国法系、斯拉夫法系、教会法系、大陆法系和英美法系。而每一法系系谱均离不开各自种族和社会独特的习俗与法律，并随着社会的发展，或消亡，或嬗变、或生存、或融合，它们不同的“命运”，反映了该民族的历史渊源。