Introduction To Private Law 3rd Ed Il Mu

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Introduction to Private Law


Against the backdrop of the predominant legal positivism, this book strives to
depict private law as a complex social phenomenon interacting with human
culture as a whole and its history. The author sketches the national jurisdic-
tions belonging to the Western legal tradition, as well as the supranational
trends that point towards a global law. In particular, the rise of a European
law is accounted for not only within the framework of the Union, but also

Introduction to Private Law


through the development of a rediscovered ius commune that has emerged
from comparative studies conducted by scholars and from the dialogue among
national and international courts. Traditional doctrines regarding juridical facts
and rights are presented as analytical tools aimed to construct a jurisprudence
that extends beyond national borders.

table of contents: Foreword. I. Law and society. - II. The Western legal tradition. -
III. National and international law. - IV. Civil law and common law jurisdictions. - V.
Law and justice. - VI. Legal rules, principles, systems. - VII. Private law and its sour-
ces. - VIII. European law. - IX. Legal facts and legal acts. - X. Rights and duties. - XI.

Pietro Sirena
Legal subjects. - Bibliography.
il Mulino/Manuali

PIETRO SIRENA is Professor of Civil Law, European Private Law, and Com-
parative Private Law at Bocconi University, where he currently serves as Dean
of the Law School. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Europe-
an Law Institute (ELI), on the Board of the Society of European Contract Law
(SECOLA), and as Research Director of the Società Italiana per la Ricerca nel
Diritto Comparato (SIRD). He was elected member associé of the Académie
Internationale de Droit Comparé (AIDC).
Introduction
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