Failures of American Methods of Lawmaking in Historical and Comparative Perspectives - Couverture souple

Maxeiner, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108731937 ISBN 13 : 9781108731935

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In this book, James R. Maxeiner takes on the challenge of demonstrating that historically American law makers did consider a statutory methodology as part of formulating laws. In the nineteenth century, when the people wanted laws they could understand, lawyers inflicted judge-made, statute-destroying, common law on them. Maxeiner offers the cure for common law, in the form of sensible statute law. Building on this historical evidence, Maxeiner shows how rule-making in civil law jurisdictions in other countries makes for a far more equitable legal system. Sensible statute laws fit together: one statute governs, as opposed to several laws that even lawyers have trouble disentangling. In a statute law system, lawmakers make laws for the common good in sensible procedures, and judges apply sensible laws and do not make them. This book shows how such a system works in Germany and how it would be a solution for the American legal system as well.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James R. Maxeiner is the Associate Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108731937
• ISBN 13: 9781108731935
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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