{"product_id":"the-italian-legal-system-an-introduction-second-edition-hardback-9780804774956","title":"The Italian Legal System; An Introduction, Second Edition (Hardback) 9780804774956","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Italian Legal System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Introduction, Second Edition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael A. Livingston (Author), Pier Giuseppe Monateri (Author), Francesco Parisi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804774956\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Three of the world's most learned, humane, and intellectually courageous scholars have joined forces to produce this introduction to one of the world's great legal traditions. This book belongs on the shelf of every serious student of comparative law.\"—James Whitman, Yale Law School \"This updated, deeply revised edition of Merryman's classic and pioneering work on the Italian legal system exposes the deep transformation of Italian law under the pressures of globalization. It's a welcome addition to a body of literature aimed at showing a Latin civil law experience under siege. An important contribution.\"—Ugo Mattei, UC Hastings and University of Turin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifty years, the first edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Legal System\u003c\/i\u003e has been the gold standard among English-language works on the Italian legal system. The book's original authors, Mauro Cappelletti, John Henry Merryman, and Joseph M. Perillo, provided not only an overview of Italian law, but a definition of the field, together with an important contribution to the general literature on comparative law. The book explains the unique \"Italian style\" in doctrine, law, and interpretation and includes an extremely well-written introduction to Italian legal history, government, the legal profession, and civil procedure and evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this fully-updated and revised second edition, authors Michael A. Livingston, Pier Giuseppe Monateri, and Francesco Parisi describe the substantial changes in Italian law and society in the intervening five decades—including the creation and impact of the European Union, as well as important advances in comparative law methodology. The second edition poses timely, relevant questions of whether and to what extent the unique Italian style of law has survived the pressures of European unification, American influence, and the globalization of law and society in the intervening period. \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Legal System, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and stimulating resource for those with specific interest in Italy and those with a more general interest in comparative law and the globalization process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"toc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"toc-header\"\u003eContents and Abstracts\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eHistory of Italian Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter traces the history of Italian law from the Roman period through the beginning of the Italian Republic (1946). It explains the history of Italian law in relation to the cultural, political, social, and economic histories of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eItalian Government\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter describes the Italian political system, the principal political parties, and the outlines of the judicial system as they existed in the mid- to late 1960s. There is also a brief discussion of the government's role in the Italian economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eThe Law Professionals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter discusses legal education, the legal profession, and the magistratura, as they existed at the time of publication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eCivil Procedure and Evidence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter provides an overview of civil procedure, including historical background\u003cbr\u003e constitutional norms\u003cbr\u003e investigation and discovery\u003cbr\u003e appeals and judgments\u003cbr\u003e and trends in procedural scholarship. There are also briefer discussions of the laws of evidence and of criminal and administrative procedures. The differences between Italian and American procedural norms, which flow from the civil–common law distinction but are augmented by various historical differences, are a major theme of this chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eThe Italian Style: Doctrine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter traces the development of a distinct Italian \"\u003cbr\u003estyle,\"\u003cbr\u003e which is characterized by an inclination toward legal positivism\u003cbr\u003e a reluctance to consider nonlegal disciplines, notably philosophy, economics, and the remaining social sciences, in legal scholarship\u003cbr\u003e and a tendency, extreme even by civil law standards, to elevate doctrine over case law. These tendencies result, in turn, from a combination of French and German influences and specifically Italian traits, including the long period in which Italy lacked a central governmental authority and relied on scholars (\"\u003cbr\u003edoctors\"\u003cbr\u003e) of law to maintain continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eThe Italian Style: Law\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter continues the themes introduced in Chapter 5, emphasizing characteristic Italian attitudes such as the limited (primarily legislative) sources of law\u003cbr\u003e a sharp division between public and private law\u003cbr\u003e and the centrality of codes (especially the civil code) in the legal firmament. These features were changing by the late 1960s as a result of several developments, including the increased economic role of the state, the rise of the Constitutional Court, and the growth in fields that did not fit easily into existing categories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tocline\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"chapnumandtitle\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"chapnum\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"chaptitle\"\u003eThe Italian Style: Interpretation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"trigger abstract no-print\"\u003e chapter abstract\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"abstract\"\u003eThis chapter—arguably the grandest in the book—traces the Italian style as it affects legal interpretation. It describes the difference between the \"\u003cbr\u003efolklore\"\u003cbr\u003e of interpretation, under which the judge is merely the mouthpiece of the statute, and the actual practice, in which the judge's values, beliefs, and attitudes inevitably affect the outcome of cases. The core of the chapter is devoted to the work of three scholars—Emilio Betti, Tullio Ascarelli, and Piero Calamandrei—who attempted to resolve this problem, the last with an ambitious theory regarding the need to update interpretation to meet the demands of a democratic society. The chapter concludes with a brief section that summarizes the themes of the book as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford Law Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656090874136,"sku":"9780804774956","price":45.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-italian-legal-system-an-introduction-second-edition-hardback-9780804774956","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}