David J. Bederman

Custom as a Source of Law (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

A central puzzle in jurisprudence has been the role of custom in law. Custom is simply the practices and usages of distinctive communities. But are such customs legally binding? Can custom be law, even before it is recognized by authoritative legislation or precedent? And, assuming that custom is a source of law, what are its constituent elements? Is proof of a consistent and long-standing practice sufficient, or must there be an extra ingredient - that the usage is pursued out of a sense of legal obligation, or, at least, that the custom is reasonable and efficacious? And, most tantalizing of all, is custom a source of law that we should embrace in modern, sophisticated legal systems, or is the notion of law from below outdated, or even dangerous, today? This volume answers these questions through a rigorous multidisciplinary, historical, and comparative approach, offering a fresh perspective on custom's enduring place in both domestic and international law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511796302
• Artikelnr.: 38200006

Autorenporträt

David J. Bederman is K. H. Gyr Professor in Private International Law at Emory University. Professor Bederman has published extensively on diverse legal topics, including legal history, constitutional law, and international legal theory and practice. In addition to a number of books and dozens of articles and essays, his major publications include Globalization and International Law (2008), The Classical Foundations of the American Constitution (2008), The Spirit of International Law (2002), International Law in Antiquity (2001), and International Law Frameworks (2001).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Customary Law in Perspective: 1. Anthropology: custom in pre-literate societies
2. Culture: the western legal tradition of positivism
3. History: the common law and custom
4. Economics, socio-biology and psychology: the human impulse of custom
Part II. Custom in Domestic Legal Systems: 5. Family law
6. Property
7. Contracts
8. Torts
9. Constitutional law
Part III. Custom in International Law: 10. Private international law: international commercial usage
11. Public international law: custom among nations
Conclusion: how and why custom endures.