Common Law – Civil Law

Nicoletta Bersier is a member of Thémis Institute, Geneva. She has authored and (co-)edited numerous publications on legal theory and legal sociology.Christoph Bezemek is a Professor of Public Law and the Dean of the Faculty of Law at University of Graz. His research focuses on comparative constitutional law, free speech, and legal and political theory.Frederick Schauer is the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia and Frank Stanton Professor (Emeritus) of the First Amendment at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is the author of numerous publications on constitutional law, in particular on free speech, and on legal theory. He is a Co-Editor of Springer’s Law and Philosophy Library.

• The Chain Novel of Civil Law – Dworkin, Brandom and the Rational Practice of Law outside of Common Law Systems.- The Civil Law as Foundation of the Common Law: Roscoe Pounds looks at the Origins of the Common Law.- Progress in Purity v. Purity in Progress. On: “The Law works itself pure.- In the Mix: Common Law and Civil Law Approaches United.- Presumption(s) of Correctness (?): Comparing the Methodological Relevance of Judicial Precedents in Civil Law and in Common Law Systems.- A Matter of Choice: On China’s Transition to a Civil Law System.- Xxx.- Between Guidance and Discretion: Mainstream and Critical Portrayals of Judges in the Civil Law and (American) Common Law Worlds.- Civil Law is only more or less Common Law – why Overstate the Difference?.- Common Law and Civil: Tree Diagram or Pyramid of Norms?.- A Positive Turn: Originalism between Common Law and Civil Law.- Common Law, Civil Law, and the Data of Legal Philosophy.- A Post Mortem on Legal Science?.- Two Faces of judicial decision making. On the concept of judicial precedent in the Civil Law Countries.- Common Law and Civil Law – The Matter of Constitutional Reasoning.