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Article Law in Books, Law and Reality: a Comparative Law Perspective
Authors
Watson A.
Name of magazine Scientific-practical professional journal «Comparative Law»
(Ukrainian language)
Issue 1-2 / 2013
Pages 37 - 45
Annotation The text does not deal with conventional comparative law. The author does not accept that to a great extent law reflects society or the power of the ruling elite. The conclusions are: 1) governments and rulers are not much interested in developing law, especially not private law, but leave this to others to whom they do not grant power to make law; 2) even famous lawmakers are seldom interested in a particular social issue in law or in giving law certainty; 3) borrowing, even mindless, is the name of the legal game. The survival of law in different circumstances for centuries and also in a different place is emphasized.
Keywords legal transplant, legal borrowing, reception, law and society.
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