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Article Formation-Civilizational Approach to the Classification of the Legal Systems and Legal Families
Authors
Chуrkin V.
Name of magazine Scientific-practical professional journal «Comparative Law»
(Ukrainian language)
Issue 3-4 / 2012
Pages 63 - 83
Annotation The article deals with possibility of implementation of formation and civilizational (socio-cultural) approaches in the comparative study of law, and in the classification of legal systems and legal families on the international level. On the basis of formational and civilizational approach the author distinguishes three main international systems of law (Islamic, totalitariansocialistic, and liberal-social capitalistic), defines their chief distinctive features, and points on legal families within these systems.
Keywords international system of law, legal family, legal system, classification of legal systems.
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