THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF LEGAL ORIGINS KoGtn Law School Wang Xinyuan Ding Junjie
Key Words 。Legal Origins ·Economic Outcomes LLSV
Key Words • Legal Origins • Economic Outcomes • LLSV
Legal Origins 。A broad conception . Crucial factors for the style of a legal family Mode of Historical Distinctive The kind of thought in background legal institutions legal ideology sources matters
Legal Origins • A broad conception • Crucial factors for the style of a legal family
Legal Origins Two main secular legal traditions Common law Civil law French German Socialist Scandinavian
Legal Origins
Legal Origin Distribution G4434 A471 ADaatit 消过位 6:46e 0g6e0 ocean Legal Origins □=English □=French 州e无92e种 ☐=German A传不1年AL ☐=Scandinavian AHAAE =Socialist 28010 Barille Ocean
Legal Origin Distribution
A Brief Introduction of Legal Origins Common law Civil law Tradition Law of England Roman law Legal material Precedents by solving Statutes and specific legal disputes comprehensive codes Dispute resolution Adversarial Inquisitorial Spread British colonies Most widely distributed (USA,Canada,Austrlia...) (many European countries)
A Brief Introduction of Legal Origins Common law Civil law Tradition Law of England Roman law Legal material Precedents by solving specific legal disputes Statutes and comprehensive codes Dispute resolution Adversarial Inquisitorial Spread British colonies (USA,Canada,Austrlia…) Most widely distributed (many European countries)
French Family French Revolution and Napoleon's codes Ideologies:use state power to alter property rights ·Legal influence Involuntary transplantation
French Family • French Revolution and Napoleon’s codes • Ideologies: use state power to alter property rights • Legal influence • Involuntary transplantation
German Family ·Base on Roman law German Commercial vs.French system Legal influence:China
German Family • Base on Roman law • German Commercial vs. French system • Legal influence:China
Socialist Family Originate in the Soviet Union Revertion to French or German law after the fall of Berlin Wall ·Disappeared
Socialist Family • Originate in the Soviet Union • Revertion to French or German law after the fall of Berlin Wall • Disappeared
Scandinavian Family Less derivative from Rman law 。Distinct
Scandinavian Family • Less derivative from Rman law • Distinct