本書內容分成兩部,前十章以宏觀角度介紹影響大陸法傳統的整體性因素,並討論上述因素對其法律職業的影響。第十一章至第十八章則具體而微,分就個別法領域細述;最後兩章進行回顧與展望,以收提綱挈領之效。約莫百頁的篇幅,初學法律之人已能對所身處的大陸法傳統大致掌握。
本書特色之一,是將盛行歐洲、拉丁美洲的大陸法傳統,細分為五個歷史脈絡進行梳理,同時以極富思辯性的筆觸,指出各自盲點的所在。而作者出身英美法傳統,卻能透過法律職業的穿針引線,以生動平易文字與普通法傳統對照比較,使非法律背景之讀者亦能進入其筆下所描繪的世界。本中譯版本更收錄多篇當今世界專家學者序文,以及原著作者的專文推薦,世代之間的經典對話,殊值細究體驗,品味再三。
The work divides itself into two parts. The first ten chapters introduce the structural elements of the civil law tradition from a holistic perspective. Chapter 11 to 18, in contrast, emphasizes the details on respective areas of law. With the last two chapters as retrospect and future speculations, beginners in law will soon acquire a general picture of the world of civil law tradition.
The book on the civil law tradition features its separate scenarios based on the division of five sub-traditions with critical views pointing to historical incidents leading to possible irrationalities. Despite their common-law background, the authors manage to take legal professions, weaving in and out between different legal traditions, presenting high readability with elegance and brevity. Additional prefaces to this translated version tends to offer dialogues among generations on everlasting worthwhile topics.
約翰‧亨利‧梅利曼(John Henry Merryman, 1920-2015),著名比較法學者,美國史丹福法學院名譽教授,其經典著作為《大陸法傳統》。
Mr. Yuan-Chun (Martin) LAN, LL.B (NTU), LL.M (NTU), PhD (NTU), Postdoc (NTU), is a professor of law. He has founded and is currently the director of Center of Comparative Jurisprudence in College of Law of Chinese Culture University in Taiwan.
Martin has a dream, which is to compile a set of multilingual, interdisciplinary legal thesaurus. He begins its realization by translating classic works, his recent publications include: John Henry Merryman& Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo, The Civil Law Tradition—An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Stanford University Press, (forthcoming); E. Allan Farnsworth, An Introduction to the Legal System of the United States, Oxford University Press (2019); Brian Arnold & Michael McIntyre, International Tax Primer, Wolters Kluwer (2018); Joseph Schumpeter’s Anthology, The Capitalism of Economics and Sociology, Princeton University Press (2017); and monographs in: Tax Justice and Protection of Human Rights—a Festschrift for Professor Gee Keh-Chang, Sharing Publishing (2016).
專業推薦 三版序 初版序 第一章 兩大法律傳統 第二章 羅馬民法、教會法、商法 第三章 革命運動 第四章 法源 第五章 法典與法典化 第六章 法官 第七章 法律解釋 第八章 確定與衡平 第九章 法律學者 第十章 法律科學 第十一章 總則 第十二章 法律的運作過程 第十三章 審判權的劃分 第十四章 法律範疇 第十五章 法律專門職業 第十六章 民事程序 第十七章 刑事程序 第十八章 違憲審查 第十九章 回顧 第二十章 大陸法傳統的未來 延伸閱讀 譯后記—作為一輩子的朋友