Legal Traditions of the World

1. A theory of tradition? The changing presence of the past 2. Between traditions: identity, persuasion and survival 3. A chthonic legal tradition: to recycle the world 4. A talmudic legal tradition: the perfect author 5. A civil law tradition: the centrality of the person 6. An islamic legal tradition: the law of the later revelation 7. A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication 8. A hindu legal tradition: the law as king, but which law? 9. A confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?) 10. Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law