Bøker av Geoffrey Samuel

This volume provides a valuable companion for students and researchers of European Comparative Law. Arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, each entry presents an introduction to key topics. Comprising approximately 1500 words, these short essays go beyond the merely descriptive to provide an informative resource for students of Comparative Law, Legal Philosophy and Legal Systems in general.

Presents stimulating new perspectives on Hindu and Buddhist religion, particularly their tantric versions, in India, Tibet or in modern Western societies. Samuel adopts an historically and textually informed anthropological approach, seeking to understand religion in its social and cultural context. Samuel from Uni of Newcastle, NSW.

This work seeks to answer the question: "What does thinking like a lawyer actually involve"? The focus is mainly on English common law, but the text aims to contribute to comparative law, in as much as it is concerned with the "law" question.

Examines the notion of a law of obligations as a conceptual category in itself. This book presents the foundational material in a context that draws on some comparative and theoretical ideas while emphasising the special characteristics of the common law. It provides an introduction to the legal research skills of reasoning and method.