Mixed Jurisdictions Compared : : Private Law in Louisiana and Scotland / / Vernon Palmer, Elspeth Reid.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Palmer, Vernon,; Reid, Elspeth,
• MitwirkendeR: Chalmers, James,; Hogg, Martin A.,; Lovett, John A.,; MacQueen, Hector L.,; Macgregor, Laura J.,; Norrie, Kenneth McK.,; Paisley, Roderick R. M.,; Palmer, Vernon Valentine,; Reid, Elspeth Christie,; Reid, Kenneth G. C.,; Scalise, Ronald J.,; Snyder, David V.,; Trahan, J-R,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)

A comparative study of the 'mixed jurisdictions' of Scotland and LouisianaReturning to a theme featured in some of the earlier volumes in the Edinburgh Studies in Law series, this volume offers an in-depth study of ‘mixed jurisdictions’ – legal systems which combine elements of the Anglo-American Common Law and the European Civil Law traditions. This new collection of essays compares key areas of private law in Scotland and Louisiana. In 13 chapters, written by distinguished scholars on both sides of the Atlantic, it explores not only legal rules but also the reasons for the rules, discussing legal history, social and cultural factors, and the law in practice, in order to account for patterns of similarity and difference. Contributions are drawn from the Law Schools of Tulane University, Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans, the American University Washington DC, and the Universities of Aberdeen, Strathclyde and Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- 1 Praedial Servitudes -- 2 Title Conditions in Restraint of Trade -- 3 Servitudes: Extinction by Non-Use -- 4 Inheritance and the Surviving Spouse -- 5 Ownership of Trust Property in Scotland and Louisiana -- 6 The Legal Regulation of Adult Domestic Relationships -- 7 Impediments to Marriage in Scotland and Louisiana: An Historical-Comparative Investigation -- 8 Contracts of Intellectual Gratification – A Louisiana-Scotland Creation -- 9 The Effect of Unexpected Circumstances on Contracts in Scots and Louisiana Law -- 10 Hunting Promissory Estoppel -- 11 Unjustified Enrichment, Subsidiarity and Contract -- 12 Causation as an Element of Delict/Tort in Scots and Louisiana Law -- 13 Personality Rights: A Study in Difference -- Index