5^ ^^^=5^ \J ^^ ^X ^ X%v. W/^ )m J' This is copy number 12746 of The Legal Classics Library edition of MAJOR LEGAL SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY by Rene David and John E. C. Brierley in the Library of Digitized by the Internet Archive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/majorlegalsysteniOOdavi THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF MAJOR LEGAL SYSTEMS THE IN WORLD TODAY By Rene David and John E. C. Brierley HAS BEEN PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL CLASSICS LIBRARY The Legal Classics Library EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Neill H. Alford, Jr., LL.B., J.S.D. Thomas G. Barnes, D. Phil. Yale Kamisar, LL.B. Roy M. Mersky, J.D., M.A.L.S. L. Ray Patterson, LL.B., S.J.D. Peter G. Stein, M.A., LL.B., Ph.D., F.B.A. Calvin Woodard, LL.B., Ph.D. Charles Alan Wright, LL.B. PUBLISHER Leslie B. Adams, Jr., M.A., J.D., LL.D. © Special Edition Copyright 1988 The Legal Classics Library Division of Gryphon Editions, Inc. P.O. Box 76108, Birmingham, Alabama 35253 All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America MAJOR LEGAL SYSTEMS THE IN WORLD TODAY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND The Law Book Company Ltd. Sydney Melbourne Perth : : CANADA AND U.S.A. The Carswell Company Ltd. Agincourt, Ontario INDIA N.M. Tripathi Private Ltd. Bombay and Eastern Law House Private Ltd. Calcutta and Delhi M.P.P. House, Bangalore ISRAEL Steimatzky's Agency Ltd. Jerusalem Tel Aviv Haifa : : MALAYSIA SINGAPORE BRUNEI : : Malayan Law Journal (Pte.) Ltd. Singapore PAKISTAN Pakistan Law House Karachi