The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America

Mehren, Arthur Taylor von; Merryman, John Henry

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“…Similarly, Toharia notes that the prevalent social expectation in civil law systems remains that "the administration of justice is supposed to be 'personproof'-subject only to the tenets of statutes and laws" (Toharia, 2003, p. 27; see also Merryman, 1969;Damaška, 1986).…”

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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe

Magalhães

Skiple

Pereira

et al. 2023

Comparative Political Studies

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How do people respond to different decision-making processes in high courts? One long-standing view suggests that citizens expect courts to be neutral arbiters of legal controversies. Although the relevance of such “myth of legality” has been challenged, we know very little about the relationship between the portrayals of the motives of courts and justices and public attitudes in civil law countries. We explore this question in a pair of experiments in Norway and Portugal where we isolate the effects of different institutional frames from outcome favorability. We find that while partisan frames are detrimental to fairness perceptions and acceptance of decisions, depictions of judicial decision-making that emphasize policy goals do not adversely affect citizens’ responses in comparison with legalistic frames. The results suggest that, even in civil law systems, preserving the myth of legality may not be a necessary condition to elicit public support for judicial decisions.

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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe

Magalhães

Skiple

Pereira

et al. 2023

Comparative Political Studies

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“…Según Cepik los "servicios de inteligencia surgieron en el contexto de los Estados absolutistas europeos, buscando generalizar (…) [la] reducción de costos en la obtención de las informaciones y el deseo de ampliar su capacidad de dominación (…), [requisitos funcionales] que los nuevos gobernantes aparentemente pretendían atender al crear tales organizaciones" (Cepik, 2003:19, mi traducción). Se trata de formas de proceder que caracterizan a la tradición del civil law, marcada por la inquisitorialidad en los procedimientos: investigación orientada a la obtención de pruebas incriminatorias, sin conocimiento ni defensa por parte de las personas que la policía considera sospechosas (Merryman, 1969;Berman, 1996).…”

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La cara pública de lo secreto: Antropología de la Investigación policial

Renoldi

2023

Vibrant, Virtual Braz. Anthr.

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Resumen Este artículo centra su atención en el lugar del secreto para la investigación policial federal en casos asociados a drogas ilegalizadas en una metrópolis de Brasil. Parte de esta tarea toma el nombre de trabajos de inteligencia: actividades secretas que apuntan a descubrir redes delictivas. Mediante una aproximación etnográfica conectaré los términos nativos que evocan lo secreto para el trabajo policial, con el concepto de información (su relevancia para los procedimientos policiales y judiciales) y con el valor de la confianza en las relaciones interpersonales. La indagación evidencia cómo el estado se sostiene y recrea en redes de asociaciones provisorias e intereses que, desde las teorías nativas, cuestionan las fronteras atribuidas por las teorías producidas desde el campo de los conocimientos científicos. Analizar el secreto como “forma” de relación y como pauta de transacciones e intercambios permite entender la importancia de lo que produce como tal, dejando el “contenido” que guarda u oculta en un lugar de significación secundario.

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“…The theory, according to which it is necessary to isolate two main legal systems, namely, the Romano-Germanic and the Anglo-Saxon, has become most widespread. Also, individual systems often include systems of Scandinavian (Merryman 1985) and Islamic (Vago 2003) law. In the 20th century, it was also customary to single out a socialist (Chloros 1992) legal system.…”

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The Value of Legal Terminology for the Romano-German Legal System Countries

Sinenko

Latypov

Thabisimov

et al. 2022

Int. J. Criminol. Sociol.

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The problems of terminology are relevant for any aspect of human life. In the field of lawmaking, the significance of this problem corresponds to the significance of laws in society. Thus, the primary aim of the article is to investigate the place of legal terminology in the countries of the continental system of law. To accomplish end, this survey attempts to substantiate that legal terminology in this legal system is of significant importance for the formation and application of legislation. To do so, a comparison is made with the construction of the legal system in the countries of the Anglo-Saxon legal system. Based on the result, Russian law is classified as a continental legal family. At the same time, based on an analysis of the key areas of development of economic legislation, a tendency has been revealed for the penetration of Anglo-Saxon legal institutions into the Russian legal system. The conclusion is formulated on the need to ensure the unity of legal terminology in legal texts. This is of particular importance when borrowing foreign legal institutions.

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The Civil Law Tradition: An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Western Europe and Latin America

Cited by 8 publications

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Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe

Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe

La cara pública de lo secreto: Antropología de la Investigación policial

The Value of Legal Terminology for the Romano-German Legal System Countries

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