Law and the New Logics - Hardcover

Edited By H. Patrick Glenn , Lionel D. Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107106958 ISBN 13: 9781107106956

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

This book explores relationships between law and legal reasoning, and recent developments in formal logic.

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About the Authors

H. Patrick Glenn (1940–2014) taught and had research interests in the areas of comparative law, private international law, civil procedure and the legal professions. He was Peter M. Laing Professor of Law at McGill University, Montréal, and was a member of the Royal Society of Canada and a titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. He also served as Director of the McGill Institute of Comparative Law. In 2006, Glenn received the Prix Léon-Gérin in recognition of his contributions to comparative law over his career, and in 2012, he was elected President of the American Society of Comparative Law.

Lionel D. Smith is Sir William C. Macdonald Professor of Law at McGill University, Montréal and Professor of Private Law at Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. He has written extensively on many aspects of comparative private law and is particularly engaged with how private law understands aspects of unselfish behaviour. Smith is a member of the American Law Institute, the European Law Institute, the International Academy of Comparative Law and the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107106958
• ISBN 13: 9781107106956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300