Introduction to the comparative study of law -- The Civil law tradition: History, culture and distribution of the civil law -- Legal structures in civil law nations -- Legal actors in the civil law tradition -- Procedure in civil law systems -- Sources of law and the judicial process in civil law systems -- Fields of substantive law in civil law systems -- The Common law tradition: History, culture and distribution of the common law tradition -- Legal structures in England -- Legal actors in England -- Procedure in the common law tradition -- Rules -- Divisions of law -- The Socialist legal tradition: History, culture and distribution -- Legal structure in socialist nations -- Roles and actors in socialist legal systems -- Procedure in socialist legal systems -- Legal rules in socialist legal systems -- Selected problems areas for comparative legal research and analysis: Economic aspects of divorce -- The Role of the courts in policing contracts for unfairness -- Labor relations law

1. Comparative law -- Cases