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020			_a9780511781971 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aK282 _b.B43 2010
082	0	0	_a340.5 _222
100	1		_aBederman, David J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCustom as a Source of Law / [electronic resource] _cDavid J. Bederman.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (288 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520			_aA central puzzle in jurisprudence has been the role of custom in law. Custom is simply the practices and usages of distinctive communities. But are such customs legally binding? Can custom be law, even before it is recognized by authoritative legislation or precedent? And, assuming that custom is a source of law, what are its constituent elements? Is proof of a consistent and long-standing practice sufficient, or must there be an extra ingredient - that the usage is pursued out of a sense of legal obligation, or, at least, that the custom is reasonable and efficacious? And, most tantalizing of all, is custom a source of law that we should embrace in modern, sophisticated legal systems, or is the notion of law from below outdated, or even dangerous, today? This volume answers these questions through a rigorous multidisciplinary, historical, and comparative approach, offering a fresh perspective on custom's enduring place in both domestic and international law.
650		0	_aCustomary law
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521897044
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511781971 _zCambridge Books Online
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