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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems / 6 th edition. Chapter 4:. Legal Traditions. Professor Colon. FTC. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES. 4.1. Distinguish between legal traditions and legal systems. List the four contemporary legal traditions and summarize the developmental subtraditions of each.

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  1. Comparative Criminal Justice Systems / 6th edition Chapter 4: Legal Traditions Professor Colon FTC

  2. CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 4.1 • Distinguish between legal traditions and legal systems • List the four contemporary legal traditions and summarize the developmental subtraditions of each 4.2 • Compare the four legal traditions in terms of cultural components 4.3 • Compare the four legal traditions in terms of substantive components 4.4 • Compare the four legal traditions in terms of procedural components 4.5

  3. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 4.1 Distinguish between legal traditions and legal systems

  4. 4.1 Legal Systems and Traditions • Legal • System • Legal • Tradition Refers to a country’s legal institutions, procedures, and rules Refers to deeply rooted and historically conditioned attitudes about things such as the nature of law, the role of law in society, how a legal system should be organized and operated, and the way law is or should be made, applied, or perfected.

  5. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 4.2 List the four contemporary legal traditions and summarize the developmental subtraditions of each

  6. 4.2 The Four Contemporary Legal Traditions • Each legal tradition was influenced by specific subtraditions that were • Instrumental in the tradition’s development • Common • Tradition • Civil • Tradition • Islamic • Tradition • Eastern Asia • Tradition • Feudal practices • Custom • Equity • Roman law • Canon law • Codification • Qur’an and Sunna • Ijma and qiyas • Schools of law • Confucianism • Collectivism and context • Legal informalism

  7. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 4.3 Compare the four legal traditions in terms of cultural components

  8. 4.3 Comparing Legal Traditions: Cultural Component • The role of culture is indispensable to understanding a country’s legal tradition • Considered here are cultural perceptions of law as private or public, and on the role of the judiciary

  9. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 4.4 Compare the four legal traditions in terms of substantive components

  10. Comparing Legal Traditions: Substantive Component 4.4

  11. Learning Objectives After this lecture, you should be able to complete the following Learning Outcomes • 4.5 Compare the four legal traditions in terms of procedural components

  12. Comparing Legal Traditions: Procedural Component 4.5

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