This book provides an introduction to the rise and development of present-day private law.

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Original sources illustrate and compare the principal doctrines of private law in the United States, England, France, Germany and China.

The topics addressed in this book have traditionally been covered in separate publications on civil and commercial law. This dualism of regimes has made it diff