The practice of law in this unique legal world, which lacked most of our familiar signposts, ranged from the fantastic use of oracles in the search for evidence to the more mundane presentation of cases in court.

While some exceptionally good descriptive work is presented, the volume is particularly valuable in providing a range of thoughtful, engaged, and empirically grounded theoretical explorations of issues in the comparative study of law and ...

A case study of the daily practice of one of the French supreme courts, the Conseil d'Etat, which specialises in administrative law.

First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.