This book compares and contrasts several constitutional traditions from various regions of the
world. The first chapter provides the foundation for norms ideas and values that frame this
comparison. Western and Eastern concepts of law the relationship of law and ideology the
common law and civil law systems tribal law property rights and liberties and other themes
establish the basis for the remaining chapters of the book which includes examinations of the
American British Chinese Canadian Japanese Indian Nigerian French German Saudi Arabian
and Mexican constitutional traditions within their legal and broader political contexts. This
approach to comparative law at the constitutional level is the first one of its type
especially in terms of its diverse social science approach.
