Different Minds: Why are English and European lawyers so different?

By looking at the comparative legal and political histories of England, France, Germany and the U S, and at the great differences in philosophy on either side of the Channel, this book looks at the variations in the way that European lawyers think compared to Anglo-American lawyers. This book is essential for any lawyer who wants to be more than a bean counter. There are as well chapters on rights, lawyers, jurists, trials and judgments. The author has written on many of these themes elsewhere. He has practised law for more than forty years and has presided over statutory tribunals for nearly thirty years. He has reflected on a lot of the issues raised in this book in many summer schools at Oxford and Cambridge, and one at Harvard. He has practised at the Bar and in a major international firm, and has been briefed in the U K and the U S. The book is 47,000 words and is fully annotated.