Codification in International Perspective

Introduction; George A. Bermann. - Preface; Wang Wen-Yeu. - About the Authors. - Part I Codification: from a Broader Perspective. - Codification, Decodification and Recodification: History, Politics and Procedure; Whitmore Gray. - Codification: The Civilian Experience Reconsidered on the Eve of a Common European Sales Law; Reinhard Zimmermann. - Part II Soft Codification of Private Law. - Supranational Codification of Private Law in Europe and Its Significance for Third States; Jürgen Basedow. - The Soft Codification of the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts: Process and Outcome; Chang-fa Lo. - Restatements and Non-State Codifications of Private Law; Deborah Demott. - Part III Codification of Private Law in Post-Soviet Times. - Codification in the 21st century; Lado Chanturia. - Private Law Codification in the Republic of Croatia; Tatjana Josipovi . - Codification of Private Law in Post-Soviet Times; Frederyk Zoll. - Part IV Codification of Administrative Procedure. - Codification of the Law of Administrative Procedure General Perspectives; Jean-Bernard Auby. - Part V Criminal Law Codification Beyond the Nation State. - Model penal code and the codification dilemma in the US; Steve Thaman. - Part VI Codification of Human Rights. - Codification of Human Rights at National and International Levels General Perspectives; Giuseppe Franco Ferrari. - National Perspectives - Finland; Hannu Kiuru. - National Perspectives - Germany; Uwe Kischel. - National Perspectives - Israel; Tomer Broude and Yonatan Weisbrod. - National Perspectives -Japan; Akiko EJIMA. - National Perspectives - Netherlands; Ida Lintel and Marthe Lot Vermeulen. - National Perspectives - Portugal; Luísa Neto. - National Perspectives - Romania; Irina Moroianu Zl tescu. - National Perspectives-The United States; Leila Nadya Sadat.