European Legal Cultures in Transition

Ase B. Grodeland,William L. Miller (University of Glasgow)

European Legal Cultures in Transition
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
24 July 2015
Pages
590
ISBN
9781107050358

European Legal Cultures in Transition

Ase B. Grodeland,William L. Miller (University of Glasgow)

Are national legal cultures in Europe converging or diverging as a result of the pressures of European legal integration? Ase B. Grodeland and William L. Miller address this question by exploring the attitudes and perceptions of the general public and law professionals in five European countries: England, Norway, Bulgaria, Poland and the Ukraine. Presenting new findings, they challenge the established view that ordinary citizens and people working professionally with the law have different legal cultures. Their research in fact reveals that the attitudes of citizens in Eastern and Western Europe towards ‘law-in-principle’ are remarkably similar, whereas perceptions of ‘law-in-practice’ differ by country and often correlate with GDP per capita and country ranking in rule of law indices. Grodeland and Miller’s innovative methodological approach will appeal to both experts and non-experts with an interest in legal culture, European integration, or European elite and public opinion.

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