本书在比较法的发展史上无疑具有开创性的地位。可以说，现代比较法学宏伟而庞大的学科体系是由威格摩尔在《世界法系概览》一书中完成的。它是继梅因的《古代法》之后，英美比较法学家贡献的又一部划时代巨著。本书论述的法系涵盖了世界各地、从古至今曾经存在过的共计16个法系，按大体上时间先后顺序排列依次是：埃及法系、美索不达米亚法系、中华法系、印度法系、希伯来法系、希腊法系、海事法系、罗马法系、凯尔特法系、日耳曼法系、教会法系、日本法系、伊斯兰法系、斯拉夫法系、大陆法系和英美法系，并对其发展演变的历程及其内在规律进行了系统的论述，在多国法制史和比较法制史研究方面做出了可贵的探索，开创了现代比较法学的研究体系。
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- 书名：世界法系概览
- 作者：[美]约翰·H.威格摩尔
- 出版社：上海人民出版社
- 日期：2021/10/01
- 开本：16
- 页数：668页
- 装帧：平装
- ISBN：9787208162419
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世界法学名著译丛总序························ ００１
译者序······························· ００１
原序································ ００１
前言································ ００１
第一章 埃及法系·························· ００１
第二章 美索不达米亚法系······················ ０２８
第三章 希伯来法系························· ０５３
第四章 中华法系·························· ０７５
一、政治原理··························· ０７５
二、旧时的法律制度························ ０８３
三、新的法律制度························· １０１
第五章 印度法系·························· １１１
一、印度的种族和语言······················· １１１
二、佛教支系··························· １１９
三、婆罗门支系·························· １２９
第六章 希腊法系·························· １５０
第七章 罗马法系·························· ２０１
一、共和国时期·························· ２０４
二、帝政前期··························· ２２３
三、帝政后期··························· ２４４
第八章 日本法系·························· ２５３
一、第一个时期（公元５００—１２００ 年） ················ ２５４
二、第二个时期（公元１２００—１６００ 年）················ ２６１
三、第三个时期（公元１６００—１８５０ 年）················ ２６３
四、第四个时期（公元１８５０ 年以后）················· ２８６
第九章 伊斯兰法系························· ２９３
一、伊斯兰教的创立和传播····················· ２９３
二、民事司法··························· ２９９
三、刑事司法··························· ３４２
四、回顾····························· ３６０
第十章 凯尔特法系························· ３７５
一、第一阶段：独立的凯尔特人··················· ３７８
二、第二阶段：凯尔特法系的幸存·················· ３８５
三、第三阶段：凯尔特法系的消亡·················· ４０９
第十一章 斯拉夫法系························ ４２５
一、波希米亚··························· ４２６
二、波兰····························· ４３３
三、南斯拉夫··························· ４３８
四、俄国····························· ４４７
第十二章 日耳曼法系························ ４７２
一、第一阶段··························· ４７２
二、第二阶段··························· ４８６
三、第三阶段··························· ４９３
四、第四阶段··························· ５１１
第十三章 海事法系························· ５１９
一、海洋的普通法························· ５２０
二、各国的海洋法························· ５４３
三、再次出现的海洋普通法····················· ５４６
第十四章 教会法系························· ５５２
第十五章 大陆法系························· ５８０
一、查士丁尼法律书籍的复兴···················· ５８０
二、罗马法的世俗化························ ５９０
三、罗马法的本国化························ ６０５
四、罗马法的传播························· ６１４
第十六章 英美法系························· ６２３
一、普通法的形成························· ６２４
二、对罗马法的排斥························ ６３８
三、广为传播的世界化过程····················· ６４６
第十七章 法系的演进························ ６６３
一、比较法总论·························· ６６３
二、法律制度比较························· ６６４
三、法系的系谱比较························ ６６５