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 Josipovic.- 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 Zlatescu.- National Perspectives-The United States; Leila Nadya Sadat.