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How long does it take to read The Civil Law Tradition?

John Henry Merryman, John Merryman, Rogelio Perez-Perdomo

The Civil Law Tradition by John Henry Merryman, John Merryman, Rogelio Perez-Perdomo takes about 3 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 31 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1969. 192 pages, about 52,800 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 31 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 12 minutes

The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Designed for the general reader, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Western Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The second edition describes changes in civil law procedures since the book was first published in 1969, and includes a new chapter on the future of the civil law tradition.--Publisher description.

Subjects: Civil law systems, Droit civil, Systèmes de, Burgerlijk recht, Rechtsstelsels, Droit, Droits romano-germaniques

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