Aim of this paper is to provide valuable insights into the Maltese legal system with a
special focus on private law. The assumption is that this legal system is the byproduct
of the "mixing" of innovation and tradition, ...
Customary land tenure is normally not based on codified or statutory sources, but
stems from customary traditions and norms. When westernised courts have to
interpret and adjudicate these customary traditions and norms, ...
Civil Law codices are analytic, abstract and removed from the specific influence of
particular cases. When rules are codified In Common Law systems they reflect a
collection of rulings and not a collection of analytic ...