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Comparative Law offers a thorough grounding for students and scholars of the subject, covering essential academic debates and comparative law methodology. Critically debating both traditional and modern approaches to the subject, the new edition includes a wider range of examples and further discussion of the global dimension of comparative law.
List of contents
1. Introduction; Part I. Traditional Comparative Law: 2. The comparative legal method; 3. Common law and civil law; 4. Mapping the world's legal systems; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law: 5. Postmodern comparative law; 6. Socio-legal comparative law; 7. Numerical comparative law; Part III. Global Comparative Law: 8. Legal transplants; 9. Convergence, regionalisation, and internationalisation; 10. From transnational law to global law; 11. Comparative law and development; Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject: 12. Implicit comparative law; 13. Reflections and outlook.
Summary
Comparative Law offers a thorough grounding for students and scholars of the subject, covering essential academic debates and comparative law methodology. Critically debating both traditional and modern approaches to the subject, the new edition includes a wider range of examples and further discussion of the global dimension of comparative law.
