Negative Comparative Law - A Strong Programme for Weak Thought

A critical manifesto making the case for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of comparative law.

List of contents

1. Raising my game — To fail better; 2. Sniffing the wind; 3. Onomastics, very briefly; 4. More comparative law; 5. Borges's challenge; 6. Outings; 7. For indiscipline; 8. Decoloniality; 9. The same as the different; 10. Comparatism is culturalism; 11. This comparatist, even; 12. The negative; 13. The negative, applied; 14. My equipment; 15. Appreciation.

About the author

Pierre Legrand teaches comparative law at the Sorbonne.

Summary

Negative Comparative Law presents a critical manifesto for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of comparative law. Harnessing insights from a range of disciplinary discourses, this book advocates for comparative law's rejection of its dominant epistemology and the investigation of the study of foreignness anew.

Foreword

A critical manifesto making the case for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of comparative law.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Legrand, Legrand Pierre
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781009054867
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0905486-7
• No. of pages: 485
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Comparative, Public International Law, comparative law, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues