Comparative Law and the Task of Negative Critique

This book's essays seek to cleanse comparative law of some of the epistemic detritus it has been collecting and that has been cluttering its theory and practice to the point where this flotsam has effectively stultified 'good' comparison.

List of contents

I Safing Difference II Budé, Baudouin, Bodin et les autres III Beyond Plethoraphobia, Against Epistemicide IV Legal Relativism, or 'One of Us Cannot Be Wrong' V More Difference - The Case of Desire VI Appreciation

About the author

Pierre Legrand teaches comparative law at the Sorbonne.

Summary

This book’s essays seek to cleanse comparative law of some of the epistemic detritus it has been collecting and that has been cluttering its theory and practice to the point where this flotsam has effectively stultified ‘good’ comparison.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Legrand, Legrand Pierre
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2024
• EAN: 9780367752965
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75296-5
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Comparative, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, comparative law, Jurisprudence & general issues, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Structuralism, Jurisprudence and general issues, Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism, Structuralism and Post-structuralism