Comparative Legal Studies: Traditions and Transitions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521272408 ISBN 13: 9780521272407

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The 14 essays that make up this 2003 volume are written by leading international scholars to provide an authoritative survey of the state of comparative legal studies. Representing such varied disciplines as the law, political science, sociology, history and anthropology, the contributors review the intellectual traditions that have evolved within the discipline of comparative legal studies, explore the strengths and failings of the various methodologies that comparatists adopt and, significantly, explore the directions that the subject is likely to take in the future. No previous work had examined so comprehensively the philosophical and methodological foundations of comparative law. This is quite simply a book with which anyone embarking on comparative legal studies will have to engage.

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Review:

Review of the hardback: 'This book offers a welcome contribution to the comparative law debate.' Institute for Transnational Legal Research

Review of the hardback: 'The present volume offers a wonderful overview of the divergence among comparative legal scholars about what the proper task of comparative law is. It highlights the importance of theoretical thinking in comparative law and thus forms a counterweight to comparative law enterprises in which this type of thinking is often lacking.' Jan Smits, Maastricht University

Review of the hardback: '... this book marks a step forward in comparative law analysis for a number of reasons. These are first of all that the book is wide-ranging in its fields of enquiry; second, that the links between comparative law on the one hand and sociology and jurisprudence on the other hand are brought to light. ' International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Book Description:

Leading international comparatists offer an authoritative review of comparative legal studies. Essays examine comparative law's intellectual traditions, the strengths and failings of its methodologies and its future directions. This 2003 text is quite simply a book with which anyone embarking on comparative legal studies will have to engage.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521272408
• ISBN 13: 9780521272407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530
• Editor: Legrand Pierre