At a time when global society is increasingly mobile and legal life is internationalized, the
role of comparative law is gaining importance. While the growing interest in this field may …

What can comparative law compare? It is relatively uncontroversial that certain topics are
included in its scope. For example, there is little doubt that any comparison between legal …

THIS contribution does not deal with comparative law as an academic discipline, but focuses
on some of its more practical applications. 1 It is well known that, alongside the scholarly …

Scholarly writings on comparative law to a large extent deal with general aspects of the
discipline, in particular with its relation to other methods of research and analysis, with the …

Uwe Kischel's comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the
central tenets of comparative legal scholarship. The first part of the book is dedicated to …

In our increasingly globally linked world, comparative law needs to take on an ever more
important role. With the rise of important new developments over the last thirty years, like the …

This book is an advanced introduction to comparative law as a discipline and as a form of
legal research. However, the reader should bear in mind that there are no generally …

This innovative, refreshing, and reader-friendly book is aimed at enabling students to
familiarise themselves with the challenges and controversies found in comparative law. At …

THE years since the end of the Second World War have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of
interest and activity in comparative law. A cursory reading of the calendars and …

Our subject for discussion-the form that" the" or" a" basic course in comparative law should
take-implies that there exists, or is at least emerging, in the United States a shared or …