Comparative Law offers a thorough grounding in the subject for students and scholars alike,
covering essential academic discussions and comparative law methodology. It critically …

In 2017, multiple claims and declarations from around the legal world appeared to signal a
tipping point in the global acceptance of a new and evolving legal status for nature. Whether …

This note provides an update on the ongoing debate over the World Bank's Doing Business
project with a particular focus on its “Employing Workers” index, which is intended to …

The legal origins thesis—the thesis that legal origin impacts economic growth and the
common law is better for economic growth than the civil law—has created hundreds of …

The'Precautionary Principle'has sparked the central controversy over European and US risk
regulation. The Reality of Precaution is the most comprehensive study to go beyond …

Comparative law and finance quantifies differences in the laws governing the business
enterprise in various countries. The resulting data can be used to test which legal institutions …

Both in the US and in Europe there is a debate on methodology in legal research.
Doctrinalists and multidisciplinarians appear to be in different camps fighting over the 'true …

This Article argues that legal history and comparative law ought to merge into one discipline.
The two disciplines are both products of the same period, the late nineteenth century, when …

Purpose This study aims to systematise the methodology used in comparative urban
planning law and propose primary contexts for comparison in planning law …

The emergence of a pan-European contract law is one of the most significant legal
developments in Europe today. The Emergence of EU Contract Law: Exploring …