On Law, Politics, and Judicialization

This volume is unique. It brings together previously published works by two important scholars.. articulates..and..instructs us about where the field of comparative legal studies has been and, possibly, where it is heading. The reader is asked to rethink common scholarly assumptions and approaches with regard to the role of law and politics in building institutions and social relations and their relationship to shaping our research agendas...reopens doors long since thought shut.... advances theory building and demonstrates the utility and flaws of a wide range of methodological approaches. It exemplifies what is exciting about this field as it deploys and helps to create a transdisciplinary canon.

• 1. Law, Courts, and Social Science ; 2. Judicial Law-making and Precedent ; 3. Constitutional Judicial Review ; 4. Testing, Comparison, Prediction ; 5. Private Law and Governance ; 6. Abstract Review and Judicial Law-making