Comparing Law

Comparative Law as Reconstruction of Collective Commitments

AvCatherine Valcke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

The enterprise of comparative law is familiar, yet its conceptual whereabouts remain somewhat obscure. Comparing Law: Comparative Law as Reconstruction of Collective Commitments reconstructs comparative law scholarship into a systematic account of comparative law as an autonomous academic discipline. The point of that discipline is neither to harmonize world law, nor to emphasize its cultural diversity, but rather to understand each legal system on its own terms. As the proposed reconstruction exercise involves bridging comparative law and contemporary legal theory, it shows how comparative law and legal theory both stand to benefit from being exposed to each other. At a time when many courses are adding a transnational perspective, Valcke offers a more theoretical, broadened, and refreshed view of comparative law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-25
Mått:156 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:ASCL Studies in Comparative Law
Antal sidor:242
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108470063

Utforska kategorier

Juridik: metod och teori inom Juridik
Komparativ rätt inom Juridik

Mer om författaren

Catherine Valcke is Full Professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. She has taught, lectured and published on comparative law, comparative law theory and legal theory worldwide, including in such journals as Nomos, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Yale Journal of International Law, European Review of Private Law, and Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. Her work on English and French contract law, in particular, was recently cited as 'illuminating' by the English House of Lords. An elected member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, she has acted as National Reporter for Canada to the Congress of the Academy.

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'This insightful analysis of the current state of comparative law is sure to be a landmark – valuable both as a survey of the field and as a highly original contribution to the debates over comparative method.' William Ewald, University of Pennsylvania

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: the 'malaise' of comparative law; 1. Law; 2. Legal systems; 3. Engaging with legal systems – epistemology; 4. Delineating legal systems – geography; 5. Comparing legal systems – methodology; Epilogue: the 'academic discipline' of comparative law.