Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Previously, he taught at Durham University, the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh and the Riga Graduate School of Law. He was also a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Law School, and a Jean Monnet fellow at the EUI. He is a graduate of the Universities of Munich and Edinburgh.

'The publication of the third edition of Mathias Siems' excellent Comparative Law is to be greatly welcomed by students and comparative law scholars alike. Siems provides not only clear guidance to the methodology and essential contemporary debates of comparative law, but a truly global perspective.' Professor Paula Giliker, University of Bristol, UK

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Traditional Comparative Law; 2. The comparative legal method; 3. Common law and Civil law; 4. Mapping the world's legal systems; 5. The diffusion of legal traditions; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law; 6. Postmodern comparative law; 7. Socio-legal comparative law; 8. Numerical comparative law; 9. Empirical comparative law; Part III. Global Comparative Law; 10. Legal transplants and convergence; 11. Comparative regional and international law; 12. From transnational law to global law; 13. Comparative law and development; Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject; 14. Implicit comparative law; 15. Reflections and outlook; References; Index.

Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Previously, he taught at Durham University, the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh and the Riga Graduate School of Law. He was also a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Law School, and a Jean Monnet fellow at the EUI. He is a graduate of the Universities of Munich and Edinburgh.

'The publication of the third edition of Mathias Siems' excellent Comparative Law is to be greatly welcomed by students and comparative law scholars alike. Siems provides not only clear guidance to the methodology and essential contemporary debates of comparative law, but a truly global perspective.' Professor Paula Giliker, University of Bristol, UK

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Traditional Comparative Law; 2. The comparative legal method; 3. Common law and Civil law; 4. Mapping the world's legal systems; 5. The diffusion of legal traditions; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law; 6. Postmodern comparative law; 7. Socio-legal comparative law; 8. Numerical comparative law; 9. Empirical comparative law; Part III. Global Comparative Law; 10. Legal transplants and convergence; 11. Comparative regional and international law; 12. From transnational law to global law; 13. Comparative law and development; Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject; 14. Implicit comparative law; 15. Reflections and outlook; References; Index.

Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Previously, he taught at Durham University, the University of East Anglia, the University of Edinburgh and the Riga Graduate School of Law. He was also a Fulbright scholar at Harvard Law School, and a Jean Monnet fellow at the EUI. He is a graduate of the Universities of Munich and Edinburgh.

'The publication of the third edition of Mathias Siems' excellent Comparative Law is to be greatly welcomed by students and comparative law scholars alike. Siems provides not only clear guidance to the methodology and essential contemporary debates of comparative law, but a truly global perspective.' Professor Paula Giliker, University of Bristol, UK

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Traditional Comparative Law; 2. The comparative legal method; 3. Common law and Civil law; 4. Mapping the world's legal systems; 5. The diffusion of legal traditions; Part II. Extending the Methods of Comparative Law; 6. Postmodern comparative law; 7. Socio-legal comparative law; 8. Numerical comparative law; 9. Empirical comparative law; Part III. Global Comparative Law; 10. Legal transplants and convergence; 11. Comparative regional and international law; 12. From transnational law to global law; 13. Comparative law and development; Part IV. Comparative Law as an Open Subject; 14. Implicit comparative law; 15. Reflections and outlook; References; Index.