Comparative International Law

Robert Schütze is Professor of European and Global Law at Durham University, UK; and Luiss, Italy.Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute, Italy.

At long last fifteen comparative national law lawyers have their say about comparative international law [...] Schütze and Siems have moved the goalposts for more sophisticated discussions of the interface and interaction of the comparative analysis of public and private international law, foreign relations law, and comparative legal theory.

• Part I: Setting the Scene1. Comparative International Law: State of the Art, Mathias Siems (European University Institute, Italy)2. Comparative International Law: A Historical Reconstruction, Robert Schütze (Durham University, UK)Part II: Historical and Comparative Perspectives 3. ‘African’ International Law, Kehinde Folake Olaoye (Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar)4. ‘American’ International Law, Ríán Derrig (World Maritime University, Sweden)5. China’s Contemporary Approach to International Law, Ge Chen and Ming Du (Durham University, UK)6. ‘European’ International Law: Nineteenth-Century Exceptionalism and Universalism, Max H Mayer (University of Tübingen, Germany)7. The Islamic Conception of International Law, Ayesha Shahid (Coventry University, UK)Part III: Critical and Analytical Perspectives 8. Is Comparative International Law Really Comparative Law? A Methodological Critique, Saïda El Boudouhi (Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, France)9. Comparative International Law: What’s Next? Ugo Mattei (University of California San Francisco College of Law, USA) and Avi Singh (International University College of Turin, Italy)10. Decolonising the Comparative Metrics of (Private) International Law, Horatia Muir Watt (Sciences Po Paris, France)11. Science in Comparative International Law, Petra Minnerop (Durham University, UK)12. Quantitative International Comparisons: A Tale of Missed Encounters, Marta Infantino (University of Trieste, Italy)13. Global Law and Comparative International Law, Jaakko Husa (University of Helsinki, Finland)