Classics in Comparative Law: An Introduction
Publication
Classics in Comparative Law
Year
2014
Abstract
Legal scholars often criticize comparative law for being an overreaching discipline, lacking a coherent methodology and a well-defined domain. Nevertheless, there remains something exciting and potentially enlightening about comparative law. In these 3 volumes, we present a selection of 77 articles and essays that in our view illustrates the importance of comparative legal analysis. We survey, in a necessarily selective and incomplete way, the modern era of comparative law, beginning in the late 19th century. In this introduction, we summarize many of the themes in the collection, with special attention to three enduring questions in the field: how do law and legal systems develop? How do we understand variation? And why should we care?
Recommended Citation
Tom Ginsburg, P. G. Monateri & Francesco Parisi, Classics in Comparative Law: An Introduction, in Classics in Comparative Law (Tom Ginsburg, Pier Giuseppe Monateri & Francesco Parisi, eds., Edward Elgar, 2014)
